My family has a pit-bull, we’ve had her since she was a few months old. She has as far as I’m concerned been raised in a loving household by normal people. I would love to tell her she’s a great dog, and that she isn’t an outlier out of the many dogs we’ve had before.
But she is absolutely what I would describe as an “aggressive” dog, not most of the time, but she will probably on average once a week develop some sort of fit of rage (usually barking at the neighbors dog) and if you startle her or walk by her she will absolutely bite some part of you. It’s to the point where she has to be put in her cage whenever someone under the age of like 12 is at our house. (she basically never needs to go in her cage otherwise)
(i do really like this dog btw she’s generally alright though)
I have other experiences with pit-bulls as-well, in secondary/middle school a classmate of mine was attacked by their family dog to the point that they needed to be hospitalized. I happened to know them somewhat closely, and their dog was indeed, a pit-bull, and as far as i know, they were normal people.
Also I think the “this is like on the ethical level of eugenics for humans” is different because most dog breed differences are human creations, and many of the variations probably haven’t been developed with the best intentions. Not sure though.
I’d also like to restate that I don’t know the answer and I’m ultimately conflicted.
I don’t really know the answer here.
My family has a pit-bull, we’ve had her since she was a few months old. She has as far as I’m concerned been raised in a loving household by normal people. I would love to tell her she’s a great dog, and that she isn’t an outlier out of the many dogs we’ve had before.
But she is absolutely what I would describe as an “aggressive” dog, not most of the time, but she will probably on average once a week develop some sort of fit of rage (usually barking at the neighbors dog) and if you startle her or walk by her she will absolutely bite some part of you. It’s to the point where she has to be put in her cage whenever someone under the age of like 12 is at our house. (she basically never needs to go in her cage otherwise)
(i do really like this dog btw she’s generally alright though)
I have other experiences with pit-bulls as-well, in secondary/middle school a classmate of mine was attacked by their family dog to the point that they needed to be hospitalized. I happened to know them somewhat closely, and their dog was indeed, a pit-bull, and as far as i know, they were normal people.
Also I think the “this is like on the ethical level of eugenics for humans” is different because most dog breed differences are human creations, and many of the variations probably haven’t been developed with the best intentions. Not sure though.
I’d also like to restate that I don’t know the answer and I’m ultimately conflicted.
The answer is to not breed any more and let them go extinct.