USPCA: “Adding these dogs to a failed law that has been in place for 30 years cannot not work because it is the owners who train and goad dogs into aggression that must be dealt with”
USPCA: “Adding these dogs to a failed law that has been in place for 30 years cannot not work because it is the owners who train and goad dogs into aggression that must be dealt with”
》The correlation with fighting dogs and attacks on humans is too high for nurture to be a component.
While I agree (to some extent ) with naming or restricting these breeds.
Unfortunately this statement is not true. You are completely ignoring that a significant % of people who want to own these breeds. Do so because they are known for fighting. Nurture is a component. Because the owner want them to seem aggressive. So nurture the animal into doing so.
Its not everything. But is is def a component as you say.
As you say. Breeding is the main point. Done to both enhance the prey drive. And subseptability to agr3ssion. But again the breeder trying to sell these dogs know their customers are looking for a specific personality. And nature plus nurture to help support that.
It is def possible to do things the other way. Nurture a fighting dog to be docile. But it take more work amd dedication then to do so for normal less aggressive breeds.
It is also way more dangerous. It is very easy to nurture a normal breed to be agressive. Happens often where the dog is discouraged from trusting people. But due to build. Doing so is (very crual but) less dangerous