dayummn . . . that's harsh.
I agree. I really don't understand where trab is coming from. He's preaching muzzling, control, and what not, but then says its the irresponsible owners faults the dogs cant help themselves and no pitbull owners are responsible---or at least 99.9% aren't. When called on the realistic truth of the dog, he then says he's got years of experience with them, but they should be chained with heavy chains and padlocks and its the irresponsible owners. These dogs are innate killers. They will eat you. But he's loved his and spent thousands of dollars on them becuase of generations of breeding that has made them mindless killing machines incapable of reacting like the animal they are----a dog.
I'm kinda confused.....
I will agree with him, I've seen my fair share of irresponsible pit owners. But i've also seen irresponsible lab, chihuahua, rotweiler, pointer, border collie, great dane..... the list goes on and on. Its not just a pitbull issue, its a DOG issue.
I also don't think its an inner city issue--although I do not agree with the bullshit mentality of having to have a dog as a status symbol. Saying its all inner city is a racist comment that borders on stupid. Yes, there are punk kids out there buying pitbulls to have them as status symbols, but i've worked "vaccination" clinics in some pretty bad neighborhoods in Brooklyn, Queens, and Harlem. There were people there who would come to the clinic and get exactly 7 days worth of antibiotic----we know theyd show up at the next clinic and buy 7 additional days worth to treat an ear infection in their dogs---their pitbulls. One indiviudal with an older dog with heart disease and prostate cancer literally followed me around Brooklyn so the dog could be checked every week and his heart disease monitored. That dog ultimately died, but the part that got to me was the owner showing up one saturday with a pitcher of tea for me and my crew. He couldn't afford anything else, but it was a hot day and he wanted to say thank you.