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Originally Posted by TFord
Yeah Ive seen that list before. One thing to consider with reguards to the boarder collie, beagle, heelers and any other "cattle dogs" is that they've been breed for herding for many years. Lots of people keep these dogs and don't have enough space and time to exercise them, which builds frustration on the dogs part. Add that on top of the fact that most people use these dogs for family dogs, not realizing that out of boredom they'll begin trying to "herd" their children by nipping at their heels. Thats the main reason you'll find herding dogs on these lists. Collie's and heelers are notorious for this
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Are you saying that to defend those dogs against their actions?
Maybe I am reading it wrong, but I took that to be an excuse for why they are on the list, or a sort of proof for why they arent really dangerous, or why their actions are "ok" and should be held against them.
Everybody looks at pit bulls and thinks of their fighting history... but let's analyze their past a little too.....
They came from "cattle dogs" as well, but not from herding, rather from catching. That is where the bull dog came from. people took the bull dog and added some terrier to make them quicker and more nimble in the ring... which in itself increased the prey drive known to all terriers....
to this day pit bulls are commonly used as hunting dogs. There is no other dog in the world that I want with me when hunting wild hogs. (as a catch dog, tracking/bay dogs are a different story).
This is a breed who's sole existance was to catch big game animals, or fight other dogs. They were bred to be loyal and to do ANYTHING to please their master. Which is why we are in the trouble we are now. They will repeat any behavior that you show them you like, such as agressive behavior. They are prone to be aggressive towards animals BUT NOT humans.
in the south, there was once a monthly event locally called a "hog catch" where a hog was released into a pen, then a pit bull was released into the pen to catch the hog. It started out from the need to train hunting dogs, then became a friendly contest of who had the better hunting dog, and then it became sport until it was abused and shut down for animal cruelty.
I went to these events probably 10-15 times overall. There would be anywhere from 50-150 pit bulls there (20-50 hogs). a good 75% of the pit bulls would simply be left chained to the fence that circled the property (not the "arena"). Children as young as 4 years old were running around freely playing with any and all of these dogs tied along the fence. From the first time that I heard of these events, throughout the time that I was there, and on past to the time when they were shut down (2 if not 3 years), there is only 1 person to my knowledge who was ever bitten by a pit bull..... and it was myself. It was my own dog, she had recently had puppies, we had seperated them from her, her milk did not discharge on its own, and she was being poisened from the inside out. She bit me on accident, by grabbing the side of my pants and shaking it.... her goal was to get my attention because she was sick and I had failed to see the signs. There was no aggression in her actions.
People think that your average pet pit bull is such a danger, a ticking time bomb. Most of them have never been exposed to aggression, and most all owners will say they have never even growled at anybody... but they are so dangerous?
Here we had 100's of pit bulls that were trained to be downright vicous TO A HOG, and none of them every hurt anybody. wow, what a concept?