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Showing posts with label misunderstood dogs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label misunderstood dogs. Show all posts

6.25.2010

Are Pit Bulls Safe With Kids? Feedback Friday

This topic ignited a firestorm of controversy a few weeks ago on Momlogic as readers weighed in on an article entitled "If you have a baby, give away your pit bull". This article referenced a news story from the Detroit news site, Click on Detroit, about an 11 month old baby mauled to death by the family pit bull

Pit Bull Lovers website maintains that pit bulls are just like any other dog and are safe with children using the precautions you would with any dog.

Here in Pittsburgh, another pit bull attack was reported by WPXI News just last week. A 5 year old girl is recovering after being bitten on the face, receiving 600 micro-stitches.

A website known as the Pit Bull Awareness Center has dedicated a whole website to warning people about the dangers of this breed, using graphic stories and images.

Yet, Rescue Every Dog, a dog rescue website maintains that pit bulls tend "to love all people, especially children. The only caution I would add is that, because they are very exuberant and energetic dogs, they can sometimes overwhelm very young children and accidentally bump them or knock them over, particularly when they are pups."

Pets Do website lists pit bulls as #1 on their list of most dangerous dog breeds while Dog Politics website lists the top 10 most dangerous dog owners, rather than naming breeds.

Confused yet?

It's Feedback Friday...So which is it?

What does your experience tell you about pit bulls and kids? What does your gut tell you?

This?



Or this?

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