It is a very sad thing.. I love all dogs, but would not keep a pit bull. just too much risk.

I have had a few golden in my time. Awesome dog but would you believe that they have the highest bite rate of any other dog. Granted not maulings

Speak for yourself. Pits should be shot on sight I dont carehow friendly they seem. It only takes a second for a kid to be killed or mamed. My cousin had to shoot two at diffrent times when they attacked him. One was the outfitters he was at if grabed him and would not let go. 9mm to its head in the dining area solved that problem. The other was a farmers friends it went after him and it got shot s3veral times before it got to him. Bith times the owners were there and "just could not believe it" that was the best dog untill it was not.

Told the guy across the street to keep his off my farm when i took it home.. He got very defensive wanting to fight. I shook my head and told him he had ben asked nicely and walked home. Sure its a sweet dog but not worth one of my kids getting hurt. Bullets are cheap.

You're right it's something I don't believe with the 2 that we've had, 1 passed and 1 current. I will say though we have a friend that's got one that's not nice. Her dog went after ours on a walk so she took her's home. That is the worst behaved golden I've seen by far. I can't see them near the top of the bite chart though.

The first golden we had would be the one perfect dog you get in your life. She was a complete sweetheart. The one now isn't as good but she's extremely friendly. She started having seizures a couple years ago and is on medicine. Very rarely does she get those anymore. The one thing with her is she won't grow up, she's 7 and acts and looks like she's about a year old. We knew she was the runt of the litter when we got her. She wants to play all the time, the vet said the seizures done some damage in her brain and we don't hold that against her. She's had other dogs plow her over and bully her and she won't fight back so she isn't aggressive that way. She also lets kids/people pet her without issue too.

A loaded gun next to the crib is safer than a pit. The gun is predictable. Sorry isn't good.enough and neither is a Civil penalty. If the dog isn't under the owners control they should be held criminally responsible. Time for this crap to stop.

No, I wouldn't believe that because in all my research I can't find anywhere that makes that statement. Where did you find that?


I did find where it says "Pit bulls were found to have the highest relative risk of biting as well as the highest average damage per bite".
In second place was mixed breeds. Third was German Shepherds.

A few years ago, a man in the Twin Cities owned a pit bull. He had a three year old boy. The man's wife was gone. He went outside to have a smoke and left the three year old alone in the house with the dog.
He finished his smoke and returned to the house to find the pit bull had mauled his little boy who later died. His comment was he couldn't believe the dog would do that. It was such a gentle, loving house dog.

I can't say that this is the only breed of dog you ever hear about a dog doing this. It happens with other breeds occasionally too. But by far, the most frequent, horrific cases involve pit bulls way more than any other dog.

Badger, Would never want to insinuate that the breed is trouble. They are very family unit oriented and as such will protect that unit. We had many growing up as my father bred them for a time. All were great family dogs and great hunters. One instance that we had was with my brother and a friend wrestling in the yard. The dog took it as threat to my brother and bowled the friend over and nipped him. Never happened again and never with any of the other dogs.

If it weren't for the mass amounts of hair or the fact that the deep red coloring was almost bred out of them I might have another.

Bowled over and nipped though and Fido can be corrected. Ripping an arm off a little boy and let puppies eat on it can not be corrected.

Why would anyone take a chance on pit bulls as a pet? How do you know if you have one that will be a gentle loyal pet or the one that kills the neighbor woman?

Who say we cannot hate all muzzies?

Why hate anyone? Doesn't seem very Christian. Christianity teaches us to love everyone. Hating people sounds like a Muslim thing.

Am glad the kid survived these dogs are meant for killing not pets, there’s a member here, I can’t remember his name, that runs them after hogs and that’s what their meant to do.

If you google dangerous dog breeds, the Pit bull is #1, Then Rottweiler, Doberman, Akita, Chow and Cane Corso. All big dogs.

Pit bulls are owned by trash people around here

Yeah right. come meet mine. Goldens are the best dogs on the planet and its not even close.

I don’t tolerate the dog biting at all. I still have scars on my face to this day from when I was 1 and our pet dog attacked me for no reason at all. It wasn’t a pit, it was just a mutt. Right after it happened my dad shot the dog like any good parent would do. They took me to the hospital to get 16 stitches put in my face. While we were at the hospital animal control called my father asking to come get the dog to run some tests. My father told the women he shot the dog. She went off on him saying people like him are no better than dogs who attack people. He simply told her lady I have my 1 year old son here in the hospital getting 16 stitches put in his face and I still got the gun. Let me catch one of you sobs come in my yard messing with one of my kids and see if you don’t get the same treatment that dog did. She hung up. I told my wife from day one when we had our first child that the first time one of the dogs even growls at my kids it is game over for that dog. My kids are my world but a dog is just an animal at the end of every day. Hound dogs have always been good enough for me.

To the woods, what you posted above can IMO not be blamed on that golden as a bite. That dog was protecting your brother in your own words. Sounds to me like the dog deserved a treat and a pat on the head. In case you didn't pick up on it that dog loved it's family and was doing what many people wouldn't which was protecting it's family. If my dog was protecting me she'd get extra hugs, treats and a car ride. Both Golden's we've had and have really know one thing and that's love and family.

The bowled over and nipped dog I would correct. I wont keep a dog I think may bite. I dont want a dog deciding if somebody needs bit. Barking to tell me a stranger is here is great. If somebody needs bit though I will do the biting. A dog that bites needs put down.

The dog did see that as an act of aggression and yes was protecting my brother. Problem was the kids were playing and needed no protection. Again not condemning the breed in any way. I love goldens like I said I grew up with them. There seemed to always be a litter around. I wish I could find the article that listed this. It was forwarded to me many years ago from a friend whom I recommended a breeder to for a golden. I didn't really believe it either but I thought it came from AKC. Of course these aren't instances of mauling or the dog being aggressive. Mostly just a nip type of bite. Sorry if I ruffled anyone's feathers.

ILCooner It would be hard to argue but I'd put the labs first and the golden a very close second.

https://lacrossetribune.com/news/state-and-regional/wisconsin-mother-dies-after-saving-son-from-dog-attack/article_8f19d4b6-37f6-5b73-bf54-0b7426e3df9d.html?utm_source=lacrossetribune.com&utm_campaign=%2Fnewsletter-templates%2Fnews-alert&utm_medium=PostUp&utm_content=54f98e7effa182bfe70e89a4c78b866468b7b5e3

Another sad story that just popped up on my Lacrosse Tribune acct. You'll have to copy and paste this to your browser window.

What don't people understand? It's pure craziness.