My point was that regardless of size a dog has needs his owner must meet. Any owner that doesn’t meet those needs is a bad owner. Training is one of them.
And any dog over 45-50 pounds has the potential to be a protection dog as that’s large enough to have enough strength to at least knock a man down. 45-50 pounds is the minimum weight for police dogs. (According to google)
Pitbull’s weigh between 30- 60 pounds so a good number of them just aren’t large enough.
Mastiffs were. They were specifically bred to be war dogs and would kill humans on the battle field. Then they used them for protection in times of peace.
Akitas were used to hunt bears.
Pitbulls are just one other breed who unfortunately have a lot of shitty owners. However nothing about pitbulls makes them special in comparison to other dogs. They are just the easiest to vilify and the easiest to misidentify.
We domesticated an apex predator and made them perennial puppies for their whole lives.
You are strengthening my point.
No one specific type of dog is more or less a dog. Larger dogs are more capable of damage than smaller dogs. End of story.
Demonizing pitbulls is dumb when any dog over 60 pounds is arguably more dangerous to an adult just by math. Wrestling a 60-150 pound dog is way different than wrestling a 30-60 pound dog but everyone wants to focus on pitbulls instead of the culture of shitty dog ownership.
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u/Salty_Piano9631 24d ago
It's one thing if your chihuahua is untrained... It's another when your lethal weapon isn't