Pattaya: Pit Bull tranquilized and heads for retraining after savage attack on owner

[richard_smith237]

5 minutes ago, pacovl46 said:

Just because the overwhelming consensus is euthanasia doesn’t mean that that’s right.

 

Agreed, but we don’t live in a ‘black and white’ world of right and wrong, thus ‘more right than not right’ is perhaps the best manner to describe the ‘overwhelming consensus of euthanasia’.

 

It is also probably ‘less right than right’ to own one of these dogs, the consequences of these ‘less right than right’ decisions are now the source of debate within this topic. 

[pacovl46]

18 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

Agreed, but we don’t live in a ‘black and white’ world of right and wrong, thus ‘more right than not right’ is perhaps the best manner to describe the ‘overwhelming consensus of euthanasia’.

 

It is also probably ‘less right than right’ to own one of these dogs, the consequences of these ‘less right than right’ decisions are now the source of debate within this topic. 

There is absolutely nothing wrong with keeping these dogs, if you buy them from a reputable breeder and raise, socialize and keep them the right way. 
 

In my opinion there should be a mandatory training that teaches people how to

 

1. Socialize, train, raise and keep dogs

2. How to become and behave like a pack leader and how to correct any type of unwanted behavior

 

And only after a certain amount of hours of working with dominant breeds (let’s make that 1000 hours like it is with venomous snakes in the US because if you’re still around after 1000 hours you clearly do have the commitment it takes to keep a dog) and only after having passed a final theoretical and practical test should they be issued a permit to keep any dog at all because most people DO NOT know how to raise and keep a dog and they only get away with it because they keep small breeds. In a lot of cases it’s not fun for the dog at all to keep getting mixed signals and believe it or not, most dogs don’t want to be pack leaders because it’s more stress than anything else. They rather be followers and enjoy their life. I read this book of a guy who trains dogs for the police and he said in his entire career of two decades he only met one dog who actually wanted to be the leader.