Posted On: January 13, 2007, 4:46 pm CST

Posted By: md

Actually, it's not as simple as just staying away. If that were an option, don't you think people would do that? How many people do chihuaha's actually kill? Why is it that people are ignoring the fact that even though other dogs attack/bite/nip more than pitbulls might, pitbulls KILL more people!!! Just quit being in denial & face the facts! PITBULLS KILL MORE PEOPLE THAN ANY OTHER TYPE OF DOG!!!
Do you think I could have just "kept away" from the pitbull that attacked me & my dog? We were just walking down the road, my dog walking on his leash like a perfect gentleman, when the pitbull leaps out of its owner's fancy SUV to race down the street, raging like a maniac, & then grabs my dog by the throat before either of us even know what's happened. WHAT EXACTLY SHOULD WE HAVE DONE IN THAT SITUATION TO "KEEP AWAY" FROM THE PITBULL???
I'd be so happy if NYC banned pitbulls. I don't agree with mass murder of innocent dogs, so I have no problem with grandfathering in all existing pitbulls in the city as long as they are neutered & as long as they are muzzled in public. It's not simply nurture and I don't know when people are going to realize that. Study some biology, people!!! Stop being so goddamn ignorant & stop refusing to see the truth simply because you want to be idealistic!
I find it extremely hard to believe that of the THREE times I've WITNESSED dog attacks it was just a COINCIDENCE that they were pitbulls. It was a pitbull that attacked my dog & my father in NYC. It was two pitbulls living across the street from my apt at college who attacked people TWICE (once my friend, the second time, some stranger walking down the road) before they were finally seized by animal control. And it was a pitbull most recently that charged me & my dog in the rich, fancy neighborhood of north Broadway in Saratoga Springs. Now, of ALL the hundreds of dogs I encounter every year (and they are usually interested in me since I go everywhere with a service dog), WHY is it that the ones who I have seen attack (or do their best to try to attack) are ALWYAS pitbulls? I'm not chalking it up to unfortunate coincidence anymore.