[QUOTE="CommonFable"]
So my mother is a professional pet-sitter (i know strange) and she watches an old ladies dog once in while when the lady goes on vacation.The laies dog is very nice and harmless, and is actually getting old. But the bad part is that she does not live in a great community. Her neighbors own two very mean pitbulls that do escape from thier fence occasionally. The lady's dog and herself have been nearly attacked multiple times, and the dog warden has been notified multiple times. Just recently however, the problem has gotten worse. A different lady was going to her car when one of the pitbulls escaped its pen. The lady managed to get to the car, but the dog kept trying to get in. The a lady with two children were walking down the street when nthe dog left the car and started walking towards the lady and children. The warden showed up and said that he was going to put the dogs down, but the owners refused and didn't let the warden do it.
Now I don't believe a dogs aggressiveness comes with the breed, though it can be a factor. But do you think the dog should have been put down right away? I do.
Lockedge
Such a terrible situation. Poor people for having to put up with those dogs, and poor dogs for not being looked after and raised properly.
"Pit Bulls" aren't normally aggressive toward humans. If you isolate them, however, they won't be able to socialize and learn how life outside its boundaries works. If the owner takes advantage of their absurdly high need to please, and uses that to make it volative and aggressive towrds any living thing aside from him/herself, that's an injustice to the dog and creates a danger to the community.
THe poor dogs likely need to be checked out to see if they're salvageable, and the owner needs to be investigated thoroughly, and fined if applicable.
Really friggin frustrating :( Pit Bulls can be real sweethearts if raised right.
Yes. My mom has actually looked after very nice and friendly pitbulls.
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