Persuasive Essay On Pitbulls

I can understand why some people are afraid of pit bulls and feel there should be restrictions on them (Ethos, appealing to audience). There are many myths and misconceptions surrounding the breed that give them a terrible reputation. They are labeled as aggressive and vicious because of how they look and reports of their attacks, which are talked about and given more press attention than any other breed. While some people have a point that pit bulls are more inherently mean and dangerous than other dogs, they are wrong because their behavior is mostly dependent on how the owner raises their dog (Logos, concede). It is the owner who can bring up a dog so it is defensive and on edge. It is the owner who is at fault if their dog shows aggression as a result of being abused. It is the owner who suffers when their dog who is not treated poorly and behaves well is banned from cities and countries around the world simply for its breed (Pathos, repetition). Rather than banning innocent dogs we should be taking the abusive owners into account and looking into how dogs were raised and what caused them to attack. …show more content…
She, like most people, promotes that people who own dogs should raise them properly with care and to not abuse them. If somebody abuses their dog and it attacks somebody as a result of the harsh treatment, is the dog to blame? (Logos, rhetoric). When other breeds, such as golden retrievers, bite people, they do not automatically assume that it is because of their supposed aggressive nature, but when pit bulls bite, it is immediately blamed on the misconception that their breed is more violent than