Wow! People are just.....nuts

[juice1348]

so yesterday i was at the bar/restaurant that my father and I own. I am hanging out for 5 minutes or so and this girl comes up to me and says 'hey, is that little white and brindle pit yours?' I told her (with a proud smile), yes it is. She starts talking about how she has a 12 month old pit and how nice it is etc. etc. So, it sounds like she knows what she is doing when all of a sudden.....boom... she says "you know, they develop LOCK JAW at 6 months old and from then on they will lock their jaws if they want."
Anyways, she was a paying customer so I just nodded and walked away. Are people really that dumb?

[daddyfs]

when thats all people hear about is their lockin jaw, hey tend to believe that they actually can..

[GinaH]

[DogmaMa]

Funny thing is, I had a telephone conversation with Gary Hammonds himself a few years ago, and i dont know if he was jsut trying to dissuade me from getting a pit(he IS a dogman and they typically dont want pits in the hands of non-competetive owners), but he said that to me "something just goes wrong in that wonderful brain of theirs, it gets too big I guess, and they turn on you" thats just what he said...

[susan_cude@hotmail.com]

I think uneducated is the proper term for that, not dumb...

Reason being, we used to have a beautiful black and white pit. She was a very good and loving dog. But my daughter was about to give birth to my first grandchild and I was afaid to keep her. I had heard all the false statements about this breed and believed them. (even though I had never had a single problem with Pearl, that was her name) There was this woman that had lost her pit and posted posters everywhere in hopes of getting her back. I asked my husband if he would see if she would be interested (if she were a good pet owner) if she would like to have Pearl. He ofcoarse did not want to give her up, but I insisted. The woman turned out to be a wonderful caring person who was very grateful to us. Pearl was an inside dog and was much loved. I felt horrible about my decision after learning the truth about this breed (granted, I should have educated myself about her before we got her, but it's never too late)

I still miss her very much!

Susan

[Freedom]

I got into an argument with a friend last year who kept trying to tell me that pit bulls have locking jaws. Her b/f had a pit bull and it attacked this dog and her b/f was beating his dog to get it off the other one. He broke his dogs jaw because it wouldn't let go. I told her that APBTs don't have locking jaws, it's just they are very powerful. She then proceeded to tell me that her vet even told her they have locking jaws. I really hope this wasn't the case, if so she needs to find a new vet. A couple days later she came up to me and apologized, she said "you were right, pit bulls don't have locking jaws". DUH!

[Killerbee2]

well, most people dont know all about one kind of dog. I think after awhile they just start geussing about the stories they hear!

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Killerbee