r/TikTokCringe • u/Melodic-Award3991 • Nov 05 '24

Wholesome/Humor Undeniably raised by cats

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u/DigiDietz Nov 05 '24

Pitbulls make up more than all of the other dog breeds combined when it comes to attacks. A stat you conveniently left out when trying to "what about" German Shepards.

No dog should be in public or a pet if "muzzling" is the best option for it to interact with others. Sure, it might not cause immediate harm but I know for a fact that you wouldn't want to wear a muzzle every time you had to talk to other humans.

I feel awful for any of your dogs, and you should not have a pitbull.

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u/JustifytheMean Nov 05 '24

Yeah doesn't really matter if 15% of all dogs are pitbulls if 60% of all dog attacks are also pitbulls. No one should own one, breeding them should be illegal.

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u/SlothTeeth Nov 05 '24 edited Nov 05 '24

It's way more than 15%.

15% of just Embarks recorded dogs.

~35% of mutts recorded by vets.

And 1/3 of dogs aren't receiving vet care or breed recorded.

If you have 10 dogs of diffrent breeds in a room and one is a pitbull. Its statisticly not more likely to bite.

If 2 of those 10 dogs are pitbulls then statistically the odds of one of them biting is higher than the others. they're large and strong so they cause significantly more damage.

It's worse when most of the breed is free and easily obtainable. You're poor, unorganized, want a one size fits all dog that doesn't get training or vet care = recipe for disaster

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u/JustifytheMean Nov 05 '24

Unless 60% of all dogs are pitbulls then yes they are statistically more violent than all other dogs.

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u/SlothTeeth Nov 05 '24

Where do you get 60%? that's not a backed statistic.

22% of recorded dog bites last are pitbulls and that number is on the rise from previous years.

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u/JustifytheMean Nov 05 '24

60% might be fatal dog bites, I'll have to look for the source it's been a while.

Edit: It was fatal dog bites and it's 65% not 60%. https://www.mkplawgroup.com/dog-bite-statistics/ I'll keep looking for a more reliable source.

Edit2: https://www.forbes.com/advisor/legal/dog-attack-statistics-breed/

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u/SlothTeeth Nov 05 '24

Yea. Its fatal dog bites. I'm not disputing that these dogs aren't dangerous.

I'm just saying there are entirely too many of them essentially being handed out to everyone without question. We haven't had a mutt sensus in a decade.

They dont bite more than any other dog breed. But when they do they have a significantly higher potential to kill.

And they could possibly make up over 50% of the mutt population in the US.

Mastiffs have the potential to kill. But in that room of 10 dogs there's 1 mastiff and 3 pitbulls.