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[–] Atomic 32 points 4 days ago (5 children)

I have nothing but hate for people that breed problem dogs. Not just talking aggression. But a lot of races have very known medical problems.

Small short dogs very often get back problems. E.g. Corgis, yes they look cute. But very soon they will live in a world of chronic pain. That's not cool.

Don't even get me started on pugs or Chihuahuas...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The animals we create are ALL entitled to the exact same unconditional love and protection as our own children. The hatred you feel over a pet being bred with a shortened lifespan or discomfort should be virtually imperceptible next to your rage towards those who farm and consume pigs, cattle & dairy, chickens & eggs, sheep & wool, turkeys, fish, and other vulnerable individuals.

[–] Atomic 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

No. I will continue to be more upset over the animals we breed and keep in chronic, prolonged pain over the span of 12-15 years for no other reason than our own entertainment. Than I am over animals we raised for slaughter.

That doesn't mean i think cattle should be kept in deplorable conditions or be exposed to unnecessary stress.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

What is your rationale? Are you saying that it would be better for those pets if we slaughered them after only a fraction of their natural lifespan (like the animals you have no such sympathy for) so they never encounter their genetic limitations?!

Chickens suffer the same sort of negative consequences of overbreeding, but to a degree orders of magnitude more severe. Why is it worse that a pug cannot breathe than that a chicken's bones cannot even support its own weight?

I suspect that the relevant difference is that you abuse chickens and wish to continue abusing vulnerable individuals who are chickens, but you've made the decision to stop abusing pugs, and so feel free to be critical about their treatment. Not to be unkind to you; that is just basic human nature.

[–] Atomic 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Or the less insane idea of not breeding them in the first place.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Which, pugs or chickens? Surely if one, then moral consistency demands the other as well.

[–] Atomic 1 points 2 days ago

No animal, be it pets or animals raised for slaughter, should live in pain or be exposed to unessesary stress.

That should answer your question.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Ah yes, those pesky chihuahuas and their bite force of 235 PSI and 60% fatal attack rate 🙃

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago

Aggression and danger are often inversely correlated.

[–] [email protected] 233 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (17 children)

Ofcourse you can breed aggression, its so absurd to claim that you cant.

[–] [email protected] 117 points 5 days ago (35 children)

We have bite statistics. Every year, pit bull and pit mixes far outnumber every other breed for human bite attacks, consistently, and always make up far more than half (to the tune of ~70%) of all total bites, by breed. Every single year.

Yet people ignore statistics and are eager to jump on the pibble defense train. “My little angel would never bite anyone!”

Maybe. But numbers don’t lie. Just stop breeding them. It’s cruel to people, and it’s cruel to the dogs themselves, that the breed continues to be perpetuated. Breed-specific behaviors are visceral and strong, whether you have a retriever, a pointer, a herder, or a throat mangler. The breed behavior can be invoked at any time, relatively easily.

[–] [email protected] 67 points 5 days ago (23 children)

A friend of my wife and I got a pit bull a couple months ago. She was going on and on about how sweet he is and how he would never hurt anyone. Last week, it mauled her roommate. Nearly took his hand off while he was changing into his work clothes. His career is likely over and she's still defending the dog.

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[–] [email protected] 76 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

They literally did the opposite with foxes. Some guy kept breeding the nicest ones until he got a "breed" that wouldn't want to murder you on sight. I'm pretty sure levels of aggression absolutely are something innate in some animals.

[–] [email protected] 65 points 5 days ago (5 children)

"Some guy"

Come on now, let's not buzzfeed our facts here!

Dmitry Belyayev is the guy, though work continued long after his death

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Even if this were true, it's not just the aggression. It's also the biting power. At the end of the day, I could stomp a Chihuahua, but I get scared when my own 90lb German Shepherd comes running towards me because he is terrible at slowing down.

[–] CidVicious 11 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, we can breed dogs however we want to, so why not breed dogs that are less dangerous? Not to mention less prone to health issues just because we think they're cute when they have a nose so small that they can barely breathe. Dogs breeds aren't sacred, most of them are a very recent phenomenon. Breed for positive traits, both for them and us.

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[–] [email protected] 67 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (6 children)

im pretty sure aggression is bred in for some dogs for thier purpose of being a gaurd dog, or something as bull baiting. also cats can be unpredictabally aggressive.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 days ago (15 children)

My neighbours had a small hunting terrier when i was a kid, forgot the name of the breed. Fucking asshole dog tried to bite me every time she saw me although i went in and out there every day. Also she killed everything that moved, cats, birds, hedgehogs, ...

Neighbour was a hunter and those fuckers were bred to follow badgers into their sett and kill them. Badgers can be quite nasty themselves so most animals stay away, but not this breed. Only chance the badger has is to kill the dog, even if half of its nose is bitten off, it doesn't give a shit.

So I'm a bit sceptical about the whole "aggression is not bred" theory.

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[–] [email protected] 78 points 5 days ago (8 children)

I have a pitbull (American pitbull terrier) that is a rescue. He loves people, but is so aggressive towards other animals that I can hardly believe it.

After having one for years now, I believe there should be some sort of training or licensing requirement before someone can own one. The combination of innate aggression and power is truly dangerous

I can never walk my dog off-leash, I can never hand my dog to someone inexperienced. I love my dog, but responsible ownership is much more burdensome than any other dog I've had.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 5 days ago

Yep, adopted a pit bull several years back and had to re-home it after it attacked my border collie twice and if I wasn't nearby he would have killed her.

Got him as a puppy, raised him the exact same way we did the collie. He would just...snap randomly and go into attack mode. I also couldn't believe it. He was great with people though. Other pets and animals was a totally different story.

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[–] [email protected] 63 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 45 points 5 days ago (10 children)

"It can happen to ANY family by ANY breed of dog! 1"

They make it sound like bull dogs of all varieties - and other fighting dogs bred for many generations for aggressive traits - are just really unlucky, that they keep showing up at the top of the stats for child murder and mauling.

Only unlucky ones are the kids who have parents dumb enough to risk their lives with killer breeds in the house. I truly feel for them.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Technically it's correct, any breed of dog can maul a child to death, and every dog has some trigger which will cause them to bite. But you really can't argue with the epidemiology here. Pitbulls definitely kill an inordinate amount of children and pets.

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[–] [email protected] 86 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Two things are true at once

(1) Upbringing has an enormous impact on agression in dogs. To the point it actually can be a stronger variable in the prediction than breed.

(2) Some breeds still have stronger tendencies towards agression.

But I agree with this sign’s main point. Banning pitbulls won’t stop the agressive dogs problem. Because the kind of people who usually buy pitbulls raise dogs to be agressive.

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[–] [email protected] 51 points 5 days ago (1 children)

As someone who has raised and fostered dozens of dogs over the years, actual Pitbull breeds DO tend to have problems with aggression. I had one Pit rescue that absolutely loved people, dogs, and cats, and for a couple of years, it was one of the best dogs I had taken in. Until one day he wasn't, he snapped and almost killed another foster we had.

I have had about a dozen or so mixed bully breeds and breeds like American Bulldogs, and not a single one ever gave me a moments hesitation. There absolutely is something in the full blood Pit breed that is an issue. I honestly believe we could breed aggression out of the breed, but it would more than likely just need to end up a bully mutt breed instead.

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 5 days ago

Aggression is bred. I don't see this as funny.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 days ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Yeah those little rat dogs got it in for everyone

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

In a hypothetical situation where every dog breed is banned except for Chihuahuas, would the amount of deadly dog attacks be:

  • More
  • Less
  • Equal

If dog breeds weren't a factor, the correct answer could only be "equal". But nobody in their right mind would make that claim.

Thus breed is a factor.

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