Dog Breed Discrimination
Some dogs, like the Great Dane or Tibetan Mastiff, for example, are dangerous because of their size. Others, such as the German Shepherd and the Pit Bull, can be trained by their humans to perform acts of protection or aggression that can injure the subject of their attentions. However, certain breeds of dogs have earned their terrible reputations, often labeled as vicious or aggressive because of they react violently and interact with other dogs and humans that way. But how did they become that way? They weren’t born to act that way, they were RAISED that way. Growing up I was raised around Boxers, Dobermans, and Mastiffs. One of the world’s three most dangerous dog breeds. Never once did they show any signs of …show more content…
He had come from a family who abused and neglected him, but four years later he has managed to forget about his brutal past and move on. Never once has he shown a sign of aggression towards me or anyone, because he was raised correctly. With a little love from a dog owner you could reduce the ridiculous percentages of dangerous dog attacks. The U.S. population consisting of pit bulls are estimated to 30-40% of the dog population, making it a very popular breed. Considering that there were an estimated 53,000,000 dogs in the U.S., and pit bulls make up 10% of that population, there would be approximately 5.3 million pit bulls in our society. In 2000, 13 pit bulls were involved in 8 fatal attacks. That is roughly ONE dog out of 204,000 dogs in America. Approximately 150 people are killed every year by falling coconuts. Therefore, you are more than 60 TIMES MORE LIKELY to be killed by a PALM TREE than a pit bull, boxer, or rottweiler. For every pit bull who kills, there are hundreds of thousands that DON'T. A lot of shelters and even mail-men assume a dog is aggressive because it barks or growls when they come towards it, on their territory, Which is a false statement. If anyone gets too close to another person that person would also feel threatened and do whatever they felt they had to do to protect themselves and their territory. What about all the dogs that aren’t considered “Dangerous”, like chihuahua’s ? Very rarely
Some dogs, like the Great Dane or Tibetan Mastiff, for example, are dangerous because of their size. Others, such as the German Shepherd and the Pit Bull, can be trained by their humans to perform acts of protection or aggression that can injure the subject of their attentions. However, certain breeds of dogs have earned their terrible reputations, often labeled as vicious or aggressive because of they react violently and interact with other dogs and humans that way. But how did they become that way? They weren’t born to act that way, they were RAISED that way. Growing up I was raised around Boxers, Dobermans, and Mastiffs. One of the world’s three most dangerous dog breeds. Never once did they show any signs of …show more content…
He had come from a family who abused and neglected him, but four years later he has managed to forget about his brutal past and move on. Never once has he shown a sign of aggression towards me or anyone, because he was raised correctly. With a little love from a dog owner you could reduce the ridiculous percentages of dangerous dog attacks. The U.S. population consisting of pit bulls are estimated to 30-40% of the dog population, making it a very popular breed. Considering that there were an estimated 53,000,000 dogs in the U.S., and pit bulls make up 10% of that population, there would be approximately 5.3 million pit bulls in our society. In 2000, 13 pit bulls were involved in 8 fatal attacks. That is roughly ONE dog out of 204,000 dogs in America. Approximately 150 people are killed every year by falling coconuts. Therefore, you are more than 60 TIMES MORE LIKELY to be killed by a PALM TREE than a pit bull, boxer, or rottweiler. For every pit bull who kills, there are hundreds of thousands that DON'T. A lot of shelters and even mail-men assume a dog is aggressive because it barks or growls when they come towards it, on their territory, Which is a false statement. If anyone gets too close to another person that person would also feel threatened and do whatever they felt they had to do to protect themselves and their territory. What about all the dogs that aren’t considered “Dangerous”, like chihuahua’s ? Very rarely