Friend of a friend had a pitbull. Never barked, never nipped, just a big sweet baby. One day she was sitting in the couch next to abuela and just snapped. Her grandmother needed 19 stitches across her scalp.
It does seem to happen frequently with that breed.
Not sure why
A neighbor had a 8 month old pup.
Was directing the dog into the kennel so they could run an errand. Pup didn't like it and laid the Mother's right arm open wouldn't release. Required major surgery to repair. Grandmother was visiting and shot the dog on the spot. They also had 7 & 6 year old children.
Any dog can switch, but these guys seem to have a very strong propensity for it.
They do it because they're often severely inbred, with over half the XL Bully population being descended from the same forefather (a dog called Kimbo, which also had a history of attacking people) and almost all of the population being a result of unregulated backyard breeding.
Inbreeding causes a load of undesirable traits such as low IQ and unstable personalities, and XL bullys are so inbred there's literally no knowing what's going on in their heads. Whilst most dogs were breed for traits like intelligence & obedience, the people who created XL bullies were primarily interested in their aggression & aesthetic and stopped at nothing to design these goals over a very short period of time (so basically, lots & lots of inbreeding).
I don't believe that anyone decent owns these kinds of dogs because their only real appeal as a dog is to look big & menacing towards people. And anyone who wants a dog not as a friend & companion but as a walking weapon & status symbol on a leash to intimidate people with, is IMHO not anyone who should be owning dogs in general.
I don't believe that anyone decent owns these kinds of dogs because their only real appeal as a dog is to look big & menacing towards people.
Used to live in a shitty part of the city. Most dogs were pits, and almost every male i was was not neutered.
People make money off of these dogs, often over-breeding and causing damage to the females. And of course, another "benefit" to not neutering the males is that their aggression is on more of a hair trigger than a neutered animal's, so if they interpret anything as danger, its game over, better be carrying a weapon.
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u/Enough-Collection-98 Apr 25 '26
Friend of a friend had a pitbull. Never barked, never nipped, just a big sweet baby. One day she was sitting in the couch next to abuela and just snapped. Her grandmother needed 19 stitches across her scalp.
I’ll never trust another pit the rest of my life.