All Forum Posts by: Roger S.

@Violetta Christensen    I freely admit to being biased against pit bulls, that was the whole point of my post,   But, it's a bias based on facts.   Your statement about talking to vets and ER personnel is not a fact, it's just something you pulled out of the air.  You did however admit that it costs more to insure a pit bull, and that is based on facts.   

Here are some more facts for you.  A quick summary.  Pit bulls kill more people by a wide margin than all other breeds COMBINED.

2017 analysis and 13-year summary

• 39 U.S. dog bite-related fatalities occurred in 2017. Despite being regulated in areas and over , pit bulls contributed to 74% (29) of these deaths. Pit bulls make up about 6.5% of the total U.S. dog population.3
• During the , canines killed 433 Americans. Two dog breeds, pit bulls (284) and rottweilers (45), contributed to 76% (329) of these deaths. 35 different dog breeds contributed to the remaining fatal dog maulings.
• In 2017, the combination of pit bulls (29), their close cousins, American bulldogs (1) and mastiff-type guard dogs and war dogs (2) contributed to 82% (32) of all dog bite-related fatalities. Rottweilers inflicted 1 death, killing an 18-month old Phoenix boy.
• German shepherds had the second highest death rate in 2017, inflicting 4 deaths, followed by mixed-breeds with 3 deaths and two breeds with 2 deaths, Labrador retrievers and mastiff-types, and 2 deaths involving unknown/unreleased breed data.

Here's more data and the studies it came from.

Attacks by pit bulls are associated with higher morbidity rates, higher hospital charges, and a higher risk of death than are attacks by other breeds of dogs.

Of the more than 8 different breeds identified, one-third were caused by pit bull terriers and resulted in the highest rate of consultation (94%) and had 5 times the relative rate of surgical intervention.

Unlike all other breeds, pit bull terriers were relatively more likely to attack an unknown individual (+31%), and without provocation (+48%).

Our data were consistent with others, in that an operative intervention was more than 3 times as likely to be associated with a pit bull injury than with any other breed.

That's why I don't accept pit bulls.

It was just an example, could have just as easily been the Eifel Tower.

Maybe.  Maybe not.   Neither of them are on their deathbeds looking back at their lives.   For me,  I can't imagine wishing I had made one more deal over wishing I had spent more time with my family or wishing I had seen Kilimanjaro.

Dozens of articles every week about the financial issues people face and I post a personal anecdote and I'm a jerk.   Lol.  

Based on her post, it is totally Morris' fault.

That's a lot of words when just scrolling on past would have done.

That's essentially what I'm talking about.

 Instead of looking at just dog bites,  look at serious injuries and fatalities.   Pits lead the list.   I know Fifi the Pomeranian can bite too, but she isn't going to maim or kill me.   Insurance companies work off data, and the data says pits are a bigger risk. 

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Different strokes.  And that's one of the reasons I'll never be a Bill Gates.  That, and I'm not a genius.  LOL