Q&A: Why would they teach that pit bulls are naturally aggressive in a college Animal behavior course?
Question by Lila: Why would they teach that pit bulls are naturally aggressive in a college Animal behavior course?
I understand that the media and ignorant people have this warped view but educated people know that pit bulls just have a bad rap and are actually great dogs. My fiances mother is taking Animal behavior and told us that they taught her, APBT are naturally aggressive and have a high tendency to attack children and there owners. WTF. Why would a class based on facts teach this?
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Answer by Jaden-Grace
Once you go to college you will quickly learn that just because someone is a professor or a doctor does not mean that they are exempt from warped views.
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Sounds like she’s taking a pretty bogus course!! The are not naturally human aggressive at all! They are prone to dog aggression…
Where is she taking this course from?
Unfortunately instructors of courses at any level are human and, just like any other member of the public, can allow their individual prejudices and the mass media to influence their teachings.
The instructor most likely has a breed bias. Something against pits is all I can think. Maybe he knew someone that was allegedly attacked by a pit bull type dog? I’m not sure.
But I’ve had some classes where that was actually in the text book. Drove me up the wall, I tell you. Infact the paper I wrote for one class well my goal was to disprove what the instructor was saying. I got an A. You simply have to look at the facts.
I have NEVER in my 24 years known a human aggressive American Pit Bull Terrier.
I always tell people that are fearful of them or have the wrong idea about them to go down the the APBT rescue and just spend an afternoon with these dogs. Many come back with a totally different view on the breed. The APBT that changed my view was a 7 year old female with 3 legs. She was used as a bait dog when she was much younger and she lost her leg over it. She was rescued by a very kind woman who ran a rescue. And she has lived with her ever since. That dog went through hell, but for the last 5 years she has been a great family pet. And that dog was living with 3 kids and a Bernese Mountain dog. Never had any problems. Sweetest dog I have ever met. After that I started meeting all the APBTS I could. I would visit down at the rescue regularly. They are a great breed of dog
It is down to the opinion of the teacher
However, there is a growing trend for APBT owners to breed dogs with a natural flair for agression to similar dogs creating a strain that has an agressive streak that can easily be nurtured in the wrong hands
It is similar to those who breed calm dogs to calm dogs
thats about retarded i have a pit bull and shes the sweetest thing my lil sister was 2 and my mom got a shower n locked the back door well she pushed a chair to the door n unlocked it n went for a walk my mom soon found out she was missing and so was the dog she call the police and they found my sister but they wouldn’t go near her because my dog was right by her side protecting her
i love pits they are my hero’s
Facts get messed up – APBT have natural DOG and ANIMAL aggression, not human aggression. Even back when they where used for bull baiting and dog fighting they would be human friendly (to ease handling for humans) and biters would be culled.
I would print out a few legit articles to show this teacher. Find a dot org ( .org ) site if you can. Nothing wrong with arguing with a prof (i do it on occasion in my behavior class and have stumped my own prof on occasion when i bring up some fairly relevant facts.)
Look it really isnt that they are naturally aggressive its that they are so easily trained to be agressive. They are animals with anger management problems and when push comes to shove they will attack and if you deny that -then you are being unrealistic. They are beautiful animals and many of them are wonderful pets but who knows what their trigger might be- one dog I knew of attacked a familys small child- they think because of the color of her outfit ( dogs see color muted so this was a bright red dress, one of the few colors they see). So its not abuse or neglect its their inate ability to use agression at any point in time without advance warnings.
First of all, I want to clarify that I love pit bulls as much as the next person. And I agree, “billy breeds” have a bad reputation that isn’t representative of each individual dog. HOWEVER, I do think specific breeds have a higher tendency to behave in a certain way. This is not to say that EVERY dog of that breed is like that, and obviously training and other variables have a huge influence on a dog’s behavior. Still, when left untrained (or improperly trained), certain breeds ARE more likely to be aggressive towards people and other dogs than others. An animal behavior class has to speak in generalizations. Every individual has certain quirks that make them unique, and there are always the oddballs who completely defy generalizations. Ideally the students should already know this, though.
Because it is true to an extent.
They were bred to be animal aggressive for many years, first bull baiting and then dog fighting. The result is that many are born with that “predisposition”. No different than a Labrador being predisposed to retrieve things.
As much as bully breed lovers would like it to be otherwise, it is still fact.
This is why the bully breed puppy buyer needs to do their homework. The problem is that their are more of the “junk-yard” verity being bred out there than anyone wants to admit to.
Just remember that “Pit Bull” is not a breed, it is a combination of all of the mix breed bullies as well as the well bred dogs.
That teacher is out of his mind. I got bit in the face by a Black Labrador but that doesn’t mean all Lab’s are naturally aggressive…. WTF is right!