# Pit Bulls (continued) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 8, 2013, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-bulls-continued/670714 "2013-10-08T19:18:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2013, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-bulls-continued/670714/21 "2013-10-09T00:08:26Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I the lion, the tiger or a pack of rabid pitbulls? Oh my! ---
**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:** [October 9, 2013, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-bulls-continued/670714/22 "2013-10-09T00:32:03Z")
Oh, for fuck’s sake. Here we go again. I am not interested in arguing this with **cougar** , as s/he as seemed to make up his/her mind. That’s fine. Everyone needs a hobby or a cause, I suppose. Completely anecdotal and not meant as any evidence or anything, but I grew up in a neighborhood that had Dobermans, Pit Bulls, Shepherds, Huskies, Malamutes, and Rottweilers. One child was killed. By whom? The family pet Labrador Retriever. Of course, that doesn’t mean anything. But since **cougar** likes throwing out pointless anecdote after anecdote, that’s mine. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2013, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-bulls-continued/670714/23 "2013-10-09T00:39:00Z")
Confirmation bias much? Confesssion: I love pit bulls. But don’t get me started on miniature schnauzers…they may not ever maul people, but boy are they annoying. Kind of like posters who get too riled up in Great Debates. Hey, there’s a reason I stay right the hell out of GD. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2013, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-bulls-continued/670714/24 "2013-10-09T00:50:15Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > Confesssion: I love pit bulls. But don’t get me started on miniature schnauzers…they may not ever maul people, but boy are they annoying. Kind of like posters who get too riled up in Great Debates. Hey, there’s a reason I stay right the hell out of GD. Confession: I hate pitbulls. But I admit it may have more to do with the owners. Too many seem to have them to perpetuate their tough guy image. Which leads to them be raised the wrong way. The only dog I’ve had to shoot was a pitbull. It was terrorizing the neighborhood. But the owner raised them in outdoor pens and treated them like livestock not pets. Never could prove he was raising them to fight. We foster for the local rescue and pit puppies are very lovable. I would never own one though because I wouldn’t want to have to explain to everyone we meet that it isn’t a killer. I like my idiot lab/beagle mix who runs away from everything. Oh and Yorkshire Terriers are completely evil. /confession ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2013, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-bulls-continued/670714/25 "2013-10-09T00:55:43Z")
Yeah, a lot of pit bulls aren’t treated very well, unfortunately. And they’re not an easy breed to look after, from what I’ve heard. ---
**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:** [October 9, 2013, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-bulls-continued/670714/26 "2013-10-09T01:09:47Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Confession: I hate pitbulls. But I admit it may have more to do with the owners. Too many seem to have them to perpetuate their tough guy image. Which leads to them be raised the wrong way. In my neighborhood, there’s a bit of the “tough guy” stuff going on, and a bit of the “working dog/watch dog” that gets treated relatively well, too. Not too many get left out in the yard unsupervised for the whole day just to roam around. It’s been interesting for me to see the increased popularity of pit bulls among my white-collar, college-educated friends. They seem to have become quite popular among this set, as well. Seriously, it seems like every time I see someone on my Facebook getting a dog, it’s a pit or pit mix of some sort. ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2013, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-bulls-continued/670714/27 "2013-10-09T01:24:28Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > Don’t bother. You’ll just end up with 20 pages of anecdotes pretending to be data. But it will only be one really long post. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2013, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-bulls-continued/670714/28 "2013-10-09T01:29:13Z")
In the immortal words of **tomndebb** when closing the [last trainwreck on this subject taken over by **cougar58**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=690547): > [@tomndebb](#): > > Enough. > > This is not a debate, but simply a campaign by you to demonize a breed of dogs. > > The next time you want to carry on a months-long rant, open it in The BBQ Pit. At least **cougar58** is successfully taking direction. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2013, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-bulls-continued/670714/29 "2013-10-09T02:02:29Z")
> [@marshmallow](#): > > Fat bike riders don’t tip when they eat at Applebee’s. What about “Canadian” Holocaust deniers?? ---
**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:** [October 9, 2013, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-bulls-continued/670714/30 "2013-10-09T02:08:59Z")
The Canadian Holocaust was _greatly_ exaggerated. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2013, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-bulls-continued/670714/31 "2013-10-09T02:09:34Z")
> [@PlainJain](#): > > What about “Canadian” Holocaust deniers?? There was a Canadian holocaust? ---
**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:** [October 9, 2013, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-bulls-continued/670714/32 "2013-10-09T02:53:00Z")
^Thousands of Canadians were treated rudely. I have no dog in this fight. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2013, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-bulls-continued/670714/33 "2013-10-09T10:42:48Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I have no dog in this fight. Yeah, but if you did, what breed? ---
**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:** [October 9, 2013, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-bulls-continued/670714/34 "2013-10-09T10:57:27Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Yeah, but if you did, what breed? [Perro de Presa Canario](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perro_de_Presa_Canario). Just to be able to say the name when folks asked what kind of dog I had.😉 ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2013, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-bulls-continued/670714/35 "2013-10-09T11:03:57Z")
Are pit pulls like the canine equivalent of an assault rifle? ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2013, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-bulls-continued/670714/36 "2013-10-09T13:02:07Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Are pit pulls like the canine equivalent of an assault rifle? Only if it shoots bees out of it’s mouth, I would think. ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2013, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-bulls-continued/670714/37 "2013-10-09T13:34:39Z")
Killer bees. Regular bees are pretty mild tempered. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2013, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-bulls-continued/670714/38 "2013-10-09T13:44:51Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > But who wins, the lion, the tiger or a pack of rabid pitbulls? C’mon man! We can’t possibly decide without at least 100 links all advocating one side. ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2013, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-bulls-continued/670714/39 "2013-10-09T13:49:29Z")
> [@cougar58](#): > > Just a follow up, to the latest DBRF fatal pit mauling in the USA, DBRF? The whole OP reads like the Time Cube version for pit bulls. ---
**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:** [October 9, 2013, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-bulls-continued/670714/40 "2013-10-09T14:01:53Z")
> [@stpauler](#): > > DBRF? Dual Band Radio Frequency. Do try and keep up. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-bulls-continued/670714.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-bulls-continued/670714.md?page=3)