The Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to Humor@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoThey look so friendlystartrek.websiteimagemessage-square155fedilinkarrow-up1995arrow-down126
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minus-squareVespair@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up113arrow-down7·10 months agoHot take (I’ll accept my downward facing arrows, thank you), but people regularly vastly overestimate the safety and docility of “regular” dogs too
minus-squareChocrates@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·10 months agoI tried to rehabilitate a dangerous dog and failed and now find myself with another one (thankfully MUCH less prone to biting). “regular” dogs are one abusive/neglectful adolescence away from being unsafe
minus-squareIlluminostro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoHuskies and Malamutes, also.
minus-squareroofuskit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down15·10 months agoThat has more to do with owners than breeding.
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minus-squareSweetpeaches69@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down18·10 months agoWith the notable exception of pitbulls.
minus-squareEmerald@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down3·10 months agoPitbulls also have the issue of being abused at higher rates then other breeds. It’s not all genetic
minus-squareSweetpeaches69@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down6·10 months agoIt’s not all genetic, just largely so. https://www.forbes.com/advisor/legal/dog-attack-statistics-breed/#sources
minus-squareLiz@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down5·10 months agoGotta love when they don’t bother to normalize their statistics so it’s basically just a question of human population density.
minus-squareDraedron@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down3·10 months agoNo. They just often have shit owners who either want them to be aggressive or habe no ideas about dogs but think pitbulls are cool
minus-squarejoel_feila@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·10 months agoIf only regular people could id pitbulls. No really it hard for average people to do that. Really compromises all our data.
Hot take (I’ll accept my downward facing arrows, thank you), but people regularly vastly overestimate the safety and docility of “regular” dogs too
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I tried to rehabilitate a dangerous dog and failed and now find myself with another one (thankfully MUCH less prone to biting). “regular” dogs are one abusive/neglectful adolescence away from being unsafe
Huskies and Malamutes, also.
Humans too
That has more to do with owners than breeding.
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With the notable exception of pitbulls.
Pitbulls also have the issue of being abused at higher rates then other breeds. It’s not all genetic
It’s not all genetic, just largely so.
https://www.forbes.com/advisor/legal/dog-attack-statistics-breed/#sources
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Gotta love when they don’t bother to normalize their statistics so it’s basically just a question of human population density.
No. They just often have shit owners who either want them to be aggressive or habe no ideas about dogs but think pitbulls are cool
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If only regular people could id pitbulls. No really it hard for average people to do that. Really compromises all our data.