Pit Bulls Pit bulls are a very misunderstood breed of animals. Normally when people hear the word “pit bull” they automatically think of the worse such as: dogs fighting and attacking or aggressive and monstrous dogs, however this is not the case. The only reason pit bulls are like that is because the owners have raised them to be that way, they have taught them from a very young age to be extremely violent and attack other dogs, resorting them being in dog fights as well. Most people believe everything they hear about pit bulls such as myths. One myth is that they have “locking jaws” in all reality they actually do not. They are just like any other dog. If you were to take a pit bulls skulls and a golden retriever’s skull you would see that they have the same characteristics and all around bone structure. Pit bulls are not made will a special mechanism that causes them to lock their jaws. Although, pit bulls do have the personality trait of being determined and …show more content…
Pit Bulls: 3,397 bodily harm, 1,355 child victims, 1,312 adult victims, 295 deaths, 2,110 maiming’s, and that’s only 6.69% of the Pit Bull population. Rottweiler: 535 bodily harms, 297 child victims, 141 adult victims, 85 deaths, 296 maiming’s, and that’s 2.76% of the Rottweiler population. Husky: 86 bodily harms, 51 child victims, 8 adult victims, 26 deaths, 27 maiming’s, and 1.04% of the Husky population. German Sheppard: 113 bodily harm, 65 child victims, 41 adult victims, 15 deaths, 73 maiming’s, and 3.72% of the German Sheppard population. And so on and so forth, although those dogs have that reputation people still would rather have them as a pet regardless of their histories. Since 1975, other breeds such as the following and 30 others including, dachshunds, yorkies, labs, and golden retrievers have been responsible for fatal attacks on people. *Maiming means wounded or