# It's always a fucking Pit Bull **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 24, 2016, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-always-a-fucking-pit-bull/760775 "2016-07-24T14:41:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-always-a-fucking-pit-bull/760775/263 "2019-12-05T17:03:38Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > You’ve never had a dog for companionship? Just taking care of a dog gives some of us a reason to get up in the morning and get through the day, knowing another living being depends upon you for its comfort and survival, and they reward you with unparalleled devotion and loyalty. If you treat a dog right, they will never abandon you. And even a well-socialized pit bull or Doberman can be as gentle and docile as a Lab. I have a wife and two kids (5 and 3) and a pit bull (8). I’ve never owned a dog before, but I love that guy as much s the rest of my family. He’s been a loyal companion and buddy, and has the added benefit of alerting us to any unusual activities outside. And it’s nice when none of the humans except me are home, that I’m not alone and have the gentle sounds of his snores and smell of his farts to keep me company. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-always-a-fucking-pit-bull/760775/264 "2019-12-05T17:10:14Z")
> [@crucible](#): > > again, why the futz do we need dogs at all? > > I’d make exceptions for police and sheep herders, yellow labs for service dogs…rabbit hunters and ratcatchers, but, wtf, pitbulls? Dobermans?, etc, etc. > [@SteveG1](#): > > So then don’t get one. Other than that, it’s none of your business. _checks forum_ Are we in the Pit? **crucible** reminds me of an alien asking, “Why do you hue-mons…?” ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-always-a-fucking-pit-bull/760775/265 "2019-12-05T18:09:44Z")
As much as I hate to bump a thread with this terrible title, recent studies concluded owning a dog is correlated with living longer. Up to 24% lower chance of dying early…whatever that means: > **[Owning a dog tied to lowering your risk of dying early by 24%, says science |...](https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/08/health/dogs-help-us-live-longer-wellness/index.html)** > > Dog owners are 24% less likely to die for any reason, but the life-prolonging benefits are even higher for anyone with cardiovascular disease, according to two new studies. But the headline is misleading. OWNING a dog is unlikely to be what’s helping us – Michael Vick “owned” dogs. Does anyone argue that conferred health benefits on him? _Living with a dog as a family member_ is almost certainly what was studied, not legal relationship. I say this as a dog guardian, not an owner. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-always-a-fucking-pit-bull/760775/266 "2019-12-05T18:27:34Z")
I think it’s _loving_ the dog, not just living with it. Some _people_ live with dogs and don’t love them. Poor, pathetic creatures. The people, not the dogs. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-always-a-fucking-pit-bull/760775/267 "2019-12-05T18:39:01Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > _checks forum_ Are we in the Pit? > > **crucible** reminds me of an alien asking, “Why do you hue-mons…?” Oh, sorry, forgot to throw a few “fucks” in there 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-always-a-fucking-pit-bull/760775/268 "2019-12-05T18:53:23Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > I think it’s _loving_ the dog, not just living with it. > > Some _people_ live with dogs and don’t love them. Poor, pathetic creatures. > > The people, not the dogs. Sometimes both, like the pit linked in post #257, before learning to be a police dog. Didn’t hold any grudges against humans but wasn’t sure what to do at first. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-always-a-fucking-pit-bull/760775/269 "2019-12-05T19:11:02Z")
> [@crucible](#): > > again, why the futz do we need dogs at all? I have three dogs. Hypothetically, if some majik being appeared before me and told me I had to choose between my dogs and **crucible** , with the loser being _poofed_ away, I’d choose my dogs without so much as a second’s thought. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-always-a-fucking-pit-bull/760775/270 "2019-12-05T19:14:03Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I have three dogs. Hypothetically, if some majik being appeared before me and told me I had to choose between my dogs and **crucible** , with the loser being _poofed_ away, I’d choose my dogs without so much as a second’s thought. Same here! ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-always-a-fucking-pit-bull/760775/271 "2019-12-05T21:12:36Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > You revived this thread just to say that? No, a spammer bumped it, then was banned and their posts deleted. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-always-a-fucking-pit-bull/760775/272 "2019-12-05T21:31:47Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > No, a spammer bumped it, then was banned and their posts deleted. I suspect that you really meant a different “s” word. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-always-a-fucking-pit-bull/760775/273 "2019-12-05T22:54:33Z")
Hope no one missed [this heartwarming Christmas story](https://nypost.com/2019/11/26/88-year-old-vet-uses-lawn-ornament-to-save-child-from-pit-bull/). I strongly suspect it didn’t really involve a pit bull. More likely it was a chihuahua. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2019, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-always-a-fucking-pit-bull/760775/274 "2019-12-06T03:29:11Z")
Also, [Inconsistent Identification of Pit Bull-Type Dogs by Shelter Staff](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S109002331500310X). I mean, when even the people who are supposed to know can’t tell… ---
**Author:** ![Kovitlac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/2bfe46/32.png) [@Kovitlac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kovitlac)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2019, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-always-a-fucking-pit-bull/760775/275 "2019-12-06T19:41:25Z")
Because dogs often referred to as ‘pit bulls’ are actually 4-5 different breeds, including the Pit Bull Terrier, Staffordshire Terrier, American Bulldog, Boston Terrier and more. Comparatively very few people can actually recognize a legitimate Pit Bull Terrier. My city is looking to get rid of their 10 or so year ban on Pit Bulls, and I couldn’t be happier. It’s such a stupid ban. Even more idiotic when you know that the guy who pushed it so hard had a Golden Lab that bit a kid, was taken by Animal Control, and subsequently vanished and hasn’t been seen since. Fuck that guy. ---
**Author:** ![Kovitlac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/2bfe46/32.png) [@Kovitlac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kovitlac)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2019, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-always-a-fucking-pit-bull/760775/276 "2019-12-06T19:42:38Z")
> [@crucible](#): > > again, why the futz do we need dogs at all? > > I’d make exceptions for police and sheep herders, yellow labs for service dogs…rabbit hunters and ratcatchers, but, wtf, pitbulls? Dobermans?, etc, etc. Uhh, why not?.. If you hate dogs, just say so. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2019, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-always-a-fucking-pit-bull/760775/277 "2019-12-06T20:44:26Z")
> [@Kovitlac](#): > > Uhh, why not?.. If you hate dogs, just say so. Here ya go: > [@Pit Bulls (continued)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-bulls-continued/670714/1226): > > Why in the world do we think it is okay for people to house potentially dangerous dogs? Maybe even any dogs at all? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2019, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-always-a-fucking-pit-bull/760775/278 "2019-12-06T21:10:07Z")
[This, too.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=19590348#post19590348) ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2019, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-always-a-fucking-pit-bull/760775/279 "2019-12-06T21:25:53Z")
If my dog doesn’t like you, _ **I** _ don’t like you. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2019, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-always-a-fucking-pit-bull/760775/280 "2019-12-06T21:28:19Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > If my dog doesn’t like you, _ **I** _ don’t like you. So you like anyone who carries dog treats around? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2019, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-always-a-fucking-pit-bull/760775/281 "2019-12-06T21:41:41Z")
It just makes good sense. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2019, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-always-a-fucking-pit-bull/760775/282 "2019-12-07T02:57:29Z")
Dogs can save lives. Even pit bulls. > **[Second Chance Dogs](https://moderndogmagazine.com/articles/second-chance-dogs/69609)** > > You’d never guess that Zach Skow almost died six years ago. The handsome thirty-something is typically seen skateboarding, running up California hillsides to train for marathons, and volunteering in his community with dogs he’s rescued for his... > **[Pawsitive Change Prison Program gives inmates, dogs a second chance at life](https://www.bakersfield.com/bakersfield-life/pawsitive-change-prison-program-gives-inmates-dogs-a-second-chance/article_0b808bc3-f905-56b7-b07e-27debaee5ee0.html)** > > One weekend in 2006 resulted in Daniel Robinson facing four life sentences without the possibility of parole, plus 160 years. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/9Xn0yhf_IM8/maxresdefault.jpg "Shelter Dog and Prisoner Give Each Other A Second Chance | The Dodo") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Xn0yhf_IM8) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-always-a-fucking-pit-bull/760775.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-always-a-fucking-pit-bull/760775.md?page=15)