Pit bull takes bullet for family
Pit bull gives life to save family
Pit bull drags woman to safety
Pit bull helps youngster to safety
Pit bull saves child from being abducted
Pit bull saves family, takes bullet
Pit bull stops abduction
And There’s Plenty More.
But A Pitbull Biting Someone Makes Headline News Daily…What About The Other Breeds That Bite People? Never Hear About Em Do Ya?
Isn’t that strange?
I don’t think that you can blame the media, nor the breed of dog.
There is a huge reputation for pitbulls as being extra strong, and aggressive.
Rather it be the cause, or the effect, or both, if you are involved with dog-fighting, you want the strongest most feared breed, to ward-off threats.
If you want a strong fearful defender to watch over you, your family and you belongings, you want the strongest and most feared.
Therefore, a higher percentage, than less-feared breeds, will be placed in roles of violence, potential violence, and/or intimidation.
I don’t think that there is anything wrong with the breed, over other large dogs. But I don’t think that you can push the blame on the media as if they had somehow all come together to persecute one breed of dog unfairly.
You blame those who own the individual dog, as stated above.
Owning any large dog with children around is a risk. And if you have trained it to intimidate, then that raises the risk.
If you have trained it to be violent, then that raises the risk considerably.
If you are not certain of the dogs upbringing from birth, (Say you bought the dog at a year old) then that too raises the risk of the dog having an incident with violence.