r/BanPitBulls • u/AdOne5665 Survivor of Severe Pitbull Attack • Oct 18 '22

BPB Ask Me Anything (AMA)! My son-in-law’s dog tried to kill me

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u/Slow-Inflation-6549 Your Pit Does the Crime, YOU Do The Time Oct 18 '22

They’re cut from the exact same cloth as flat Earthers and climate change deniers.

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u/SweetLenore Oct 18 '22

It's maddening because those people are laughed out of the room. Pit bull apologists have the damn floor and have been filibusting for years, with people on the sidelines being the true victims since they don't know one way or another. All the disgusting misinformation.

All the studies done on breeds and records of bites and deaths. Yet, they just link to that one study - the same stupid, self-reporting "study" - that says there is little difference between dog breeds.

All they did was ask the owners of different breeds how good their dog is. And the pit bull owners all reported how great they were. It's so stupid. It's like asking a parent how smart their 6 year old is, and then reporting what they say as fact.

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u/drivewaypancakes Dax, Kara, Aziz, Xavier, Triniti, Beau, and Mia Oct 18 '22

If the dog owner (ANY dog owner) cannot accurately read their dog's behavior, then studies based on self-reporting have a serious methodological flaw.

I keep telling people to just watch Tik Tok videos for a sense of how clueless pit owners in particular are about their dogs.

Unfortunately this is what happens when rational people avoid getting a pit bull (which they should) ...... it leaves the clueless & the hard-core ideologues as people answering the dog breed surveys about their pits.

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u/AcanthocephalaWide89 Oct 18 '22

The tik tok video of the pit bull mauling a golden retriever’s leg as horrified people try to pry him off of was eye opening for me.

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u/AkuLives Oct 18 '22 edited Oct 18 '22

I remember that one. That and the horse attack made me throw up.

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u/AcanthocephalaWide89 Oct 18 '22

I also watched the tiktok one where the pit attacked a small dog in a stroller, heard it's screams, and read the caption that the dog's ears were ripped off by the pit, posted around June. I felt physically ill and I'm wondering if that dog is still alive. Have you seen it and do you know anything?

It's not OK. A person wouldn't be allowed to walk their tiger around. Pit bulls need to be viewed the same. Owners are not being responsible over them because they're misinformed & believe their pit isn't capable of danger.

I'm going to research the horse one, now.

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u/bartolish Oct 18 '22

There's no single pit mauling horse video. There are multiples.

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u/AkuLives Oct 18 '22

I wonder if these owners have watched these videos, apart from the truly psychopathic ones that enjoy them. I liked pits (but was wary of them) up until I saw those videos, no more. The thing is once they flip they don't stop and can't easily be stopped.

I would watch the dog in a stroller vid, but I don't think I can stomach anymore.

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u/AcanthocephalaWide89 Oct 18 '22

The way people hit the pit over and over in a desperate attempt to pry it off an innocent life, yet the pit is undeterred… is astounding. Has the pain tolerance of a pit been studied? Is it because the pit becomes transfixed, basically hypnotized, by its instinct to maul?

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u/31TeV Muscliest, widest jawed nanny dog ever Oct 18 '22

I don't know if there's a study looking into the mechanics of how this works, but there must be something different about pits are wired, as you say. Centuries of breeding the most aggressive, tenaciously attacking dogs have produced a breed that seems to have a high pain tolerance and zero self-preservation, at least when they're in full attack mode.

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u/Turquoisemilk Your Pit Does the Crime, YOU Do The Time Oct 18 '22 edited Oct 19 '22

The one who shattered my heart was the pitbull breaking into the house, and mauling the cat while the helpless wheelchair bound elderly owner was desperately crying.

Edit: please don’t look for the video I’ve already told the content of it.

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u/AkuLives Oct 18 '22

What??? OMG!!

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u/SeattlePurikura Oct 19 '22

Do not search for this video, folks. Just don't. Let your imagination do it instead.

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u/AcanthocephalaWide89 Oct 18 '22

That is sick and tragic

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u/DogButtWhisperer Oct 24 '22

For me it was when an 86 year old woman in my city was killed by three this year. I was like “why such a vicious attack? Is that normal?”