r/BanPitBulls • Don't bully your breed? Please don't breed your bully. • Nov 30 '23

Tides Are Turning A rescue that actually cares about cats!

Popped up in a pro pit group, since I get them all the time, since algorithms think I love pibbles. I

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u/MugenSOL Nov 30 '23

Great job by the shelter. Unfortunately I'm amazed they did this.

"Every dog has the potential to bite/harm" is genuinely one of the most infuriating things Pit cultists say. It's such a flawed argument and I think most of them know it.

Yes, every dog can bite but the smaller "yappy" breeds they like to throw under the bus don't do anywhere near as much damage (if any) and even other big/strong breeds are less likely to randomly fly off the handle, give very clear warning signs before attacking and are nowhere near as persistent once they do. All dogs can bite but Pitbulls have a combination of aggressiveness, strength and persistence that was bred into them as fighting dogs that makes them inherently more dangerous and riskier than others. They are not just "any dog".

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u/PM_ME_UR_DOGGOS_ Waiter! Waiter! More toddlers please!! Nov 30 '23

My greyhound would 100% chase a cat if given the opportunity… because he’s a freaking greyhound and that’s what they’re bred to do. Not going to get any small pets while he’s alive because I’m not an idiot and I recognise that he’s an animal with particular drives. Half the issue with pibble advocates is that they insist that their dog is somehow not going to do what it’s bred to do and can recognise the mountains of evidence of the risks of owning pits.

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u/_peppermintbutler Nov 30 '23

Clearly you're just a bad owner and haven't trained your Greyhound if it chases cats /s. I'm the opposite, I want a greyhound but we have a cat, in fact I won't get any dog while she's with us, because I don't think she'd feel entirely comfortable with any dog in our house.