Not really political - a dog question

In the US most dog shelters are full of pit bulls that nobody wants. Pits are adorable when they're young but then they turn into 60lb monsters with very strong muscles and big teeth. It's just too risky to have those dogs around people especially children. Why people own pit bulls is beyond me. It's been claimed that chihuahuas are the most aggressive dogs but nobody has died from a chihuahua attack.

Pitbulls? They have a subconscious need to attack inherent in their DNA.

Even the best behaved pitbulls can attack without warning if they are spooked in the right way.

I personally don't think it's worth the risk for the street cred.

My thought is that usually thugs want such animals as pets.

I love dogs but some dogs ain't meant for pets.

Stats do not lie...

https://www.dogsbite.org/

Theres a war against dogs, in some european countries over the last 12-18 months a huge amount of cases have been reported where these dogs have been attacking and even killing people. In my work i have the pay a lot of attention to the media.

But why have all these stories just appeared lately and so much so they have decided to ban them? whats changed? all of a sudden these dogs have got agressive?

I think theres more to it, i think that, well, it wouldn't be a politically correct opinion...

Dogs in general are not bloodthirsty by nature. It's how their owners raise them and train (or not train) them that causes them to behave in certain ways.

Sometimes there's a genetic factor involved, such as a brain defect that makes them randomly violent, though that's very rare in the dog-owning world. A few among the superstitious have sometimes blamed demonic possession, but that can't be scientifically proven, and even if it did happen, it's even rarer than you think.

Any time a dog behaves in a way that is vicious and bloodthirsty, usually it's due to the owners. It usually stems from abuse, or even being trained to be an attack dog. Abuse is more common than training the animal to attack others, because many people are too lazy or don't have the knowledge or patience to train the animal in the first place.

Pit Bulls in particular have been blamed for a lot of this, due to them being the most common dogs to suffer from abuse or being trained to do illegal dogfighting in underground arenas, and then being dumped into the big wide world to fend for themselves when they can no longer work in the arena.

I love dogs and do realize that some pitbulls can be gentle, sweet and complete teddy bears with children and small animals. But I do think it's pretty important to be acquainted with their history and lineage.
Some of the more aggressive have been bred extensively over and over for this quality and it will surface at some point. For some it is genetic. Not for all.
I do feel sad when I see so many filling up the shelters knowing that undoubtedly there's some great dogs going to waste in there. But how to know which ones.

Pit bulls are a problem in the US and they are very often banned from apartment complexes. Not all pit bulls are bad but they are aggressive dogs with a powerful bite that occasionally snap. There are other potentially dangerous breeds like rottweilers and German Shepherds.

https://www.dogsbite.org/pdf/15-year-dog-bite-fatality-chart-dogsbiteorg.pdf

https://youtu.be/2vRm4k2hk54?si=jdZk1pQTFUivpyJ5 * Detroit pit bull snaps - attacks mail carrier *

My solution would be to require special licenses for owners of dangerous dog breeds and charge the dog owners with crimes when their dogs attack people.

Biden had German Shepherds in the White House and two out of the three were problematic. The first elderly dog didn't cause trouble but the next two German Shepherds were biting people. I believe Biden has given up on dogs at the White House.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/biden-dog-commander-white-house-b2424478.html