I have a pitbull (American pitbull terrier) that is a rescue. He loves people, but is so aggressive towards other animals that I can hardly believe it.
After having one for years now, I believe there should be some sort of training or licensing requirement before someone can own one. The combination of innate aggression and power is truly dangerous
I can never walk my dog off-leash, I can never hand my dog to someone inexperienced. I love my dog, but responsible ownership is much more burdensome than any other dog I’ve had.
I assume you would mean that there would be like tiers of license for more normal pets, and then a stricter license for Pitbulls or Mastiffs or whatever. What sort of competence do you want people to demonstrate before getting a pet like a Cat or Golden Retriever?
Yep, adopted a pit bull several years back and had to re-home it after it attacked my border collie twice and if I wasn’t nearby he would have killed her.
Got him as a puppy, raised him the exact same way we did the collie. He would just…snap randomly and go into attack mode. I also couldn’t believe it. He was great with people though. Other pets and animals was a totally different story.
Sadly the remaining 95% owners of pitbulls “love them so much” they’d start literal riots if that becomes law. Because you know they wouldn’t be able to pass the training, or even sit through it.
I don’t think they would riot, they would probably just get pitbulls from breeders that didn’t check for licenses.
But I agree with the gist, there are a lot of bad dog parents, and people get pitbulls for bad reasons. I want there to be an avenue to punish owners & breeders who do not take proper precautions.
I can totally confirm with my own experience with our rescue pit as well. He’s a good dog in the house and with our family, but he’s triggered so easily when out in our fenced yard by any other dogs out for a walk. Years ago we made so many attempts to acclimate him to other dogs through training, etc. and nothing worked. We can’t even walk him on a leash because he pulls so hard and chokes himself no matter what we do. But he’s happy to be a house/yard dog and feel like we’ve given him a good life.
I have a pitbull (American pitbull terrier) that is a rescue. He loves people, but is so aggressive towards other animals that I can hardly believe it.
After having one for years now, I believe there should be some sort of training or licensing requirement before someone can own one. The combination of innate aggression and power is truly dangerous
I can never walk my dog off-leash, I can never hand my dog to someone inexperienced. I love my dog, but responsible ownership is much more burdensome than any other dog I’ve had.
Honestly all pets should have a liscence, that includes going through at least some certification for them since there isn’t a reason to own one.
I assume you would mean that there would be like tiers of license for more normal pets, and then a stricter license for Pitbulls or Mastiffs or whatever. What sort of competence do you want people to demonstrate before getting a pet like a Cat or Golden Retriever?
Yep, adopted a pit bull several years back and had to re-home it after it attacked my border collie twice and if I wasn’t nearby he would have killed her.
Got him as a puppy, raised him the exact same way we did the collie. He would just…snap randomly and go into attack mode. I also couldn’t believe it. He was great with people though. Other pets and animals was a totally different story.
Sadly the remaining 95% owners of pitbulls “love them so much” they’d start literal riots if that becomes law. Because you know they wouldn’t be able to pass the training, or even sit through it.
Pitbulls attract some of the worst owners. Some people purposely get these dogs BECAUSE they are aggressive.
I don’t think they would riot, they would probably just get pitbulls from breeders that didn’t check for licenses.
But I agree with the gist, there are a lot of bad dog parents, and people get pitbulls for bad reasons. I want there to be an avenue to punish owners & breeders who do not take proper precautions.
I can totally confirm with my own experience with our rescue pit as well. He’s a good dog in the house and with our family, but he’s triggered so easily when out in our fenced yard by any other dogs out for a walk. Years ago we made so many attempts to acclimate him to other dogs through training, etc. and nothing worked. We can’t even walk him on a leash because he pulls so hard and chokes himself no matter what we do. But he’s happy to be a house/yard dog and feel like we’ve given him a good life.