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girlhorse · 1 year

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I totally understand what you're saying about the breed transparency issue but I also feel its a more grey area because in addition to there being a stigma against pit bulls there also can be legal issues with owning a pit bull such as higher insurance costs and places with certain pit bull ordinances and places where they can even be banned, so by not outright stating they're pit bulls I believe it allows owners more legal freedoms

that's true, and im certainly against breed bans and that sort of thing, but the fact is many pet owners are not dog savvy enough to recognize a pit when they see one somehow. so it's still not particularly fair to owners and dogs alike to mislead people about breed. I know they're trying to make people adopt their dogs but shouldnt they want their dogs to be placed in homes that won't 1) return them or 2) fail to provide them basic enrichment/energy needs?

#gab gabs #this shelter to clarify adopts BEHAVIOR dogs out to people soo many of them have a bite history that is not disclosed until right before #adoption ppw is signed #which is really not cool and particularly dangerous with pitties tbh #they are on of the largest breeds with a bite kill instinct #theyre not necessarily dangerous and explicitly not supposed to be human aggressive but that does not mean it doesnt happen lol #esp with the poorly bred behaviorally unsound dogs with bite histories already #the situation is super delicate and nuanced but important imo #theres one side that demonizes pits and spreads myths that their jaws lock (lmao)#and the other side that thinks they are nanny dogs and totally appropriate to put their babies face up to one lol #where honestly the reality of the situation lies somewhere more in the middle

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