Reply To: Pitbulls…why?
My family and I had a pitbull terrier. It was pretty much like this:
It was incredibly sweet and loving and harmless. This is…until a poodle came running after it screaming with open teeth. If my father had not jumped on top of her and held her as hard as possible then the poodle would have been bit in half. This was in Canada where leashing dogs is not optional…yet this owner thought it was okay to forget the rules. Despite the fact that we had stopped the poodle from being eaten up and that the poodle was off leash rushing towards our dog in attack mode…the owner denounced our dog. We muzzled our terrier from then on whenever it was outside of the house (not in the back yard).
After she passed away (one of the most traumatic days in our family ever) we all agreed that, despite her being one of the most amazing dogs in the universe, it was a good idea not to have another dog past a reasonable threshold of while still unlikely…ability to potentially rip a person’s throat out. I support all by-laws that disallow ownership of any new dogs, completely support muzzling laws and that those with pitbulls/terriers/similar-dogs have their fences inspected yearly to ensure it won’t get out.
