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voldothegr8
09/11/19 10:12:25 PM
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Ban pit bulls? - Results (10 votes)
Yes
60% (6 votes)
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No
40% (4 votes)
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Here's the study she's referencing, a 15 year study on dog bites from doctors in hospitals, funded by OSU

https://www.ohio.com/news/20190522/which-dogs-have-most-damaging-bites-study-reveals-riskiest-breeds

COLUMBUS Pit bulls and mixed breed dogs pose the highest risk of biting and cause the most damage per bite, a new study says.

That should put parents of young children on alert when choosing a dog, researchers said.

The Ohio State University College of Medicine and the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center researched which types of dogs have the biggest risk of biting with severe injury, along with the physical traits associated with those bites.

The top biter was classified as unknown, followed by, in order: pit bulls, mixed breeds, German shepherds, terriers and Rottweilers. Researchers also identified dogs with wide and short heads weighing between 66 and 100 pounds as posing a risk.

The bottom five breeds for biting were: Dalmatian, Pointer, Great Danes, Pekingese and Spitz.

The study was released this week and published in the International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology.

Researchers reviewed 15 years of dog-related facial trauma cases from Nationwide Childrens Hospital and the University of Virginia Health System. They studied wound size, tissue tearing, bone fractures and other injuries severe enough to require consultation by a reconstructive surgeon and created a damage severity scale.

They also examined previous dog bite research dating to 1970.

Theres an estimated 83 million owned dogs in the United States and that number continues to climb, Dr. Garth Essig, lead author and otolaryngologist at the Wexner Medical Center, said in a prepared statement. We wanted to provide families with data to help them determine the risk to their children and inform them on which types of dogs do well in households with kids.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4.7 million people in the United States are bitten by dogs each year, and 20 percent of the victims require medical care. Those who require treatment are mostly children ages 5 to 9 years.

Dr. Ananth Murthy, director of pediatric plastic and reconstructive surgery at Akron Childrens Hospital, said surgeons there see many severe dog bite cases each year, with most of those bites coming from pit bulls.

So far this year, 12 patients have been admitted to the hospital because of dog bites. Akron Childrens has averaged 28 patients being admitted for dog bites from 2014 through 2018.

Murthy was not surprised by the results of the Ohio State study.

This is an open secret, he said. Its always pit bulls but the problem is there are a number of people who own pit bulls and they are in permanent denial. ... They just are. They are just not looking at all the numbers or theyre not exposed to it. They are just not seeing what were seeing. Were the ones dealing with the aftermath. Everybody in the medical community [is] saying that pit bulls are a problem.

While all dogs bite, pit bull bites are more severe because of the dogs strength and how its jaws clamp down, he said.

The danger is more pronounced for children whose faces are often on the same level as pit bulls and can be perceived as a threat, Murthy said. The dogs sometimes will attack a childs head and neck, he said.

Dog owners react

Several dog owners hanging out with their pets this week at the Akron Dog Park in the citys Merriman Hills neighborhood questioned whether the stigma surrounding pit bulls is deserved.

Its just a stereotype, said Jenna Bellville, 23, of Akron. It all comes down to the dog owner.

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treewojima
09/11/19 10:14:19 PM
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Dat_Cracka_Jax
09/11/19 10:15:07 PM
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Zack_Attackv1
09/11/19 10:15:54 PM
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What happened to her hair?

She's a big fan of that Supreme Court Justice, I forget her name.
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Wewillrocku
09/11/19 10:15:57 PM
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there's no dog clause in the constitution.
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Evening_Dragon
09/11/19 10:16:53 PM
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Dat_Cracka_Jax posted...
Oh, it's already time for this topic again?

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voldothegr8
09/12/19 8:12:18 AM
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EndOfDiscOne
09/12/19 8:15:50 AM
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So whats her take on circumcision?
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Rika_Furude
09/12/19 8:25:53 AM
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judge judy is generally an intelligent, well grounded person but she is ignorant in this case. a pit bull is as good as its owner. an aggressive pit bull is only aggressive because of its shit owner. thats the only reason. pitbulls with good owners aren't aggressive. end of story
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voldothegr8
09/12/19 9:09:04 AM
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They continue to be right about people in denial
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Middle hope
09/12/19 9:18:32 AM
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LadyVyxx
09/12/19 9:19:36 AM
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Pretty sure they are already banned in Ontario which is where I live. The topic still comes up on local radio stations periodically
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kingdrake2
09/12/19 10:04:53 AM
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Rika_Furude posted...
judge judy is generally an intelligent, well grounded person but she is ignorant in this case. a pit bull is as good as its owner. an aggressive pit bull is only aggressive because of its shit owner. thats the only reason. pitbulls with good owners aren't aggressive. end of story


this is true. there's a good reason why they're not a first time owner dog. they have to be worked with on a daily basis especially being socialized at an early age and teaching it good manners (it pays off if can do all this) total sweety that dog is.
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Caution999
09/12/19 10:05:59 AM
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Judge Judy is a very smart woman. I believe her.

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Taharqa_
09/12/19 10:10:47 AM
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Willing to bet my last dollar that Judge Judy doesn't know what a Pit Bull actually looks like.
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Questionmarktarius
09/12/19 10:10:51 AM
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voldothegr8 posted...
S1TdFZ2

The lesson here seems to be that cracking down on dog fights just lets fighting dogs out into the general population.
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MrMallard
09/12/19 10:14:19 AM
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I trust her to fill a half-hour time slot with entertaining hijinks and know a thing or two about the word of the law, but I wouldn't support her in a venture that supports mandatory slaughter over the belief that a healthy breed of dog is inherently more violent than others.

Like obviously a Great Dane is going to do more damage than a chihuahua, but this "sudden unavoidable killswitch" that is hard-coded into the genetics of a pitbull, or what have you? I can't see it as anything other than bullshit. They do more damage, and maybe pitbulls are high maintenance compared to a German Shepard or what have you. But they're not bred to be indiscriminate killers, like some of the more reactionary backlash has devolved into.

Love a dumbass courtroom scrap, and I think she's knowledgeable and literate about the law. Even as a television personality first and foremost, she knows more about the law than I do. but as far as legislation on animal regulation goes? I'm not going to trust a reality TV judge to condemn an entire breed of dogs to death.
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Romulox28
09/12/19 10:20:54 AM
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Rika_Furude posted...
a pit bull is as good as its owner.
lmao do ppl really believe this?

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HerpToTheDerp
09/12/19 10:22:44 AM
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Romulox28 posted...
Rika_Furude posted...
a pit bull is as good as its owner.
lmao do ppl really believe this?

There's a reason pitbull bingo exists. No other owner is in denial any harder than a pitbull owner.
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TheGreatGeno6
09/12/19 10:24:29 AM
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IMO if someone chooses to have a pitbull and the pitbull kills someone, the owner should go to jail for manslaughter. If you choose to keep a dangerous dog then you should be held responsible if said dog murders someone.

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ThyCorndog
09/12/19 10:27:33 AM
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I don't really believe that the behavior between dog breeds is primarily or even significantly genetic. I'm wary of behavioral genetics in general because when it comes to behavior, nurture > nature by leagues and bounds
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Smashingpmkns
09/12/19 10:28:17 AM
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If you're on the same side as Judge Judy on anything you're probably wrong tbh.
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OctilIery
09/12/19 10:30:06 AM
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They aren't getting banned and nobody intelligent wants that. Move on.
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Questionmarktarius
09/12/19 10:31:10 AM
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ThyCorndog posted...
I don't really believe that the behavior between dog breeds is primarily or even significantly genetic.

Dog have been unnaturally selected for specific traits, including behavior, since at least the last ice age.
see also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domesticated_red_fox
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Philoktetes
09/12/19 10:32:02 AM
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a daytime tv show host is racist

what a shocker
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TheGreatGeno6
09/12/19 10:33:09 AM
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Philoktetes posted...
a daytime tv show host is racist

what a shocker
Shut the fuck up and go back to shitposting on LL.

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ThyCorndog
09/12/19 10:33:44 AM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
ThyCorndog posted...
I don't really believe that the behavior between dog breeds is primarily or even significantly genetic.

Dog have been unnaturally selected for specific traits, including behavior, since at least the last ice age.
see also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domesticated_red_fox

Dogs in general sure, but is that true for breeds?
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Questionmarktarius
09/12/19 10:34:16 AM
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ThyCorndog posted...
Questionmarktarius posted...
ThyCorndog posted...
I don't really believe that the behavior between dog breeds is primarily or even significantly genetic.

Dog have been unnaturally selected for specific traits, including behavior, since at least the last ice age.
see also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domesticated_red_fox

Dogs in general sure, but is that true for breeds?

That's why breeds even exist.
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ThyCorndog
09/12/19 10:36:16 AM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
ThyCorndog posted...
Questionmarktarius posted...
ThyCorndog posted...
I don't really believe that the behavior between dog breeds is primarily or even significantly genetic.

Dog have been unnaturally selected for specific traits, including behavior, since at least the last ice age.
see also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domesticated_red_fox

Dogs in general sure, but is that true for breeds?

That's why breeds even exist.

behavior isn't as quick to change genetically the way color and shape are though. it's like how humans come in different heights and colors but the behavioral differences are not noticeably genetic. differences in dog breeds are a step further than the differences in humans, but in my experience I've seen dogs of every breed act very similarly
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Romulox28
09/12/19 10:37:31 AM
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ThyCorndog posted...
I don't really believe that the behavior between dog breeds is primarily or even significantly genetic. I'm wary of behavioral genetics in general because when it comes to behavior, nurture > nature by leagues and bounds
we are talking about dogs here, not people

the modern dog has a brain the size of a walnut & is the result of hundreds of years of inbreeding, all specifically to give them particular traits. their DNA is all fucked up, all dogs have the dog equivalent of Williams Syndrome, etc.

this is an interesting read:

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/07/what-makes-dogs-so-friendly-study-finds-genetic-link-super-outgoing-people

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TheGreatGeno6
09/12/19 10:38:21 AM
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Hairistotle posted...
why do people keep saying pitbulls are fine even though they seem to kill a lot of people? are reports highly exaggerated or something?

No, they're not. Pitbull owners are the ones pushing the "Pitbulls are safe!!!" bullshit

Not all pitbulls are bad, but most of them are, and the bad ones should be destroyed.
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__bale
09/12/19 10:40:20 AM
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ThyCorndog posted...
I don't really believe that the behavior between dog breeds is primarily or even significantly genetic.


ROFL imagine unironically thinking this. i hope you are 12
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ThyCorndog
09/12/19 10:40:43 AM
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Romulox28 posted...
ThyCorndog posted...
I don't really believe that the behavior between dog breeds is primarily or even significantly genetic. I'm wary of behavioral genetics in general because when it comes to behavior, nurture > nature by leagues and bounds
we are talking about dogs here, not people

the modern dog has a brain the size of a walnut & is the result of hundreds of years of inbreeding, all specifically to give them particular traits. their DNA is all fucked up, all dogs have the dog equivalent of Williams Syndrome, etc.

this is an interesting read:

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/07/what-makes-dogs-so-friendly-study-finds-genetic-link-super-outgoing-people

dang. didn't know about that. interesting
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ThyCorndog
09/12/19 10:40:58 AM
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__bale posted...
ThyCorndog posted...
I don't really believe that the behavior between dog breeds is primarily or even significantly genetic.


ROFL imagine unironically thinking this. i hope you are 12

say that to my face irl
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TheGreatGeno6
09/12/19 10:40:59 AM
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__bale posted...
ThyCorndog posted...
I don't really believe that the behavior between dog breeds is primarily or even significantly genetic.


ROFL imagine unironically thinking this. i hope you are 12

He obviously knows absolutely nothing about dogs and is just talking out his ass with assumptions.
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Taharqa_
09/12/19 10:43:58 AM
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TheGreatGeno6 posted...
Hairistotle posted...
why do people keep saying pitbulls are fine even though they seem to kill a lot of people? are reports highly exaggerated or something?

No, they're not. Pitbull owners are the ones pushing the "Pitbulls are safe!!!" bullshit

Not all pitbulls are bad, but most of them are, and the bad ones should be destroyed.

That's bs
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YokoGeri
09/12/19 10:46:28 AM
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*plays Nsync Tune*

Hey-Hey!

Ban Ban Ban, Ban-Ban!
Ban-Ban!

I'm doing this tonight
You're probably gonna start a fight
I know this can't be right
Hey baby come on
I loved you endlessly
When you weren't there for me
So now it's time to leave and make it alone
I know that I can't take no more
It ain't no lie
I want to see you out that door
Baby ban ban ban
Ban Ban

Don't want to be dog food for you
Just another snack in your game for two
You may bite me but it ain't no lie
Baby ban ban ban
Ban ban
Don't want to make it tough
I just want to tell you that you've bit enough
It might sound crazy but it ain't no lie
Baby ban ban ban
You just bit me with the truth
Now dog you're more than welcome to
So give me one good reason
Baby come on
I've pitbull bingo'ed for you and me
And now I really come to see
That life

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Dragonblade01
09/12/19 10:47:06 AM
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Then I guess Judge Judy is just another in the long list of people who don't bother to do deeper research.
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Taharqa_
09/12/19 10:47:45 AM
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Hairistotle posted...
why do people keep saying pitbulls are fine even though they seem to kill a lot of people? are reports highly exaggerated or something?

There about 5 different breeds that are lumped under the umbrella term "Pit Bull", and because most people don't know what a Pit Bull actually is anything that remotely looks like a Pit Bull is mistaken for one. There is only one Pit Bull and that is the American Pit Bull Terrier. Lumping dogs into one breed is like saying a German Shepard, Dutch Shepard and Belgian Malinois are all the same thing, they're not.
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Questionmarktarius
09/12/19 10:49:07 AM
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Taharqa_ posted...

There about 5 different breeds that are lumped under the umbrella term "Pit Bull", and because most people don't know what a Pit Bull actually is anything that remotely looks like a Pit Bull is mistaken for one.

"Assault dogs", huh?
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TheGreatGeno6
09/12/19 10:58:30 AM
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Taharqa_ posted...
Hairistotle posted...
why do people keep saying pitbulls are fine even though they seem to kill a lot of people? are reports highly exaggerated or something?

There about 5 different breeds that are lumped under the umbrella term "Pit Bull", and because most people don't know what a Pit Bull actually is anything that remotely looks like a Pit Bull is mistaken for one. There is only one Pit Bull and that is the American Pit Bull Terrier. Lumping dogs into one breed is like saying a German Shepard, Dutch Shepard and Belgian Malinois are all the same thing, they're not.

Wrong!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pit_bull

Normal breeds often considered to be of the pit bull-type include the American Pit Bull Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier, American Bully, and Staffordshire Bull Terrier.
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TheGreatGeno6
09/12/19 10:59:05 AM
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Hairistotle posted...
Taharqa_ posted...
Hairistotle posted...
why do people keep saying pitbulls are fine even though they seem to kill a lot of people? are reports highly exaggerated or something?

There about 5 different breeds that are lumped under the umbrella term "Pit Bull", and because most people don't know what a Pit Bull actually is anything that remotely looks like a Pit Bull is mistaken for one. There is only one Pit Bull and that is the American Pit Bull Terrier. Lumping dogs into one breed is like saying a German Shepard, Dutch Shepard and Belgian Malinois are all the same thing, they're not.

oh, so pitbulls arent actually killing/maiming people more? people are just misattributing the kills to pitbulls?

There's 4 breeds considered to be pit bulls, not one. See my above post.
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Taharqa_
09/12/19 10:59:33 AM
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Hairistotle posted...
Taharqa_ posted...
Hairistotle posted...
why do people keep saying pitbulls are fine even though they seem to kill a lot of people? are reports highly exaggerated or something?

There about 5 different breeds that are lumped under the umbrella term "Pit Bull", and because most people don't know what a Pit Bull actually is anything that remotely looks like a Pit Bull is mistaken for one. There is only one Pit Bull and that is the American Pit Bull Terrier. Lumping dogs into one breed is like saying a German Shepard, Dutch Shepard and Belgian Malinois are all the same thing, they're not.

oh, so pitbulls arent actually killing/maiming people more? people are just misattributing the kills to pitbulls?

It inflates bite statistics and spreads misinformation. Pretty much everyone knows what a Rottweiler is, everyone knows what a German Shepard is. The line is muddied when it comes to bull breeds and bull breed mixes. A lot of these man biters are curs and poorly bred bully breed mixes. The average person doesn't know what an APBT looks like, it doesn't help when an owner says their 100 lb bully mix is a "Pit Bull" either. Purebred APBTs (Pit Bulls) are between 30 - 60 lbs, with most being in the low 40s.
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Taharqa_
09/12/19 11:04:41 AM
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TheGreatGeno6 posted...
Taharqa_ posted...
Hairistotle posted...
why do people keep saying pitbulls are fine even though they seem to kill a lot of people? are reports highly exaggerated or something?

There about 5 different breeds that are lumped under the umbrella term "Pit Bull", and because most people don't know what a Pit Bull actually is anything that remotely looks like a Pit Bull is mistaken for one. There is only one Pit Bull and that is the American Pit Bull Terrier. Lumping dogs into one breed is like saying a German Shepard, Dutch Shepard and Belgian Malinois are all the same thing, they're not.

Wrong!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pit_bull

Normal breeds often considered to be of the pit bull-type include the American Pit Bull Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier, American Bully, and Staffordshire Bull Terrier.


Like I said, all different breeds with different breed standards. Again, that's like saying a German Shepard, Dutch Shepard and Belgian Malinois are the same thing with the same temperament, physical appearance and drives. "Pit Bull-type" is a lazy catch all classification.

To have an actual Pit Bull, your dog must be papered and have an actual pit fighting dog in their lineage.
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OctilIery
09/12/19 11:06:16 AM
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__bale posted...
ThyCorndog posted...
I don't really believe that the behavior between dog breeds is primarily or even significantly genetic.


ROFL imagine unironically thinking this. i hope you are 12

Yeah, pit bulls are actually significantly less likely to be naturally human aggressive.
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YokoGeri
09/12/19 11:07:25 AM
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fun fact - if pit bulls weren't demonized half of their staunch defenders would not give a fuck about them.
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