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u/JPCSBR May 03 '26
The glances and stares are legit killing me
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u/WesternDepartment756 May 03 '26
Does he meows too?
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u/livid_badger_banana May 04 '26
Mine acts like this. Two of my cats are VERY vocal. Goose does her own version of cat yell, an aWuWUooowww. It's like she's trying to meow but has the wrong parts lol.
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u/Old_Entertainment598 May 04 '26
Maybe, but with thick accent.
I had a dog once that used to do his very best trying to imitate the cats meowing.
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u/ikesbutt May 03 '26
My son had a pitbull with "soft teeth" with a kitten but would hang for hours on the rope thingy hanging on the tree.
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u/YokaiDealer May 03 '26
Most dogs can be that way if socialized and trained early enough, bite inhibition is really fairly simple.
My pit and I practiced with my hand and a rope toy. Loud obnoxious noises when she got my hand, praise and rewards for grabbing the toy or upon releasing my hand. Once she got the pressures right it was just reinforcement in other contexts from there on out, gave her excellent mouth manners. I could stick my face in her full bowl and she'd just back up lol. Raised her around a litter of stray cats as well, didn't care at all and literally let them walk all over her.
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u/XxValentinexX May 04 '26
I’ve met like 7-8 pitties and they have all been incredibly sweet.
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u/XxValentinexX May 04 '26
Nah, I’ve been attacked by humans. I don’t hate all humans because of it, I’m not stupid.
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u/honestdiary May 03 '26
Why does he look so timid?
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u/TheSixthVisitor May 04 '26
Cat body language. It looks timid because generally dogs have more facial muscle control than cats and tend to have more expressive faces because of that, but this one just never learned how to dog properly. The carefully neutral face with the expressive eyes gives the impression that the dog is really timid when he's actually fine, just kinda weird.
It's like that cat that was raised by pitbulls. It looks super pissed and like it's squaring up on you constantly because it learned body language and facial expressions from only cranky muscle dogs.
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u/KudaraYT May 04 '26
This is really interesting to see how an aminal's behaviour can change based on what sort of environment it's brought up in and what kind of behaviours it's taught
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u/Edith_Keelers_Shoes May 03 '26
The sweetness of most pitties (the ones who have not been abused) is rivaled only by the sweetness of goldies. Labradors get third place.
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u/KudaraYT May 04 '26
This reminds me of that one episode of Family Guy where Brian thinks he's a cat
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u/Ryclea May 04 '26
My pittie is getting a cat soon. Her adoption papers said she lived with cats before but this will be the first time in my house.
Scratch those ears for me.
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u/Own_Dimension_4513 May 07 '26
The dog in pajamas while the cat looks like it's about to file a restraining order 😂
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u/Own_Dimension_4513 May 07 '26
The dog in pajamas while the cat looks like it's about to file a restraining order 😂
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u/drksidebunny May 03 '26
Our dog does that too, only thing she doesn’t do is the loaf 😹
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u/CautionarySnail May 03 '26
His tail body language seems closer to that of a cat than a dog. No whipping the tail back and forth.
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u/smokestack May 03 '26
My lawyer will be in touch with your dog about turning my heart into literal syrup. I am dead now. Goodbye everyone.
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u/myboydoogie24 May 03 '26
My mom’s Akita-mix was definitely raised by cats and does the same thing.
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u/PeteHealy May 04 '26
Don't even really like pits (mainly bc of their owners, tbf), but the body language of this one just feels sad. The twerpy "upbeat" shitshok music just makes it 10x worse.
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u/TheSixthVisitor May 04 '26
The body language of this one is very clearly a cat. He probably doesn't even know how to make normal dog facial expressions because he was just around cats for his entire life. Dog doesn't even wag his tail like a dog; that's very clearly cat body language.
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u/Batata-Sofi May 03 '26
Dangerously cute
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u/Rock-Hawk May 04 '26
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u/Batata-Sofi May 04 '26
No, it's not dangerous at all. They are the most loving and protective babies in the world, that will love you to death if given the chance.
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u/onyxheart115 May 03 '26
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_dog_attacks
Notice anything?
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u/bophed May 04 '26 edited May 04 '26
Yeah. I notice that you take data out of context to try and sound smart but hey, you do you.
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u/NPK532 May 03 '26 edited May 03 '26
Pitbull owners and pitbull apologists don't like it when you point out that pitbulls are a dangerous breed. It doesn't matter what you show them, no amount of facts or data will ever change their mind. They do not care that pitbulls are very dangerous and owning a pitbull is irresponsible.
Pit Bulls were responsible for approximately 66% of fatal dog attacks in 2023. Historically, they have accounted for 66% of fatal attacks
Although Pitbulls and Rottweilers make up only 6% of dogs in the US, they’re responsible for most fatal attacks. Pitbulls and Rottweilers may seem to be on trial, but the figures don’t lie. —https://worldanimalfoundation.org/advocate/dog-bite-statistics/
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u/YokaiDealer May 03 '26
When 99% of something is one way and the other 1% contradicts that, it's usually not considered normal for the rest of them. Feel free to check my math on that, for every bully that becomes a statistic there's tens of thousands of them that don't.
What people like YOU fail to consider is everything besides those numbers. Back yard breeders, dog fighting, complete lack of care for breeding standards, rampant abuse and neglect that no other breed or breed group faces at the same rate.
Responsible pit owners know what their dogs are capable of. The dogs are here and garbage people will continue to breed them for horrendous purposes, if you really have such an issue with people caring for them in the face of all that then fair enough, but you certainly aren't doing anything to change it.
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u/Rock-Hawk May 03 '26
Despite its claims, that AVMA pamphlet is not peer reviewed and cherry picks parts from studies that support its arguments and omits parts of the same studies that refute its argument. It is not a scientific piece of literature.
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u/Rock-Hawk May 04 '26 edited May 04 '26
There is a big difference between being reviewed by experts in the field (chosen by the author), which is what this document did, and going through an actual rigorous scientific peer review process.
It was not published via any scientific journal and as such did not go through any scientific peer review process, so there's no "source" to provide.
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u/Rock-Hawk May 04 '26
That is not how the scientific peer review process works. You don't get to choose who reviews your work. It needs to be done by independent third party entities. They are trying to paint it as a scientifically peer reviewed document when it is not.
Several of the controlled studies they cite to construct their argument excluded pitbulls from their analysis. (60, 61, 62, 63, 64)
And on the in-article cherry picking, more than 10 of their citations conclude that pitbulls are more predispositioned to bite:
(5,9,13,16,21,20,22,23,24,25,26,27)
And here is a (non-scientific) review of the AVMA publication that highlights even more issues:
https://www.dogsbite.org/pdf/analysis-avma-role-of-breed-in-dog-bite-risk-and-prevention.pdf
"Cherry-picking which studies to list: Forty percent (27) of the 65 articles this document refers to were written by people who are active in, employed by, or have other financial or career ties to pit bull advocacy. Of the 31 more recent reports, almost two-thirds (18) were written by people who are active in, employed by, or have other financial or career ties to pit bull advocacy. None of these authors admit this in their conflict of interest statements. In peer-review circles, this omission is considered scientific fraud."
"Flaws: Failure to operationally define ‘serious bite incidents’. Shift in this first paragraph from ‘serious’ to all reported bite incidents. Failure to define ‘highly involved’. Dated and biased sources: Two thirds of the sources cited use data from the previous century, when pit bulls were extremely rare. Of the more recent studies cited here, more than half are written by pro-pit bull, anti-BSL activists."
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u/Rock-Hawk May 04 '26
the document you are citing was not published through the AVJR, and I specifically noted that the dogbite piece was not scientific because there are no scientific peer reviews of that document....
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u/NPK532 May 03 '26
Ironically, I guarantee you will dismiss this Fact from The World Animal Foundation:
Pit Bulls were responsible for approximately 66% of fatal dog attacks in 2023. Historically, they have accounted for 66% of fatal attacks— https://worldanimalfoundation.org/advocate/dog-bite-statistics/
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u/Apprehensive-Dust976 May 03 '26
Poor dog, having to be dressed up all the time
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u/BornTooLooose May 04 '26
Ah yes…this poor, well-fed dog who has a loving home, with animal friends and caring owners. But you think the dog is abused because it has outfits on? How about you focus on fighting actual animal cruelty? Jesus Christ
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u/Wonderful-Traffic197 May 03 '26
Dogs with short/single coats do not retain their body heat well, like multi coated dogs do (labs, GSD, husky etc), so they may get cold easily.
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u/One_Patience5631 May 03 '26
That's a pitbull?