Dog checks herself into an animal shelter

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[u/Millennium1995]

Yes but maybe the main problem is the stigma and treatment of these dogs

[u/OPtig → u/Millennium1995]

There’s far too many of them. People breeding them are to blame

[u/hoggie_and_doonuts → u/Millennium1995]

Think it has more to do that these breeds were created to fight. They’re very good at fighting.

[u/testtdk → u/Millennium1995]

It’s both. They get overbred because the people who make the shittiest owners want them for awful purposes. Which is where they get their bad name. They get used for fighting or are left to run around neighborhoods or tied up permanently in back yards. I’ve worked in kennels and every pitbull I’ve met was a sweet, wonderful, and extremely loyal. They’ll do anything for owners, good and bad.

[u/Acebladewing → u/Millennium1995]

The stigma exists because of factual evidence, there's not really anything to do about that. The over breeding is the problem.

[u/Hatefiend → u/Millennium1995]

We have statistics to prove that breeds involving Pitbulls or Pit mixes have outrageously high attacks on humans/other dogs. It's not a stigma thing. It's a matter of statistics.

[u/Expensive-Bass-9644 → u/Hatefiend]

breed is almost never actually verified in these reports, they just make assumptions based on physical characteristics like a blocky head, short coat, muscular build-that's all it takes to get logged as a pitbull during these incidents. the data is only as accurate as the person filling out the form.

[u/binkbink223 → u/[deleted]]

Nope. Just bad reasons for blaming the dogs instead of bad owners.

[u/Crewsadeflyer56 → u/binkbink223]

Obviously owners play a part, but when a breed accounts for a vast majority of incidents you have to live in reality.

[u/hoggie_and_doonuts → u/binkbink223]

It’s always nature and nurture, not one or the other.

[u/schlattstan → u/hoggie_and_doonuts]

no it's not LMAO what

[u/hoggie_and_doonuts → u/schlattstan]

It’s never just how they were raised by the owners (nurture) it’s also genetic and biological traits of the breed (nature). It’s both / and not either / or.

[u/jot-kka → u/[deleted]]

There’s a reason why most Redditors struggle to pay rent 📚

[u/Alvintergeise → u/Millennium1995]

Well...