Yup, dogs are a lot like people. People who love their dogs and take good care of them will have loving and sweet dogs. People who abuse and neglect their dogs will have scared, traumatized, and aggressive dogs. Same happens with people. It's not about their breed (or in the case of people, race) it's about how they were raised.

[–] SmoothOperator@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Please don't burn it all down

[–] Draconic_NEO@pawb.social 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Ok, I won't.

Can I at least burn the pittbull-hating trolls?

[–] SmoothOperator@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Looking at the comments it seems a mod is already doing it.

You're a fierce guardian of animal welfare. Can I ask if the same protection extends to all animals?

[–] Goatboy@pawb.social 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Literally never encountered a mean Pitt. Plenty of other breeds though.

[–] Draconic_NEO@pawb.social -1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's all dependent on their development and how they were raised. Evil fucked up people abusing and neglecting their dogs causes those dogs to grow up scared, traumatized, and with behavioral problems.

[–] Goatboy@pawb.social 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm not saying pitts can't be violent. I'm saying my bad dog experiences have all been other breeds.

And not every reactive dog is the owner's fault. The world is more complicated than that.

[–] Draconic_NEO@pawb.social 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I know, I'm not saying you were saying that. Of course pitts can be violent. Most dogs who are reactive are reactive due to trauma.

[–] Goatboy@pawb.social 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I know. I had a reactive dog. Found him as a stray in terrible condition.

He made it to 16 but he never fully lost that reactivity. I used to get all kinds of judgement from people saying things like you said.

[–] Draconic_NEO@pawb.social 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah people shouldn't assume that someone having a dog means they're the one who raised the dog since birth. Lots of people these days have been getting rescue dogs and some of those dogs have had hard lives, and had no role in the trauma that dog experienced.

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Pits' temperament is no different than any other dog. What is different is the type of owner they appeal to. Every few years society decides one particular breed is the "dangerous dog", I've lived through german Shepard doberman and Rottweiler already