by Tubular Toby » March 31st, 2011, 10:54 am
If someone, for example, gets a herding/working dog as a "couch potato" pet, I think that they shouldn't have. Much like if someone gets a pit bull with the intention of taking it to a dog park, they shouldn't have that dog. It's not so much that they aren't normal dogs. They are just dogs. Due to their reputation, you cannot really afford a single mistake however, so I think it's normal to not want them in the wrong hands, whether the wrong hands be for fighting or just irresponsibility with the dog. If that dog is in our town and gets out and attacks another dog or bites someone, it doesn't affect just that owner, it affects everyone with a pit bull looking dog.
In short though, pit bulls aren't the only type of dog where I look at someone and go, they really don't need that type of dog. I can't tell you how many people I've seen get high energy, working type dogs and then never even walk them. So I don't think it's that we are hypocrites, I think it's just that it's two different matters.