WizardMarks wrote: > Virtually any dog can be trained to bite and be mean. The pit bulls, the > rottweilers, the Dobermans have all gone through a period of distain and > false accusations as to their propensity to bite. Any dog will bite if > frightened badly. Any dog will bite if trained to do so. Too many people > get a dog for defensive purposes and have no idea how to train it > properly. This lack of information does not seem to enter into the > equation when people get a dog. Worse yet, there are people who > deliberately train dogs to be mean. Them's the dangerous types. I agree that any dog can be trained to be mean, but Pit Bulls, Rottweilers, Dobermans and maybe a few more are a special case. These strains have been breed over a very long time to be guard or fighting dogs. Genetics counts and when these traits are selected for over hundreds of generations they count a lot. At the very least people who own these breeds should be required to carry special licenses and insurance. The dogs are not too much of a threat to those with whom they are familiar, but still I would never own one of these breeds for a family pet. They are, however, a great danger to strangers and need to be treated as such.
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