I4NRulez posted... pitbulls are more agile and muscular than labs so thats why they arent used as much.
Pits are also working dogs too but yes they have certain characteristics that make them good for fighting. They are small, muscular, and agile. Labs are typically slower, larger, and clumsy.
Also, pits aren't the only fighting dog breed there's multiple breeds they use for it but pits are cheaper and easier to get than Corsos and Mastiffs.
They don't just breed pits and they come out fighting. They get these big strong dogs and beat them. The beat them to the point where they die. Then the ones that dont die realize they dont get beaten when they attack the other dogs. The Pits arent naturally like that.
They created a dog breed that has the physical capabilities to be a good fighter and they warp their minds with violence.
Just go watch a documentary about it. It's awful but Pits themselves arent naturally violent its sick people that do it.
There's plenty of issues with the ease of getting pitbulls and the people who breed them recklessly. I grew up in poor area and i've seen how people "train" some of these dogs. Pits face issues that other dogs dont face but can. Banning them isnt the solution to the problem is all im saying.
I'm not a crazy "pitbulls are nanny dogs" person. I get that they are strong dogs and we dont want them to bite people they can do a lot of damage. They are very strong dogs.
I just dont think its fair to blame the breed and not the people who get em and just stick em in a yard or a tiny apartment with no excercise, no stimulation, no socialization, and no training and go "Why did my dog go crazy".
Any large dog can fall into this trap and Rottweilers had this same stigma before pits got it in the 80s
i understand your point.
but for example, what about that other topic where an old woman was walking her pibble she has had its entire life and it turned on her and killed her?
it was not a badly raised or abused pibble, nor was he provoked. I havent heard of the likes of a golden retriever doing that