Originally Posted by CDSmith

Sigh.

10 pages of the usual (pit)bull shit. Whatever. The fact is yes, there are good responsible owners and there are also a lot of dipshits who shouldn't have a dog period much less a pitbull.

The other fact is that the bad owners are going to ruin it for the good owners. Seems more and more provinces and states and even a few countries out there are talking lately about possibly banning the breed. And quite frankly if they bring that kind of law into my province I really can't say I would disagree with it, at least not enough to fight it. Because the last fact is that people in general are sick to death of hearing on the news or reading in the paper about yet another pitbull attack, yet another kid maimed or killed, etc.

And for every pic or vid of a nice tame friendly pitbull there is no doubt quite a few floating around out there of vicious ones in action that could be posted as well. (did I just give this thread legs to go 20 pages?)

Argue the why's or where's or anything else you want, but the simple fact is that like most other fun or enjoyable things in life, it is the idiots who are going to ruin it for the rest of you. I almost said "us" instead of "you" there, but although I've been a dog owner for much of my life I've never owned a pitbull. It's never been a breed that particularly appealed to me, but that's not to say they can't be good trainable loveable pets. They can.

Maybe they're a breed that prospective owners should need to earn some sort of dog training credentials before being allowed to get one? Just a thought, it would certainly weed out most of the lowlifes out there who seem to gravitate towards owning a pitbull. And it would negate the need for an all-out ban on the entire breed.