(05-21-2012, 04:40 PM)Karenskatz Wrote: In the disaster rescue I volunteer with we joke "Don't worry about the pitbulls, watch out for the chihuahuas!" (They have sharper teeth and more attitude.) But bully breeds are scarier looking, so they get all the bad press.
Yes, but there are very few fatal attacks by chihuahuas that I know of. After reading this the other day I snooped around for a while looking for some statistics. I found quite a few people preaching on their soapboxes, but the most reliable information I could find, with multiple confirmations on each from fairly reliable sources Was here. Apparently 22 deaths from attacks by pit bulls or pit bull mixes in 2011. Plus others that couldn't be completely attributed to the dog attacks, from heart attacks, etc...
I really am not on the "ban pit bulls" wagon, but something really should be done to control the people who have them and are allowed to have them. I do believe it is not the dogs, but the owners. But when these kinds of owners have a dog like this, and allow it to become like this, from either fighting it, abusing it, or simply a lack of training, it is a deadly weapon.
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