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**br`lorance** · 01-22-2012, 02:29 PM

I really should just make a notebook page on my computer with these next two points so I don't have to type them whenever this comes up. *sigh*

First, I have owned 2 human aggressive dogs that bit and had to be put down. One a Lab x Pit, according to the people who dropped off the litter and the other an American Bulldog, according to the owner I got him from. I can guarantee you that if the attacks made the news they both would have been labeled Pit Bulls regardless of the actual breeds. Somewhere between 1 and 2 years ago we had a "pit bull attack!" story in the northern part of my state. Front page on the local paper there. Turns out the dog was actually a Husky. The correction was never printed in the actual paper and the article was never corrected. They just added a small blurb to the online version waaaay down at the bottom of the page. Don't believe for a minute that the Pit Bull attacks you see in the news are all Pit Bulls.

The next thing is my personal experience with a local rescue. 4 years ago, before I got Ike, I went to an adoption event. Saw a dog I liked in a crate there. Started filling out the application and was approached by a rescue worker who asked that I not tell on her for talking to me because she was afraid that the rescue would fire her, but that she saw I had kids with me and the dog I wanted had been brought back three times for biting it's adopters. Not all rescues are created equal and not all of them have a clue or are wiling to put a dog down when necessary. It is entirely possible that that this dog the lady adopted had shown signs of aggression or even bitten before and the rescue kept it under wraps. If you get a rescue dog it is best to be savvy enough to evaluate the dog yourself, have a professional evaluate it for you or go through a very reputable rescue that has their dogs professionally temperament tested before offering them for adoption.

Lastly, having had 2 aggressive dogs, I can say that I do not believe any dog attacks out of the blue. There are signs. It's just that most people, including me at one time, do not know enough to recognize those signs before an attack.

01-22-2012, 02:29 PM	#20
br`lorance Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 442 Senior Member	I really should just make a notebook page on my computer with these next two points so I don't have to type them whenever this comes up. sigh First, I have owned 2 human aggressive dogs that bit and had to be put down. One a Lab x Pit, according to the people who dropped off the litter and the other an American Bulldog, according to the owner I got him from. I can guarantee you that if the attacks made the news they both would have been labeled Pit Bulls regardless of the actual breeds. Somewhere between 1 and 2 years ago we had a "pit bull attack!" story in the northern part of my state. Front page on the local paper there. Turns out the dog was actually a Husky. The correction was never printed in the actual paper and the article was never corrected. They just added a small blurb to the online version waaaay down at the bottom of the page. Don't believe for a minute that the Pit Bull attacks you see in the news are all Pit Bulls. The next thing is my personal experience with a local rescue. 4 years ago, before I got Ike, I went to an adoption event. Saw a dog I liked in a crate there. Started filling out the application and was approached by a rescue worker who asked that I not tell on her for talking to me because she was afraid that the rescue would fire her, but that she saw I had kids with me and the dog I wanted had been brought back three times for biting it's adopters. Not all rescues are created equal and not all of them have a clue or are wiling to put a dog down when necessary. It is entirely possible that that this dog the lady adopted had shown signs of aggression or even bitten before and the rescue kept it under wraps. If you get a rescue dog it is best to be savvy enough to evaluate the dog yourself, have a professional evaluate it for you or go through a very reputable rescue that has their dogs professionally temperament tested before offering them for adoption. Lastly, having had 2 aggressive dogs, I can say that I do not believe any dog attacks out of the blue. There are signs. It's just that most people, including me at one time, do not know enough to recognize those signs before an attack.
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