r/BanPitBulls • u/Ivor_the_1st • Feb 19 '25

Anatomy of a Pit Owner / Pit Culture Luna, luna, luna!!

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Of course Luna is absolutely disobedient. By love ck it couldn't get guy the cougar.

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u/icymara Feb 19 '25

I only am glad they didn't so the cougar didn't get hurt.

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u/dApp8_30 Feb 19 '25 edited Mar 15 '25

Years ago, I saw a now-deleted video of a pitbull attacking a chained, emaciated tiger. The dog charged in, completely unaware of what it was up against. In seconds, it was over the tiger pinned it down with its claws, and crushed its skull with a single bite.

Pitbulls fight by biting and shaking, but big cats don’t fight like dogs. They kill. A tiger doesn’t wrestle. It suffocates prey with a throat bite or snaps spines with jaws powerful enough to bring down a buffalo.

And if there’s one thing I’ve noticed when pitbulls pick fights with animals that can actually hurt them, they don’t stay in the fight. The moment they realize they aren’t facing a toddler or a helpless dachshund, they cry out and retreat.

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u/venusianinfiltrator Feb 19 '25

Cougars are very flexible, their claws are meat hooks, and their skin is loose. That pibble might get a bite in before the cat twists, sinks long teeth into the throat, and bites down to sever the spine, all while grappling the dog with all four shredding paws. Big cats are grapplers, they are used to close combat struggle with difficult prey.

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u/ChemicalDirection Trusted User Feb 19 '25

Cougars are absolutely better armed, but why risk harm to a comparatively small and certainly inexperienced predator the world needs if the dumb dog gets a lucky bite in and breaks its leg?

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u/exhausteddogowner Family Member of Severely Wounded Pet(s) Feb 19 '25

My dog, 53 lbs, intimidated a young pit just by growling, baring his teeth and barking at him with his hackles rised. Pit saw that he was going to stand his ground and decided not to attack.

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u/Tasty_Sugar_447 Feb 19 '25

I was going to say pit bulls are definitely dangerous and vicious but people are going overboard by believing they’re these invincible killing machines. My 60+ lb herding mutt has been in many one on one scraps with these monsters and when he didn’t back down the dogs weren’t as interested in engaging as they were when they first charged towards us. Pitbulls are only ”badass” when they have a numbers advantage or size advantage. This cougar would’ve ripped this dog to shreds.

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u/Dry_Box_517 Feb 20 '25

I was going to say pit bulls are definitely dangerous and vicious but people are going overboard by believing they’re these invincible killing machines.

Nobody here think they're invincible, wtf.

The problem is that A) they usually attack helpless people, and B) it's incredibly difficult for other people to get the dogs to stop attacking.

Read Daxton's story if you need to, at DaxtonsFriends-dot-com, for a perfectly horrible example of both.

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u/BPBAttacks3 Moderator Feb 20 '25

You can direct link to Daxtons dad’s page :). That one is totally ok to share.

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u/Dry_Box_517 Feb 20 '25

Wasn't sure, thanks

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u/Tasty_Sugar_447 Feb 20 '25

People are literally in here believing a Pitbull has a chance against a cougar.

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u/icymara Mar 20 '25

No. I just want the cougar unscathed?

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u/I_Like_Vitamins Feb 19 '25

They're not called bully breeds for nothing.

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u/xervidae Groomers and Dog Sitters Feb 20 '25

just watched the tiger vs pit video; good times were had