June 7, 201412 yr Absolutely awful. Heart breaks for the little girl and her family. It's all about the owners and how they train the dogs. An old lady I know tripped over a little lapdog and fell, the dog proceeded to rip her face up, needing 20+ stitches, etc. Point being, any dog breed, has it in them to attack and get vicious. I know a couple people who own pit bulls and they're very friendly calm dogs. Wouldn't want them around kids, but again, it's about being a responsible owner, and doing the necessary training. Had that been a PB, that old lady would have probably been dead. Jaw strength of a PB is deadly. All dogs can "snap" and go from calm to aggressive in split second. It doesn't matter how well they were raised or how responsible their owners were. I've been around and owned dogs pretty much my entire life. Had a German Shepherd when I was younger. It never showed any aggressiveness. In a split second and without warning, it attacked my younger brother. I was there to stop it. Dog gone as soon as my parents could get rid of it. You can try to keep PBs away from young kids and the elderly, but dogs get loose. I'd hate myself if I owned a PB that got loose and attacked a young child or elderly person causing extreme injuries or worse death. All dogs, whether pure bred or mixed, can become aggressive. Difference between a Shih Tzu and a PB being aggressive is dramatic. Jaw strength of a PB is deadly.
June 7, 201412 yr Jaw strength of a PB is deadly. Hear that everyone? Deadly. Let's all agree to abandon the breed. Don't get put bulls for pets. Let the breed become extinct.
June 7, 201412 yr Hear that everyone? Deadly. Let's all agree to abandon the breed. Don't get put bulls for pets. Let the breed become extinct. A German Shepherd's bite force is stronger than a pit bulls...Are we going to kill all of them too?? Which Dog Breed Has the Strongest Jaw "Although the German Shepherd was originally bred as a herding dog, it has been used as a guard and police dog with good reason. This is a powerful and intelligent breed. The German Shepherd's bite measured 238 bite force, just slightly above the Pitbull."
June 7, 201412 yr ^ I did not say to kill them. What happens when there is no demand for a product? It just eventually goes away.
June 7, 201412 yr ^ I did not say to kill them. What happens when there is no demand for a product? It just eventually goes away. Pit bulls aren't going away because there are people who love them just like every other dog breed. They don't even have the strongest bite force of big dog breeds, yet everyone wants them done away with. Negligent owners are more to blame for any dog attack than the dog themselves, IMO. I want chihuahuas done away with, because every time I'm near one I get bitten on the ankles...
June 8, 201412 yr Dog commentary aside, it sounds like this girl is in a horrible condition & won't ever be able to live a 'normal' life due to the injuries she sustained. Absolutely awful.
June 8, 201412 yr From what I understand, there were 2 dogs that attacked her and the police had to shoot them off of her. The owner and/or parents couldn't get the dogs off. Heartbreaking story.
June 8, 201412 yr It is so sad. Makes me so angry that this happened. I really hope the dog owner lives a miserable life for the rest of his days.
June 10, 201412 yr A German Shepherd's bite force is stronger than a pit bulls...Are we going to kill all of them too?? Which Dog Breed Has the Strongest Jaw "Although the German Shepherd was originally bred as a herding dog, it has been used as a guard and police dog with good reason. This is a powerful and intelligent breed. The German Shepherd's bite measured 238 bite force, just slightly above the Pitbull." The article you quoted acknowledges that the results are rather "iffy". Actually, the article doesn't mention a Belgian Malinois, which I find surprising. Making the article more suspect to me is the fact that when I was still on active duty, the Marines were considering going away from Shepherds and replacing them with Malinois because the jaw strength of the Malinois was stronger. Shepherds consistently had to release their bites and re-bite because of the lack of jaw strength. The Malinois did not. The Beaufort County SC sheriff's dept had already switched to Malinois and we got to watch them work their dogs. Henry actually took a bite from a Malinois. Even with heavy duty protective gear, when it bit down on her arm she thought it was broken. The dog tossed her around like she was a toy doll.
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