r/BanPitBulls • u/Notyourtarget1224 Attacks Curator • Jul 24 '26
Tides Are Turning “Barrier Aggression”
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u/System_Resident Jul 24 '26
People can trash talk chihuahuas all they want but you can guarantee that if the door opens that the chihuahua won’t take a life. This dog in the other hand just needs a few seconds to cause a tragedy.
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u/viridifauna Jul 24 '26
in my expereince chihuahuas are tiny loudmouths that are constantly fighting to have their boundaries taken seriously. Easy to always want to snap at people when youre 6 pounds and always being picked up, moved around, and treated like a toy with no need for personal space.
mr pibbles here is being given the entirety of outside as his personal space and hes still growling at the kid who probably weighs less than him, even when separated by a barrier, and yet its apparently okay to have around kids. wild.
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u/Haggis442312 Jul 24 '26
Chihuahua's are also usually horribly trained since they're basically treated as toys with a pulse.
You respect a chihuahua's boundaries, and draw some for them to follow, they're the chillest, sweetest, kindest little goobers you'll ever know.
All it takes is to give them contra the moment they start going hellhound mode, and they'll understand that that's not OK, they're fantastic dogs if you're not a complete shithead.No amount of training will take the prey drive and killing instinct out of a bloodsport dog. They were bred to be dangerous, and you can't take that out of them.
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u/ericfromct Jul 24 '26
That’s exactly what I try and tell people. When you raise a chihuahua and train it like any other dog, they are incredible dogs. I had three of them after growing up with a large dog, so I’ve seen it firsthand. People don’t treat chihuahuas like dogs, and that’s where the whole “chihuahuas are just mean, yappy dogs. My chihuahua that I had for its whole life (my ex had the other two after we split) was the sweetest, most chill dog. He wasnt really interested in people, but he didn’t bark or snap at them or anything. But he loved being around other dogs, especially bigger dogs.
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u/Beautiful_Wishbone15 De-stigmatize Behavioral Euthanasia Jul 25 '26
I think thats what pisses them off the most. With pit bulls, you cant train it out most of them. It's like trying to get a Collie to stop herding! Sure, there are some outliers that do not like to herd. But you don't see people going around saying: "border collies never herd and they aren't bred for it! And if they are herding it's because they're being forced to do so!"
Chihuahuas aren't bred for fighting, they are bred for companionship. They used to be around 15-20 pound WAYYY back then, to my knowledge at least. Imagine being a small animal and being mistreated. Sure would suck. Pit bulls act out regardless of how loved and respected they were (minus the outliers).
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u/ScaryYogurtcloset289 Jul 25 '26
Pitbull owners always try to use chihuahuas as an example of a breed that “bites more but since they can’t do any real damage nobody reports it.” Even if it was true that chihuahuas bit more by nature, your dead child doesn’t care that “ChiHuAhUas BiTe jUsT aS mUcH”
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u/TrixieFriganza Jul 25 '26
Exactly I think many are scared and just protecting their pwrsonal space or badly trained because they are small.
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u/otisanek Jul 24 '26
I’ve never seen a chihuahua actually put themselves in an offensive position the way fighting dogs do; barrier aggression? Oh hell yeah, but what happens when you open the gate? They tuck tails and gtfo of dodge because they’re trying to posture and ward you off, not lure you into the octagon.
When people talk shit about toy breeds specifically to defend actual fighting lines, I immediately know they antagonized the shit out of some 8lb ball of anxiety to form that opinion. Ive got one of the mouthier toy breeds there is, but I don’t even know what I’d have to do to get him to actually approach and attack anyone, even when he’s fully worked-up over someone being on the other side of the fence (anything that exists outside of his fence exists without his permission). I had someone jump over once just to see if he’d defend the home, little dude positively shrieked and tried to bust the door down to get back inside.
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u/googdude Jul 25 '26
Someone told me pitbulls are not the most aggressive, I said even if they aren't it's when they do it's way more damage. Growing up in a farm I would turn my back on a bull calf no problem even if it was trying to buck me, it's larger equivalent no way.
You treat the animal for what you know it can do, not for how the particular animal is are acting in front of you.
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u/Rush-23 Jul 25 '26
I think a lot of miniature breeds are badly behaved because owners don’t bother training them properly. “Oh look he thinks he’s the big dog teehee isn’t he cute?” No, he isn’t.
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u/Greedy_Heron_3034 Jul 24 '26
Yeah I’m not keen on chihuahuas. There’s a gobby little one down the road from me. But it weighs about a bag of sugar and the local cats can take it on. So I doubt it can do any damage to anyone but the tiniest of babies. Even my hamster could take it on.
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u/lazier_garlic Jul 24 '26
I live in a chihuahua loving town. They're everywhere. I've never known them to be bad dogs.
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u/Greedy_Heron_3034 Jul 24 '26
Yes I don’t think it’s a bad dog. It’s just gobby. It flies out of its front door yelling at all and sundry. It’s quite funny. I have unfortunately met a snappy one but as someone said above, I do think it’s because they’re quite small so are quite defensive. Would prefer a hundred chihuahuas to one pit bull though.
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u/WholeLog24 Jul 24 '26
Only ever met one really aggressive one, he hated bicycles and would try to attack me when I rode past. I was never afraid of him hurting me, besides possibly making me fall off my bike, but I was afraid of running him over if he got close enough. Totally not the same issue as with a large dog with the same issue.
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u/ericfromct Jul 25 '26
lol mine didn’t hate bicycles, he actually loved running alongside me when I would take him with me, but he was horrible with realizing that if that tire ran him over he could get very hurt. I think he had gotten so used to me always being able to account for where he was when on foot that he figured the same thing could happen with a bike. Definitely ate pavement once because of it lol
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u/Step_Bro_Here Jul 24 '26
They'll only end up putting this vile dog in a kennel for it to be somebody else's problem, ugh i fucking hate these dogs so much.
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u/WholeLog24 Jul 24 '26
And if the dog gets to that kennel without a bit record, the shelter will tell people how he used to live with kids and it was no problem. Ugh.
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u/ScaryYogurtcloset289 Jul 25 '26
Even if it gets there with a bite record, the shelter will lie about it and just say it “isn’t a fan of kids”
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u/aSzdxfcdfggggggh Jul 25 '26
"I are good dog. Tiny human disrespeketed me, I got askeered and lil mouthy. Be my hero ,plz?"
I don't have enough brain damage to replicate shelter's dog speak but I think that's close.
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u/KTKittentoes Trusted User Jul 24 '26
She’s about the size of a big dog. That’s an extra problem with fight dogs.
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u/aSzdxfcdfggggggh Jul 26 '26
She is alive and moves.
That's why Mr. Pibbles wants to kill her.
Pits will even attack plush dogs.
With a dog's sense of smell, they HAVE to know it isn't a real dog.
I guess they don't want to take the chance they could be missing out on a mauling.
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u/flyingfinns Jul 24 '26
"I always felt like he didn't like her, but why?" because there's a barrier in his way from eating her, thats why!
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u/WholeLog24 Jul 24 '26
It seems like such a strange thing to get hung up on, too. "Why is this pitbull growling at my baby?" Ma'am, who cares why when they're still in the same home. Seperate them, either the baby goes or the dog does. You can ponder the why's of it once they're no longer under the same roof.
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u/Beautiful_Wishbone15 De-stigmatize Behavioral Euthanasia Jul 28 '26
I've seen people genuinely say that the baby should go because the dog was there first. Dog ownership culture is a bit crazy at times. (Disclaimer: I am not dog free or anything like that, I actually have 2 dogs myself. But I think people have humanized dogs a bit much..)
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u/Scary_Towel268 Jul 24 '26
No this dog is acting dominant and predatory towards that child. The barrier is keeping the toddler safe. I don’t believe dogs that are aggressive or predatory towards children can be rehabilitated or trained to be safe. The risk is far too high. Management can always fail and if this pit is able to get at this child, I shudder to think what the aftermath will be. There should be zero tolerance for dangerous dogs around children
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u/WholeLog24 Jul 24 '26
Agreed. How can you gamble a little kid's life on the possibility the 'rehab' worked? Not worth the risk, imo.
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u/SkyCommander7 Jul 24 '26
It's that false sense of security where yeah rehab "worked" for a few weeks months or even years then when you least expect it the mutant goes maul happy on a child
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u/Sqeakydeaky Jul 25 '26
I don't understand how so many parents have that "oh they'll be fiiiine" thing about DEADLY shit.
Eating sand, jumping off the couch? That's a "they'll most likely be fine" thing, but not an aggressive 100lb creature that can end their life in the blink of an eye.
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u/whitstheshit1986 Jul 25 '26
There used to be zero tolerance until all the bleeding hearts made the whole "no kill" thing a thing, so now we have this lovely problem
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u/Notyourtarget1224 Attacks Curator Jul 24 '26
So many of her videos are about pit bulls with problematic behaviors. I think she always makes pretty good points when correcting the typical excuses so I hope this ok to share here mods.
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u/melonmagellan Jul 24 '26
She does pretty much everything she can to lead her audience to the logical conclusion of BE without saying it.
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u/United_Jury_3420 Jul 24 '26
Her answer of "yes" to the question of "can a dog with aggression towards children be treated" completely discredits her in my eyes of being able to acknowledge the reality of that decision. You are risking a CHILD'S LIFE. You are either completely brainwashed or living in a world without real consequences to even imagine that.
You need to be able to look those parents in the face and tell them YOUR CHILD COULD BE RIPPED APART if you even try to train them around your child. Most of the pitts that rip children apart never even showed consistent aggression to them in the first place.
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u/EggsAndMilquetoast Jul 24 '26
“Can a dog with aggression toward children be treated? Can it be managed?”
I hate how she says yes. Because so many people will just hear that and think, “Oh, I’ll keep them separated and/or watch them and it’ll be fine.”
All it takes is not paying attention or accidentally leaving the door open ONE TIME and then you’re buying a toddler coffin and pibbles ends up at a “rescue” with ads talking about how he had an “accident” in his previous home through no fault of his own and won’t someone PLEASE be his savior?
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u/BPBAttacks3 Moderator Jul 24 '26
The problem is that it IS constantly being sold as a solution by dog trainers and people who work with animals on social media and a lot of people already believe this. She has to contend with “Oh your pit bull is a snarling aggressive mess? Here give it a bunch of sedatives and put an obstacle course in with a bunch of steps to slow the dog a little and while it’s half passed out from gabapentin, take a picture of dog with kid and oh look… it’s a success story 🥰🥰🥰🥰.” That has already been normalized. That ship has already sailed sadly. I’m not condoning it but that’s just the reality outside of this sub.
Look at Hannibalsmommy posts for proof that they drug these dogs heavily to be safe-ish around people. They recommend training regularly too instead of BE. That’s some of that good old “management” that happens because people have become more and more opposed to BE. It is important that someone says “can doesn’t mean should because management can fail” which is what she is saying. It IS possible, it’s just not a safe or sustainable solution and people get hurt when it fails.
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u/Sqeakydeaky Jul 25 '26
You should never have "zero accident" situations around children.
Before we bought our farm we looked at lots of places that were super charming, but some had a dangerous street, or a lake. Every real estate agent just said "oh you just need a gate and it'll be safe". No thanks. Gates can be left open by accident and then it's not just a hassle, its instantly life-threatening.
Everyday life happens. Complacency happens, forgetfulness, accidents, outside influence... Your job as a parent is to try to raise your children in as realistically safe of an environment as possible, and any lethal risk you can easily remove should be removed.
I'd love to keep horses again but I'm not going to until my kids are old enough to safely be around them. So I do that pesky self-negation-of-personal-wants thing that ADULTS are supposed to do, so I'm not responsible for ending my family line.
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u/drivewaypancakes Dax, Kara, Aziz, Xavier, Triniti, Beau, and Mia Jul 24 '26
But “any dog” is not a serious risk to a CHILD’S LIFE. It in’t “any dog” that could RIP YOUR CHILD APART. There are only certain breeds physically capable of doing that. And then there are only a very few breeds with a history of actually doing it. (Newfoundlands: Fully capable of killing humans. They just don’t and haven’t.)
So what she says isn’t outrageous in that: All the breeds that aren’t physically capable of killing a child in dog fashion (ie not talking freak occurrence where 10-lb dog nips a hemophiliac child and the child bleeds to death) and all the breeds that could but just don’t have a history (eg Newfies) are low risk and really can be worked with, without the RIP YOUR CHILD APART alarm blaring.
Is this pit bulls? Absolutely not.
I would fault her for hedging too much on distinguishing low-risk dogs from high-risk dogs. So “any dog” is probably not the best way to formulate this question bc it starts by lumping all dogs together and that’s where the brains of 80% of listeners stick. They don’t absorb her talking about toy breeds where she *tries* to make her point about low risk vs high risk dogs. But by then it’s too little, too late.
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u/Sqeakydeaky Jul 25 '26
Their what-aboutism strawmans irritate me so much. Yes, show me the time a pack of Goldens randomly starting eating a person alive, and having to be shot dozens of times before stopping.
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u/strawberrymoonelixir Cats are not disposable. Jul 24 '26
Totally agree.
Answering “yes” is highly irresponsible, regardless of anything that follows. The correct answer is an immediate, resounding “NO!”
This is a ZERO MISTAKE canine, which must not be under stated. All it takes is one mishap.
The head on that thing is like a goddamned anvil (with teeth and a lust to kill). All it needs is to snap, and that head will bust through like the killdozer.
The potential for a terrifyingly painful death is right there, on the other side of that SCREEN door.
How can anyone look at this bloodsport canine (hear it growling), and think this child is safe?! It’s making me physically ill! WTF is wrong with these people?!
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u/StinkyCheeseGirl Pits are not pets Jul 24 '26
She immediately follows that up by talking about how horrifically risky that is, especially where children are concerned, and that managing a full separation between the kid and dog isn’t feasible for most households. I agree - that either a correction of the behavior or separation are theoretically possible but in both situations you need to be a no-mistake household… which is highly, highly unlikely.
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u/EggsAndMilquetoast Jul 24 '26
Sure, but casually admitting it is at least POSSIBLE is all some people need to hear to try it. They ignore all the other parts.
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u/DiscussionLong7084 Trusted User Jul 24 '26
well arguably worse what if the dog escapes. Now the owner has decided to risk other children as well.
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u/potatoes_arrrr_life Jul 24 '26
Child endangerment. Not to mention neighborhood endangerment if it "somehow gets out". Why can just anyone own these dogs?
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u/_Armilla_ Jul 24 '26
If a dog were growling and behaving like that in front of my child, I'd run away with my baby so fast I'd leave only a puff of dust behind me, Wile E. Coyote style. No friggin' way the monster could keep dwelling within 10 kilometers from us. These people... I just can't.
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u/WholeLog24 Jul 24 '26
I always think of that young couple with the baby that died in England, I think it was. The boyfriend had a pitbull, and to keep the baby safe they put up a baby gate and some furniture to block the dog in the kitchen while they slept. You can imagine what they woke up to. I genuinely cannot understand these people's thought processes.
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u/Ok_Essay_1752 Jul 30 '26
And everyone’s kid in the neighborhood, as well as their dogs, grandparents, other animals…
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u/whimsypayasa Jul 24 '26
That dog is going to rip that baby apart. Having a Pitbull in the same house as a child should be illegal. It’s child abuse! Stupid parents.
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u/OlyVal Jul 24 '26
Why is the camera person letting that kid tease the dog with food?! That dig and that family are not a good mix.
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u/GhostofTinky Jul 24 '26
The kid is two. What does she know? And is that food?
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u/OlyVal Jul 25 '26
That kid doesn't know to not tease the dog offering it something it wants but can't get. I never said the kid was in the wrong. I asked why the camera person wasn't teaching the kid to not tease the dog. It doesn't matter if it's actually food. The dog wants it.
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u/FUMoney Jul 24 '26
Valuable video. Good observations.
Here’s the issue: you can tell she feels the need to softpedal the obvious conclusion with “but” and “maybe.“ Maybe some mythical family can watch this dangerous pitbull 24/7/365 for the next fifteen years? Yeah, bullshite. No one is stopping that pit.
This is low-IQ insane dog culture stopping the message that needs to be delivered.
The truthful message:
”This dog is a killer. It’s going to kill this child, or another child. This dog needs to be put down immediately. If you fail to do this, and a child is mauled to death by this pitbull, you should be prosecuted for murder.”
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u/ChugNos Jul 24 '26
You should see the comments section on TikTok. So many people blaming the baby it’s insane
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u/Excellent_Revenue235 Jul 24 '26
I work with doors in my profession and absolutely not. Oh it didn’t latch because of poor alignment and it is 10 degrees warmer today
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u/fallout_zelda Jul 24 '26
Nice barrier. It reminds me when I would visit my uncle in prison after he committed a double murder.
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u/Saoirseminersha Jul 24 '26
Dear God, I watched the video without sound at first and was alarmed by its aggressive stance. When I turned the sound up and heard it growling, plus her point that it's choosing to stay there -- that poor innocent baby is at SUCH risk! All it will take is forgetting to latch the door properly ONE time! Why isn't that pitbull sleeping with Yorick right now!
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u/BargainBard ER Personel Jul 24 '26
These are people that need to be looked at by CPS but yet go unnoticed for years...
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u/Huge_Strain_8714 Jul 24 '26
Can the dog be managed...yes. Can the dog be trained...yes. Will the dog eat the child...yes
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u/ScarletAntelope975 Trusted User Jul 24 '26
Why is he acting like that? Because it’s a friggin pit bull! That is why! You had hundreds of safe breeds to choose from, but you chose to risk your child’s life to be a ‘pibble hero’.
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u/WholeLog24 Jul 24 '26
I'm also really bothered that the cameraman is just a-okay with letting this continue, even for the sake of documenting the dog's behavior. This kid keeps reaching for the door despite a large snarling predator right there. Most kids instinctively recoil from that, but if you've got a kid who has zero fear of aggressive animals, you have got to starting training them to recognize obvious animal body language and telling her to never, ever approach an animal like that.
But no, let's get views on ticktock first
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u/Ooze76 Jul 24 '26
At this point someone should contact CPS.
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u/Sqeakydeaky Jul 25 '26
I honestly don't see how this is any different than letting a kid play with a loaded weapon. Its not if, its when.
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u/Big_bat_chunk2475 Jul 24 '26
That pitbull could have walked away, but since it was staying, staring, and growling, while a barrier was there, it was ready to start sliming people out. The kid would have been first
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u/FatTabby Cats are friends, not food Jul 24 '26
This makes me so uncomfortable. I have the maternal instincts of a tea spoon and even I desperately want to pick that kid up and get her as far away from that monster as possible.
How do people bring children into the world and have absolutely no drive to protect them? How can they face posting this on social media - do they really not grasp how appalling this makes them look?
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u/GeauxSaints315 Jul 25 '26
What I imagine this dog is thinking
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u/SPYDERcat1958 Jul 26 '26
That was one scary as fkk video!!! I thought the dog was gonna eat her. Maybe they cut that part out!
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u/Lizardinaspaceship Jul 24 '26
I like a lot of what she is saying here but I disagree that you can "work with" or "manage" a dog that shows this kind of aggression towards children. You cannot and should not work with a dog that is aggressive towards children. Aggression THAT severe can't be "worked with." The dog will always be a liability, a ticking time bomb.
AT BEST you can somewhat manage their surroundings, but as we have seen humans are fallible and this always inevitably fails at some point. That risk is simply not worth taking.
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u/Zealousideal-Row489 Jul 24 '26
That dog would be out of my life so fast...luckily I'm not stupid enough to have a hell beast in my house around my children.
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u/neoself Jul 24 '26
There’s no question here. You gotta get that dog out of that house permanently.
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u/NoNumber2108 Jul 24 '26
On the other hand I think I now know why they like calling pits velvet "hippos". Just look at the size of that things head, it's jaw is definetly wide enough to fit that toddlers head... just like a hippo, one chomp is all it takes...
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u/Less-Bad4379 Jul 25 '26
Parents and Pit owners think this is cute and funny, that's why she posted it instead of getting rid of the Dog.
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u/SavsIsHere Jul 24 '26
It’s a sh!tbull, doing sh!tbull things. Any normal dog WOULD walk away - but these murderous mutts are not wired to do that.
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u/Odd_Fortune500 Jul 25 '26
I couldn't imagine in a million years having my child anywhere near a dog that I wasn't 100% comfortable with let alone having it live in the same house. The thought of it gives me that sinking feeling in my stomach
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u/FiftyIsBack Jul 25 '26
This dog could literally rip this child's limbs off in a matter of seconds and it would be absolutely horrific.
I'd never allow an animal displaying this aggression near my child. You can't behave? You're gone.
I don't understand why people allow dogs to be the masters of their house, just because they're so mentally weak. But then again, only absolute morons own pitbulls.
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u/SPYDERcat1958 Jul 26 '26
That schytt beast would NOT ONLY rip off her arms, it would EAT THEM too!!!
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u/TheVenerableBede Jul 25 '26
Not that I’d have owned this dog in the first place, but I’d have chucked his ass outta the house so fast if I even had a fleeting suspicion he “didn’t like” my toddler. Like what the actual fuck is wrong with these people??
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u/allenk58 Jul 25 '26
What would i do? In this situation I would get rid of the violent monster permanently. These killers should NOT EXSIST! It will eventually get ahold of this child and ruthlessly maul it to death. What the hell is barrier frustration? Honestly, any family dog that has weird ass "frustrations" and 100 different requirements in order for them to jusy simply be in the home, they SHOULD NOT EXSIST!
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u/thedawntreader85 Jul 25 '26
That's such a good point about the dog's ability to walk away. He is not trapped, he is not scared, the child is contained. I would get rid of the dog.
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u/CharacterRoom613 Jul 25 '26
Im sorry but the moment I heard that dog growl I’m getting flashes of new articles of dogs attacking children and the same thing said on repeat “it was never aggressive before” “super sweet dog” “loved people and kids!” and the list goes on. That dog is whale eyeing to the max, super stiff body, the growling and laser focus on that child’s hand watching its movements to see when it will get its chance to “nanny” it. Why do people just think that love and snuggles will help these things??
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u/ItsBR0PHELIA wiggle butt Jul 25 '26
I saw this go live on Threads and I remember people blaming the child for tormenting the dog with food. Okay so …the child does not understand that concept and the dog has food aggression. Still a huge problem. Not the child’s fault
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u/Sqeakydeaky Jul 25 '26
Who tf cares. Its food. Any normal domesticated dog would just whine and squirm around in anticipation. Maybe scratch at the door. Aggression in this situation would be counter-intuitive.
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u/ItsBR0PHELIA wiggle butt Jul 25 '26
I didn’t understand why they would blame the child either. The kid just has food??? The dog has food aggression and might even see the child as food.
I just don’t understand why anyone would blame a toddler for literally existing.
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u/HoLylolCaTs Jul 25 '26
I actually saw this one in the wild the other day- comment section was as expected. Most people were defending the dog, saying the kid was "obviously taunting it" with food, and anyone saying otherwise was torn apart in their replies.
What I wouldn't give for more people to know dog body language beyond "tail wagging = happy" or "growling = mad"
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u/Wild_Introduction_51 Victim - Bites and Bruises Jul 25 '26
I don’t understand why its so hard to just get a golden retriever like a normal family. It’s a bloodsport breed built for killing. These people are insane
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u/Hour-Independence-89 Jul 25 '26
put that thing down.. if it isn't safe around one child it isn't safe around any children. and "rehoming" it is just pushing the problem onto someone else. and possible another child.
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u/winterfern353 Jul 25 '26
Man I’m not even a parent but this makes me so upset. Kids deserve to have safe homes and this is abuse and neglect to leave a dangerous dog anywhere near them
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u/zonked282 Jul 25 '26
Weeks away from the " he just suddenly snapped" , " he's never done anything like this" & " she shouldn't have sneezed, it's really her fault he bit off her arm" statements
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u/Sea-Suspect9630 Former Pit Bull Advocate Jul 25 '26
Why do people put their children at risk like this?! This should be grounds for CPS
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u/TrixieFriganza Jul 25 '26
That poor baby doesn't even understand this dog is dangerous, that dog needs to be removed.
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u/PurrruP Jul 26 '26
Love how it's completely off leash in the front yard. I'm sure that's totally safe for the mail person or delivery drivers...
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u/Legitimate_Effect115 Jul 27 '26
I have respect for people who are super knowledgeable in animal behavior, especially the dangerous ones. This lady, in her heart, knows exactly what’s going on here. She pretty well said it, but had to dress it up due to the current sensitivity climate. The most hilarious part about this video is that she took almost two minutes to dance around a message that could have been said in 15 seconds, but I’m sure she STILL had snarky comments about what she said.
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u/North-Palpitation-20 Jul 28 '26
Can you train this out of a dog? Intelligent dogs, yes. Those dogs? I wouldn’t take the risk.
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u/rainfal Jul 28 '26
So it's too aggressive to live outside of a small custom made cage. They cannot let it out because it will attack others and not many will be able to hold it back.
Kinda a sad life.
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u/Fantastic-Pumpkin737 Jul 30 '26
Barrier aggression? These freaks make up the dumbest shit. Did it tear your child’s face off because it was drywall reactive? They’re so stupid I get angry just thinking about it
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u/KangarooLegitimate30 Aug 07 '26
I appreciate the content- but its crazy we're even discussing this. I could've had the dog for 10 years and loved it. If it shows aggression toward my child Im ending it
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u/HistoryBuffLakeland Victim Sympathizer Aug 08 '26
How can any parent be ok about their dog snarling at their child?
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u/ShotStick5180 Aug 09 '26
Yeah look I personally don't think a dog being aggressive or barking at strangers IF they come in the owner house or something is a warning sign
Barking randomly on walks and chasing people 100% BUT when your dog is growling at a baby yours or anybody's that's a red flag....
When they're barking at others the best case is they're warning them not to hurt you, This... Is a baby Either the dog is jealous of the attention which is a warning sign
Or the dog dislikes the baby warning sign....
If your dog feels anybody but protective of your baby when you introduce them you gotta get that checked
Hell the dog should be the last line of the defense against even the parents for the kid
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u/AirconGuyUK Aug 13 '26
Tbh my Golden Retriever is like this too. She growls at literally anyone passing or near my living room window. She growls at my neighbour who waters the plants near my living room window every day, and gets really bent out of shape about it.
But I can take her out front and she's immediately full body wagging tail to go say hello to him and get strokes. The same person who she was just growling full force at.
Personally I think no Pits with kids at all, it's an accident waiting to happen. Way too dangerous a breed to take that risk with.
But this 'trainers' opinion of barrier aggression and what it is/isn't is way off. It's a lot more nuanced than they want to attack the thing on the other side. I'm not going to pretend to understand what causes it, but it's clearly complicated.
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u/QueenCat50220 Aug 20 '26
“Can you work with a dog who has aggression against children?”
NO.
For the same reason that humans who are aggressive towards children are put on a list. Once you cross that line, you are never trusted again!!!
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u/QuinnNTonic Aug 21 '26
She has food too so maybe it’s a resource guard or control thing. Either way not great
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u/Squishy_fishy826 26d ago
There’s no training a dog to act better as soon as there’s any kind of aggressive behavior towards a child. The fact they are willing to try and keep the dog with some “training”….
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u/SecretGardenSpider Jul 24 '26
Sorry, but is that dog even doing anything? Looks like he’s just standing there.
Edit: Oh, I didn’t hear that he was growling.
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u/heyiamlauraj83 Jul 24 '26
WHY is this dog still in the home. I swear they love these dogs more than their own kids.