M.J.Prince@newcastle.ac.uk (M.J. Prince) (05/24/90)
In article <56557@bbn.BBN.COM> cosell@bbn.com (Bernie Cosell) writes: >bwalker@marlin.NOSC.MIL (Beth Walker) writes: > > >the contention is, (and I've been convinced that it is true) is that THAT >tendency to violence was, in fact, bred into the breeds. > > /Bernie\ You're so wrong, Bernie. Our Pit bull is a very gentle and friendly dog to be around. We have treat him well and he has yet to show any signs of viciousness. Do you own a Pit-Bull ? Yours ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ $ MARK 'The Captain' PRINCE $ Romeo says : $ $ M.J.Prince@newcastle.ac.uk $ "You and Me Babe, How about it ?" $ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
mm@lectroid.sw.stratus.com (Mike Mahler) (05/24/90)
"I weep for the future." - Host in resturaunt in Ferris Bueller's Day Off
sbishop@desire.wright.edu (05/25/90)
In article <1990May24.123135.12655@newcastle.ac.uk>, M.J.Prince@newcastle.ac.uk (M.J. Prince) writes: > In article <56557@bbn.BBN.COM> cosell@bbn.com (Bernie Cosell) writes: >>bwalker@marlin.NOSC.MIL (Beth Walker) writes: >> >> >>the contention is, (and I've been convinced that it is true) is that THAT >>tendency to violence was, in fact, bred into the breeds. >> >> /Bernie\ > > You're so wrong, Bernie. Our Pit bull is a very gentle and friendly dog to be > around. We have treat him well and he has yet to show any signs of viciousness. > > Do you own a Pit-Bull ? > > Yours ... > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > $ MARK 'The Captain' PRINCE $ Romeo says : $ > $ M.J.Prince@newcastle.ac.uk $ "You and Me Babe, How about it ?" $ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Well, when you live near a town where a pair of pit bulls literally ripped the meat off a man while horrified people tried to beat them off, you get some what disinclined to tolerate them. BTW, the man died of massive trauma. The pit bull is known for being tenacious and difficult to distract once it has attacked. We have had SEVERAL dog attacks in our area in the last two or three years and all of them have been pit bull type dogs. For some reason, they tend to be owned by lower class men who use them as protection for illegal activities or some kind of macho sexual reinforcement. When I see a man strutting down the street with a pit bull on a two inch wide leash and the dog is wearing on of those collars with the inch long spikes on it, I cross to the other side! There are other breeds of dogs that make good companions. Yes, the Rott and some of the other breeds were originally used for fighting. HOWEVER, it is the pit bulls in this country that are used for illegal dog fighting. I haven't heard of any strong tendency to use any other breeds for this. Does anyone else remember that video on the news awhile back where the news crew happened to be along when animal control officers went to pick up a pit bull accused of biting someone? The owner sicked the dog on the animal control officers and a woman officer was bitten badly while the rest of the crew tried to beat the dog off. It was in California some where. What was ever done to the owner? It was on tape that she deliberately told the dog to attack.
chip@tct.uucp (Chip Salzenberg) (05/26/90)
According to smidt@milou.cd.chalmers.se (Peter Smidt): >1. Where could you buy a Pit Bull cub, I doubt you could get it from any > ordinary kennel society? If all you want is a run-of-the-mill Pit Bull, a kennel society will have it. But for a real man's Pit Bull, with X-ray eyes and radioactive fangs, Brand X Industries is your only choice. >2. Which are the different races the Pit Bull is 'composed' of, > and in which proportions is the Pit Bull made from the other races? It's mostly PSU student, with some BIFF and Portal, with a touch of Oleg Kiselev and Clay Bond for sheer malice. >3. Are the real name Pit Bull or should it be Pet Bull Terrier, and where > do the name come from? Actually, they prefer to be called "Mr. Pit Bull, Sir." >5. Why are the Pit Bull so aggressive. Common terriers are not considered > any dangerous. Is their any biological explanation? I doesn't knows about others, but my Pit Bull are agressive when I uses incorrect verbs. >6. Is it possibly to train such an aggresive dog, like the Pit Bull > to be a watch dog and just not a 'attack' dog? I think not. The last time I tried to use my Pit Bull as a watch dog, it ate my watch. >7. Could you under any circumstances have children play with a Pit Bull? Only if it's dead. >8. Could you consider a dog to be evil, this one would certainly fit > the description? No. What's evil is a mind-bogglingly stupid dog owner who cross-posts pet articles to talk.bizarre. >9. How much do Pit Bulls differ from dobermans in dangerousness (on a > scale from 1 to 100, where a doberman count as 20 and a wild tiger > counts as 100)? I'd rate mine about 80 on a scale of 100. Compare with 90 for a PSU student with Usenet privileges. >10. Do they attack without barking, or do they just snarl when attacking > (like the doberman)? My Pit Bull does a karate yell. But then, like I said, I got my Pit Bull from Brand X Industries, so he's not quite...normal. >11. What are their physical strength compared to a doberman (or any other > similar dog)? My Pit Bull bites the tops off beer bottles. I just wish he would wait for me to stop drinking when he does that. >12. Do you need a license to have a trained Pit Bull? No, but you should need a license to post to Usenet. >13. Are they 'forbidden' in any states? Anyone in a state of confusion should not have a Pit Bull. >14. How big are they (weight, lenght)? Bigger than a breadbox. >15. Are they god at hearing and smelling? Pit Bulls are powerful, but I wouldn't go so far as to call them "gods." >Enough from me, for this time. You got that right, Bo. -- Chip, the new t.b answer man <chip%tct@ateng.com>, <uunet!ateng!tct!chip>
smidt@milou.cd.chalmers.se (Peter Smidt) (05/28/90)
In article <414.265cf9a5@desire.wright.edu> sbishop@desire.wright.edu writes: >There are other breeds of dogs that make good companions. Yes, the Rott and >some of the other breeds were originally used for fighting. HOWEVER, it is the The Rott was breed to be shepherds originally! -- +=======================================+ "The whole valley is like a smorgasbord." -- TREMORS
sbishop@desire.wright.edu (05/29/90)
In article <1990May28.104717.29347@mathrt0.math.chalmers.se>, smidt@milou.cd.chalmers.se (Peter Smidt) writes: > In article <414.265cf9a5@desire.wright.edu> sbishop@desire.wright.edu writes: >>There are other breeds of dogs that make good companions. Yes, the Rott and >>some of the other breeds were originally used for fighting. HOWEVER, it is the > > The Rott was breed to be shepherds originally! > > -- > +=======================================+ > "The whole valley is like a smorgasbord." > -- TREMORS You are right! Sorry, I was thinking of Mastiffs, which I think were used for fighting at one time. Correct me if I am wrong, I don't mind at all.