I want to address the specific issue of good, loving owners. It’s common for #pit owners to announce that they are good owners and pit attacks occur bc the other owners are bad.

That’s only one angle. And it is similar to when people say only bad gun owners cause accidents or deaths.

Such an argument ignores everything else. It’s a form of splitting (also known as black and white thinking in mental illness situations) and it removes all other valid reasons or scenarios. It ignores accidents. It ignores when a gun is unknowingly defective. It ignores when guns break or misfire. It ignores other people gaining access. Etc etc.

The reality is that very good owners are mauled by their pits. And very loving owners have pits that maul other people or other pets.

The best owners don’t call their dogs “nanny dogs.” Good owners don’t say, “Never” because that’s a poor logical premise. And a good owner has critical thinking skills. Good owners know they are human and that their pits are pitbulls.

-JL #DBA

I hear the sincerity in his voice and appreciate that he showed up here authentically.

But sincerity cannot change the genetic drive of animals. We cannot love, train, or pray the innate traits out of an animal.

For example, no matter how hard you train a bear and no matter how hard you love a bear, it will always be a bear. Even if you carefully select a well tempered one at birth and completely take care of it, the bear will always be a bear with the capacity to maul at any moment for any small reason.

That is also true for retrievers. No matter how well you raise and train a retriever, it will always be a retriever and has the potential to fetch at any moment.

So it is with pitbulls. You can raise a pitbull perfectly and be the best, most loving owner. But it will always be a pitbull with the innate capacity to relentlessly maul a target at any random moment. Even after years of being a loving dog.

It is the denial of this basic, scientific fact that drives the ongoing danger.

The harder you try to convince everyone that you are a good owner and your pits are nanny dogs, the more your dogs represent a deadly risk.

Truly good pit owners openly acknowledge the innate risk of their dogs. They are humble. They admit that humans are not 100% perfect owners 100% of the time. They know that even with incredible, expert level training, dogs retain their hereditary instincts.

YOU are the dangerous dog owner. You don’t know it, I agree. As I said, your post here is genuine. But it’s that very sincerity which makes you and your dogs lethal.

Until you can honestly assess domesticated animals and also honestly assess human limits, you remain a life threatening risk to everyone around you.

Notice that despite the adamant comment, the owner’s public photos immediately contradict his words. He’s using his dog emotionally, we have the #blurry cognitive red flag, poor cues from the pit, and it’s about 2yrs old so there is no way to predict the near future outcome, let alone the age 7-10 attack peak. He’s also unethically calling his dog a service dog.