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There's been lots of comments since I've last posted, and some very valid points. I personally disagree with breeding out any breed of dog. To me thats just a more "humane" form of genocide. For me being an experienced owner I feel if anything needs to be controled its the owners. Someone posted about dogs having bad gene pools, which is I very valid point. But most people unless they are serious breeders or trainers wouldn't even know how that would effect a dog, or even how breeding effects dogs. Dispite how much I hate the "loaded gun" analogy people use, I feel people should have to have training on how to raise and train a dog before they buy any dog. Training should be sorta breed specific. i.e. pits, rots, dobermans, boxers, mastiffs etc. in one training set. Huskies, akitas etc in one set. and those annoying toy dogs in another set. And training should be manditory for the first time you buy any dog that falls into a certain group. I fell the same way when I see any untrained, unsocialized dog. Personally I don't have any fear of any dog, trained or completely untrained and unsocialized. Not just dogs but animals in general pick up on your emotions in many ways which also effects how any animal will respond to you. As I posted before, until the 1950's the American Pit Bull Terrier/American Staffordshire Terrier/Staffordshire Terrier was known as Americas Dog. It was the dog that the majority of dog owners had, unless they were farmers or hunters. It was exclusively the dog used by the military through both world wars. It was the main dog used by the police force. It was the dog on most TV shows alongside children. Then dog fighting ran rampant in the US and the opinion of the dog changed. Does anyone know what was the "pit bull" of that era? The doberman. So I ask you since 1950 what has changed more, the breed of dog, or the owners? Today the German Shepard is widely considered to be todays "America's Dog"
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