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Seriously! My dog’s name is Vanilla and there are people who are still afraid of her because she’s an ABPT.
We could all name our dogs Buttercup and some moron would take issue with them!
I don’t know Kaos but I’ll take a stab at it (meant in a totally nonviolent way).
Based on the spelling, perhaps it’s a nod to the 1960’s series Get Smart where the bad guys worked for an organization names “KAOS”.http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Vuho6Kb53w4/SJuK7EFvIhI/AAAAAAAAAFs/a-MhxAyDaNM/s400/scan0003.jpg
Personally, I don’t give a furry rat’s ass if people don’t like my dog. I know she’s a mush and so do the people who are unbiased enough to give her a chance.
The rest of them? If they want to leave the park… fine, more room for us! If they want to make snide remarks… they’ll be ignored (that steams them all the more!)
I know what Vanilla is and isn’t. That’s what matters! She’s welcome in my place of work, walking around an office of about 25 people without being leashed and collecting belly rubs in exchange for kisses!
Seriously… just look at my avatar and tell me she’s a menace!
Thanks!
Our experience is the same with all 5 of our cats. Vanilla was not raised with them, she’s the new kid on the block but she’s getting along very well with them.
Skippy (in my avatar) is her special buddy!You make some confusing statements.
“Also, just want to make this clear: higher income/iq etc are generally indicate smarter people. Smart people generally weigh risks better than others”
At the risk of being accused of quote mining, it sounds like you came in here just to tell us all that we were ignorant.
Then you say;
“Taking a wild guess here, but I’m gonna say its just a *tad* less than the general population, given their aversion to taking unnecessary risks with human life. And maybe the best indicator of this group is lawyers.”I’m confused by that statement as your opening post included
“My guess is that if I get 10 responses to this post, only 2 of them will be more rational than emotional. Of those 2, hopefully 1 will keep twisted stats and logical fallacies to a minimum.”You set up a straw man argument by saying the above yet all your statements stem from your personal feelings of predjudice regarding the intelligence of Pit Bull owners and, in your own words a “wild guess”.
It’s laughable that you accuse us, in advance of any evidence, of our replies being “logical fallacies” yet you haven’t produced one single piece of evidence to logically back up your position.You have presented the accusation so it is incumbent upon YOU to prove your case.
The fact of the matter is that you are not interested in and likely not capable of any intelligent debate on this topic.
Good day to you Sir.
I think the problem is that people on either side tend to make blanket statements.
Pits… either you love ‘em or hate ‘em.
Can I blame someone for hating them after one killed her cat? No. In all honesty, I bet I’d feel the same way if I were her.I have a great Pit. Having said that, my Wife works at the shelter we adopted Vanilla from and there’s Pits there that I don’t like turning my back on even with a cage door in between us. They are really jacked up and are usually bite cases which unfortunately wind up being euthanized as they can’t be adopted out.
I see part of the problem being people who walk into a shelter and in their words “fall in love” with a dog. I walked Vanilla for 4 months before we decided to adopt her. I knew her and what she was about.
She’s done nothing but improved since leaving the shelter and sleeps with our cats.I also took her to a dog park Friday where she was running around with a pug. She’s such a goofball!
Bottom line is know what you’re adopting and it’s temperament. Don’t make a snap decision that may wind up biting you in the ass (pun intended).
I work Customer Service too for a German company the supplies equipment to the motion picture industry. My Wife works for our local animal shelter where we got our Pit. Through her I’ve spent more than a little time with pits.
As I posted earlier, there was a Shi Tzu turned in to the shelter last week for biting it’s owners daughter in the face. The wound required six stitches to close.
My good friend’s Yorkie has been known to snatch birds out of the air!!Maybe they have some Pit in them? 😉
We love our girl and many the time it is on a walk she’s picked up something and started chewing it where I’ve shoved my hand into her mouth to get it… much to the amazement of passersby who ask why she didn’t bite me.
My Wife works at our local animal sheler and a Shi Tzu was surrendered today because it bit the owners daughter in the face. Six stitches were required to close the wound.
That never gets reported either, “journalists” just laugh it off.I can’t help you with statistics there but I can tell you that my Pit was racing around with a pug at the dog park this morning and they were both having a blast!
They’re dogs just like any other dog. THey need supervision and training. Unfortunately the media needs a scapegoat.
Maybe this site has what you’re looking for? http://www.atts.org/
