dunno about you but I'd be attacked by a pom any day. it's one thing to be bitten. it's another to have your body ripped apart. I had a pit bull.
Great dog. Friendly, smart as a whip, easy to train. She'd hang out with everyone in our group of teens to mid 20s and never, ever exhibited the slightest sign of aggression to any of us, or other dogs, even Chihuahuas.
Until you'd have her in the car at the gas station, and an elderly person or small child would walk by. Then she'd begin this low growl, never taking her eyes off them. Or a man in uniform- she'd flip out. Never did she have any negative experiences with any of the types of humans she found threatening. It was just in her nature.
My mom had a little bichon that could be pretty nasty when he had a bone or toy he liked. I'd rather have tried grabbing him in a bad mood before I'd pet a pit bull I didn't know. A dog on a leash feels cornered. If they are used to kids and known to be good with them, the risk is minimal. But it's still there. The vast majority of dog bites to a child are on the face. Don't know about others but my pit bull could hold her own weight by her jaw, it'd take two people standing at the end of a pole and you'd lift it off the ground, she'd be dangling there by the mouth, never letting go. She must've weighed 130, easy. Do the math. I don't want that jaw, on an unpredictable animal, on my kid. I adore balanced, trained pit bulls. Still don't trust them around kids- the risk is too high, much higher than other breeds that they will bite and much higher that the bite will be a life-threatening one.
Great dog. Friendly, smart as a whip, easy to train. She'd hang out with everyone in our group of teens to mid 20s and never, ever exhibited the slightest sign of aggression to any of us, or other dogs, even Chihuahuas.
Until you'd have her in the car at the gas station, and an elderly person or small child would walk by. Then she'd begin this low growl, never taking her eyes off them. Or a man in uniform- she'd flip out. Never did she have any negative experiences with any of the types of humans she found threatening. It was just in her nature.
My mom had a little bichon that could be pretty nasty when he had a bone or toy he liked. I'd rather have tried grabbing him in a bad mood before I'd pet a pit bull I didn't know. A dog on a leash feels cornered. If they are used to kids and known to be good with them, the risk is minimal. But it's still there. The vast majority of dog bites to a child are on the face. Don't know about others but my pit bull could hold her own weight by her jaw, it'd take two people standing at the end of a pole and you'd lift it off the ground, she'd be dangling there by the mouth, never letting go. She must've weighed 130, easy. Do the math. I don't want that jaw, on an unpredictable animal, on my kid. I adore balanced, trained pit bulls. Still don't trust them around kids- the risk is too high, much higher than other breeds that they will bite and much higher that the bite will be a life-threatening one.
