I will effort post pitbulls if people want. There’s a ton of veterinary literature that contradicts the stereotypes and adds context to bite statistics, etc.
As a veterinarian if I were to cast shade on a dog breed it would be brachycephalic - pugs or Bostons or bulldogs. Not because of their behavior, but because they’re essentially being waterboarded by their own anatomy every time they breathe and it’s cruel to breed them without taking steps to reduce the airway abnormalities that are incompatible with life.
Yes please, I stiffen anytime I see a pitbullsized dog being walked next to our playground. Doesn’t matter the breed since I can’t tell them apart.
And anytime I tried to look into it I just found forum posts of angry owners vs concerned parents going at each other throats or chatgpt blogspam peddling basic misinformation.
I would appreciate links to that effort posts citations if nothing else. My rejection of the narrative is just based off knowing how dogs work in general + vibes
I’m going to read that book you cited. I need to learn more now that I’ve added a “pitbull” to the family. Much like your post points out, she is less than half “pitbull” DNA even if adding up the 4 breeds that are used in that classification. She’s mostly “Dogo Argentino” which is a super cute name tbh.
I will effort post pitbulls if people want. There’s a ton of veterinary literature that contradicts the stereotypes and adds context to bite statistics, etc.
As a veterinarian if I were to cast shade on a dog breed it would be brachycephalic - pugs or Bostons or bulldogs. Not because of their behavior, but because they’re essentially being waterboarded by their own anatomy every time they breathe and it’s cruel to breed them without taking steps to reduce the airway abnormalities that are incompatible with life.
I actually wrote a whole effort post specifically about this (linked below), and also 100% agree about pugs bostons and bulldogs.
Also I am not a veterinarian so I would appreciate any critique you have of what I wrote on the topic.
Yes please, I stiffen anytime I see a pitbullsized dog being walked next to our playground. Doesn’t matter the breed since I can’t tell them apart.
And anytime I tried to look into it I just found forum posts of angry owners vs concerned parents going at each other throats or chatgpt blogspam peddling basic misinformation.
I am not a vet but I wrote essentially a mini article with lots of sources on the subject a couple years ago and I linked it below.
Man I love this site, thank you for the effort.
I would appreciate links to that effort posts citations if nothing else. My rejection of the narrative is just based off knowing how dogs work in general + vibes
Funny you should ask https://hexbear.net/post/166819
A few seconds in, the title is a banger
Thanks I was pretty proud of myself for that one.
Haha, good timing I just finished reading it.
I’m going to read that book you cited. I need to learn more now that I’ve added a “pitbull” to the family. Much like your post points out, she is less than half “pitbull” DNA even if adding up the 4 breeds that are used in that classification. She’s mostly “Dogo Argentino” which is a super cute name tbh.
Class A post
Thanks comrade I put a fair bit of effort into it after we had a pitbull struggle session a couple years ago. I need to write more effort posts.