I also don't get "pitbull lovers." I love MY pitbull, but I love her because she's my dog and my friend in that way, not because she's a certain breed. I honestly hope one day to never see another dog like her around. They can be fine if well trained just like any dog, but people don't do it, and they become 50lb balls of muscle and teeth trying to kill everyone. If we're gonna have untrained dogs let them at least be less harmful like chihuahuas and small terriers and shit. I used to have a chihuahua mixed mutt of some sort and he was also poorly trained (another adult adopted dog) but he was basically harmless. Like an oversized rat. That same attitude in my current dog, when she was younger and capable, obviously a totally different thing. So I dunno. Don't buy pitbulls and tell your dumbass family members to stop doing it too. It just churns out miserable dogs with miserable owners. -signed, a current owner and lover of a vicious murder machine dog.
yeah, I got banned from c/chapotraphouse comm for pushing back against pibble nutters
It's because a lot of anti-pitbull people in the US associate pitbulls with African-Americans, and a lot of their "they should all be put down." rhetoric is often used as a dogwhistle for their owners as well. A lot of racism involved in blind pitbull hate.
Not saying you're like that, obviously, just that I think people can have a knee jerk reaction in the opposite direction. They're big dogs, and if they're poorly trained or socialised, they can cause a lot of harm. They aren't all "harmless fur babies" but neither are they all "dangerous ticking timebombs." They're dogs.
yeah, I got banned from c/chapotraphouse comm for pushing back against pibble nutters
I remember that struggle session! "Pitbulls are working class dogs"
I am Karl Barx and I reject this "pupper proletarian" revisionism.
It's because a lot of anti-pitbull people in the US associate pitbulls with African-Americans, and a lot of their "they should all be put down." rhetoric is often used as a dogwhistle for their owners as well. A lot of racism involved in blind pitbull hate.
Not saying you're like that, obviously, just that I think people can have a knee jerk reaction in the opposite direction. They're big dogs, and if they're poorly trained or socialised, they can cause a lot of harm. They aren't all "harmless fur babies" but neither are they all "dangerous ticking timebombs." They're dogs.