Originally posted by: TastesLikeChicken
Originally posted by: moshquerade
That's a copout and you know it.
Not everything on the internet is innuendo and rumor. FFS, there are medical journals online, but we don't want to take any of that information as logical or conclusive based on scientific studies BECAUSE WE CAN ACCESS IT ON THE INTERNET!
Scientific principles and medical procedures are generally antiseptic discussions. The measurement methods of dog intelligence and the rankings you refer to are highly controversial, first of all. Then there's the emotionally charged aspect of the discussion whenever pit bulls are brought up. So we aren't talking about medical journals here. While not everything on the internet is innuendo and rumor the vast amount of it is certainly up for debate and pointing to a single finding that ranks intelligence by breed certainly does not settle that debate.
As an example, look at the #1 ranked dog, the Border Collie. They require a lot of time investment and attention. If not they tend to get anxious and bored. It's advised not to leave them alone for extended periods or they will tear things up. I'm not sure that argues for intelligence. In fact, it seems to argue against it. All of my pits have been house dogs and, once past the puppy stage, none of them have ever torn things up while left alone for extended periods.
The pit I have now will position herself in the loft, looking out the window and patiently wait for my wife and I to come home. When she sees the car pull in she'll stand up and start wagging her tail. When we get out of the car she'll give us a huge smile. In fact, she smiles at anyone that comes over. Some people are a bit intimidated by it until I explain what she's doing. Once they realize she IS smiling, they can't get over it. It's the funniest damn thing you'll ever see a dog do. I can also simply tell my dog that someone is coming over in a little while. She'll go back up to loft and watch for that person to arrive. If I don't tell her someone is coming over and I hear them arive, I simply have to say "Who's here?" to her. She goes right to the front door and begins looking. She also has the ability to count to at least two. She has two rubber balls at all times that she chews on. She'll leave them scattered around the house. I can pick one up and ask her where the other one is. She'll immediately begin searching for it. I never had to train her to do any of those things. She just began doing them. She does all the mundane sit, lay down, and speak stuff as well, which I did train her to do.
People can whine and cry all they want about how dangerous pits are and call to ban them. In some ways it's very similar to the gun issue. Well, to answer that...They can pry my pits from my cold, dead hands.
If people want to regulate the ownership of pits, I have no problems with that whatsoever. In fact, I'd completely prefer to kep pit bulls out of the hands of idiots, and the morons who use them as nothing more than penis extensions. Great dogs like pits don't deserve dumbass owners.