Kentucky woman killed, husband injured in Christmas Eve pit bull attack

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91. Macho Idiots are the Problem

Tough-looking dogs are very often owned by dimwits who want a dog to make them look more dangerous and manly. These guys and the foolish women who enable them TEACH these dogs to be aggressive from puppyhood.

If you take a dog with a lot of size and jaw muscles that has been bred to attack directly and hang on, and then teach that dog to be aggressive, you have a recipe for devastating bite injuries.

I have a German Shepherd. GSDs attack very differently than the bully breeds. Unless trained to attack directly, they will usually get behind you and bite the back of your leg, like a wolf. I also have a Belgian Shepherd. His instinct is to come at you directly but bite, shake, and release, circle, and assess where to attack next. And my Australian Shepherd just wants to nip your heels and keep you where you belong. Now none of my dogs are apt to bite, as I have trained them to look to me for cues and they do: They are friendly unless I am distinctly UNFRIENDLY. But I KNOW my dogs and how they think.

I like pit bulls, but I also know it is important to train them correctly and know their instincts. It is infinitely sad that idiot people breed and own pitbulls and make so many of them suffer abuse and death. And it is awful that innocent people are injured by these dogs.

Any dog can bite. I have to say, my black Belgian Shepherd goes 90 pounds and when he fixes his intense attention on anything he looks scary. But he just wants a cookie or a kiss because he has been raised well.