Friday, November 29, 2013

LETTER: Don't trust pit bulls

CALIFORNIA -- For centuries, dogs have been bred to perform specific tasks (“Debate on sterilization ordinance,” Nov. 8).

A pointer will point when hunting birds, a Labrador retriever will retrieve birds and a border collie will herd livestock.

The desire to 'point' is instinctive to Pointers
These traits are not from training. They are from instinct that has been bred into them. Regarding pit bulls, they have been bred to fight and attack. This is an inbred instinct.

Border Collies herd livestock, but do not kill them
They can be very gentle family dogs — until something triggers that instinct. Once it is triggered, they do what they have been bred to do.

I have no patience with an owner who says, after his dog has bitten someone, “My dog has never shown any signs of aggression. He’s always been loving and gentle.”

A pit bull can turn vicious no matter how it is trained or how gentle it seems.

- Bob Backes, San Jacinto

(Press-Enterprise - Nov 27, 2013)

3 comments:

  1. scurrilous amateur bloggerNovember 29, 2013 at 12:15 PM

    people and more people are speaking out against the crackpots who promote the "it's all how you raise them" garbage.

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  2. tropical stormsNovember 29, 2013 at 2:56 PM

    If raising them had ANYTHING to do with the behavior/performance of bulldogs dogmen would have just raised any dog of any breed to fight. Dogmen have breeding programs that are selective and take their lifetime to build. This is how the dogs have been bred over the lifetimes of many breeders all focused on performance. It's ALL IN HOW YOU BREED THEM.

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  3. Ed ExleyNovember 30, 2013 at 4:01 AM

    Sharks, barracudas, lions, tigers share many of the very same characteristics as their canine equivalent (the pit).

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