The breeds with the worst reputations – pit bulls, rottweilers, doberman pinschers – are among the sweetest, most eager to please dogs you’ll find. It’s the idiots who mistreat the dogs and/or see them solely as a weapon that is the problem. Successfully ban pit bulls, and there will be an explosion of problems with rottweilers. Ban them, and then the problem will be with German shepherds, dobermans, etc., etc. We need much stronger penalties for animal abuse and dog fighting, not breed bans.
The breeds with the worst reputations – pit bulls, rottweilers, doberman pinschers – are among the sweetest, most eager to please dogs you’ll find. It’s the idiots who mistreat the dogs and/or see them solely as a weapon that is the problem. Successfully ban pit bulls, and there will be an explosion of problems with rottweilers. Ban them, and then the problem will be with German shepherds, dobermans, etc., etc. We need much stronger penalties for animal abuse and dog fighting, not breed bans.