• Goatboy@pawb.social
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    3 months ago

    I’m not saying pitts can’t be violent. I’m saying my bad dog experiences have all been other breeds.

    And not every reactive dog is the owner’s fault. The world is more complicated than that.

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      3 months ago

      I know, I’m not saying you were saying that. Of course pitts can be violent. Most dogs who are reactive are reactive due to trauma.

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        3 months ago

        I know. I had a reactive dog. Found him as a stray in terrible condition.

        He made it to 16 but he never fully lost that reactivity. I used to get all kinds of judgement from people saying things like you said.

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          3 months ago

          Yeah people shouldn’t assume that someone having a dog means they’re the one who raised the dog since birth. Lots of people these days have been getting rescue dogs and some of those dogs have had hard lives, and had no role in the trauma that dog experienced.