there are so many people who are not responsible for training their dogs. Therefore breeds like pit bulls are going to continue to be the target of negative press.

Regarding the statistics in the video. They do not hold up to scrutiny and anyone with knowledge in research methods will shoot them down easily. With millions of dogs and so very little fatal maulings, the percentages given are worthless. Stats just don’t work that way. The sample size is just too small. The part about what breeds bite the most is also worthless. How did someone measure this? Who reports being bit by a beagle or toy poodle? So the methodology of such studies don’t really hold up. Furthermore, people are not concerned with dog bites. They are concerned with serious injuries and deaths and regardless of the stats presented, cocker spaniels have not put anybody in the ER. As someone who works in rehab and ER settings, I can say that pit bulls seems to be very disproportionately represented. Ask the numerous dog loving volunteers at animals shelters why they destroy every pit bull that comes through. It’s not based all on fiction.

I say this not because I dislike pits, but because one does little to help protect their right to keep the breed when they rely on studies with poor research methods and that are easily discredited. I take my dog to the dog park nearly everyday and I can not keep up with the number of pit bulls that enter and leave only 5 minutes later due to all the fights they get in with the other dogs. Is it the dogs’ fault or the owners’ fault? Probable a little of both. But city governments can’t regulate common sense, so unfortunately they are left with regulating the breeds people are allowed to keep.

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