A few weeks ago I attended the Pet Days at the Orange County Marketplace. I had the chance to talk to several different dog rescues and even met several loving dogs who were up for adoption. Not surprisingly (to me) some of the friendliest dogs I met were Pit Bulls. Many of you now might be thinking: What are you talking about? Aren’t Pit Bulls mean vicious dogs bred solely for dog fighting. That’s hardly the case.
10 Myths About Pit Bulls
One of the rescues (I’m not too sure which one or I’d add a link here) had some great information on 10 Myths About Pit Bulls. Here’s the list I received from the rescue:
Pit bulls have locking jaws. They can’t let go even if they want to.- Once they bite down, a pit bull will not let go. You can’t even pry its jaws apart if you kill it.
- Pit bulls are genetically bred to kill people.
- Pit bulls are not good for anything except dogfighting.
- Pit bulls are very aggressive.
- Pit bulls can not be trained or controlled.
- Pit bulls are unpredictable; they can turn on anyone, even their owner, at any time.
- Pit bulls do not feel pain.
- If a pit bull bites down and tastes blood, they will become aggressive and unstoppable.
- Pit bulls have jaw muscles that can clamp down with (insert high number here) PSI of pressure.
All of the above rumors/myths are completely absurd and untrue of a Pit bull.
Fatal Dog Attack Statistics
Here are a few interesting facts about fatal dog attacks:
- 2000-2001 there were 41 fatal dog attacks. Of these, 28 were attacks by a single dog (the other 13 were caused by multiple dogs).
- Of the 28 single dog attack fatalities: 26 were male, 2 were female. Of the 26 males, 21 were found to be intact (the reproductive status of the remaining 5 male dogs could not be determined).
- Of the 448 cases of fatal dog attacks from 1965 – 2002, there is NO documented case where a single, neutered, American Pit bull terrier was teh cause of a human fatality.
Source: Karen Delise, Fatal Dog Attacks (www.fataldogattacks.com)
Those are some pretty amazing statistics.
My Experience With Pit bulls
A couple of our best friends are a Pit bulls. Bubba and Finn are friends with Derby, Linus, and Stetson and all of them get along really well. Bubba and Finn are two of the sweetest kindest dogs we know and also very well trained.
As I mentioned earlier some of the nicest dogs we met at the Pet Days were Pit bulls and if we were in the dog adoptions market we wouldn’t hesitate to adopt a Pit bull.
Do you own a Pit bull? Would you consider adopting a Pit bull a your next dog?
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This is horrible. But then I had a big black dog and had her for 13 years. She was a shepherd mix. She was loyal, patient and loving. If I hadn’t lost my job and have some expensive home repairs that had to be done, my husband and I were ready to adopt another big black shepherd mix today.
How dare some of these people behave in such a disgusting manner. I’ve met a lot more people I’d rather never see again that dogs of any color, size or breed.
@Carine, I think you meant to post this one under the What is Big Black Dog Syndrome? article.
I agree with you that it’s very odd that some people discriminate on the color of a dogs coat.
Two of my three dogs are big black dogs and I love them to death!
I’m pretty sure Luna is part Pit Bull, and although she does not get along with other dogs (her brother Red aside) I am 99.9% positive she would never hurt a human. Ever.
And I’ve known so many sweet, sweet Pit Bulls in my life…I hate the laws that people are trying to pass against them.
Ive got two big black dogs
i have a mix called lucy, i have no idea what she is, but shes gorgeous 
and i have a doberman called marley 
Altho i love them both, pit bulls are my favourite breed
I own a Pit Bull she is just over a year old now. I love her and she is the best dog I have ever owned. She is so wonderful with my children and my friends dogs. She never attacks anyone and her best friends are cats. She love to cuddle with anyone and anything.
@Lacy, I’m glad you have such a wonderful dog. I’ve heard many great stories about pit bulls and what great dogs they make. Thank you for sharing yours with us.
Hey man thats not even true about pitbulls…..i got one and my dog is not agressive at all she plays with every dog and never figth them…..the reason why pitbulls are so agressive is because people teach them to be like that…….that’s all i have to say…..
@Carlos Alarcon, I think you may have misread the article. The list in the article are pitbull rumors/myths. As the article says:
“All of the above rumors/myths are completely absurd and untrue of a Pit bull.”
It all really depends on the owner of the dog.. if you beat and mistreat your dog it will be mean, no matter what it is… i have a black pit and shes 5years old.. shes been passed down through freinds since she was born… shes always been the sweetest dog and still is… shes only had a problem with one person i know who she lived with and he use to beat her.. yeah she finally snap and bit his thumb nail off.. his fault. i did not feel bad for him.. NEVER BEAT YOUR DOG ITS NOT RIGHT. anyways yeah i been attacked by poodles, chiwawas, sheppards… none of these where my dogs.. ITS NOT THE PIT ITS THE OWNER..
I had a black male pitbull, we was bread to fight but I ended up buying him for his owner. I train him really well, he was stubun as hell, but he was the biggest baby ever. He was nice to my bfs 2 year old daughter, and nice to the kitten. We bread him and with out red nose blonde female pit who we had her and 4 generation of her, her father, her fathers father, and her fathers fathers moher. then sold him to an older couple who wanted a nice pit who was already traind. But I now have a 2 month old black male puppy. His just like his dad. We bread and sale pits and we never had a pit turn on us or act outta controle. Its really how you raise them.
I have owned two pitbulls who were very good my last dog was a very sweet boy just like a big baby. My ex kept him for me because I could not keep him at my house. But pitbulls are very protective if you bother a owner and they feel the owner is being in danger they will attack sometimes and its not because people trained their dog to fight. So I agree with you and thank you for putting up this article.
At first I wasn’t sure for pitbulls my family raised me to little dogs but when I met my wife bobbi she always talked about pitbulls and wanteed one so when I deployed to afghanistan she got one from the alaska dog pound I was nervous but she was so happy to have her a 3 yr old black and white pit this great wonderful dog saved my wife’s life from a wolf that followed her on a walking trail while I was gone my wife didn’t know y the pit started to snarl and drewl then turned and saw the wolf the pit stood her ground and the wolf left then went right back to panting and licking my wifes hand I come home and fell in love her iv never ever cared for a dog as much as my pretty pitbull ill always stand by the pitbull breed
@adam that’s a great story about your pitbull thanks for sharing.