[Kela]

The website is a complete joke. They need about 100 times more of each breed tested in order for it to have any kind of meaningful results.

I don't doubt for a second that there are thousands of poorly trained chihuahuas out there in the hands of bad pet owners. But those dogs aren't a danger to anyone or any dog save for some poor groomer's pinky finger.

Additionally, the test doesn't contain a dog aggression test. People who don't understand the breed will be mislead by the test. I know that pit bulls are not human aggressive unless (like any dog) they are trained to be that way specifically.

The test is basically a socialization test with humans and strange objects.

 

[Kela]

Dog aggression is a characteristic of many breeds. That isn't something that can be evaulated in statistic testing. Of course this is based on human interaction, objects, noices etc.

Don't think maybe the reason you dislike the web sight and call it a joke is because you don't like the results. Thats probably more the case.

Is the Poodle results a joke too? Seems pretty right on to me.

Thats just the thing though, the results ARE the joke. They tested 1000 pit bulls and 50 beagles. The results of those studies mean absolutely nothing when they didn't test the same number of each animal. 1000 pit bull owners are out there with something to prove. Perhaps they decided to take the test so that someone would let them rent an apartment somewhere. The tests don't have any value when it comes to directly comparing breeds against another due to the extreme differences in number of animals tested.

I have a standard poodle and a chihuahua. I have nothing to prove. The same thing can't be said for the pit bull owner. If poodles were a common breed that was affected by BSL, I guarantee you that there would be anti-bsl poodle organizations and poodle owners lining up in droves to take some test to proove that their dogs were just fine. Right now, we've got nothing to prove because our dogs aren't a problem.

 

[Kela]

And yes, the poodle result is a joke. 225 standard poodles don't represent an entire breed. That isn't nearly a large enough sample size to get an accurate representation of the breed.

You know what I would believe? RANDOM testing done on equal numbers of dogs of all ages, and all backgrounds. The test would also have to include a whole lot more than it currently does. It is absurd that it completely ignores dog aggression. I wouldn't be surprised if the ATT or whatever this alleged organization is, is associated with pit bulls in some way or some anti-bsl club.

 

[Kela]

I don't know what makes you think that you're so special that I chase you around the forums. You've started at least two threads now specifically directed at me with your pro-pit bull propaganda. Maybe you should spend all that extra time that you have in creating threads towards practicing grooming your dogs ..... [ATTACK REMOVED]... TEMP. BANNED

 

[Kela]

The entire discussion has no place on this board. There are hundreds of sites for people to take this to instead of trying to intentionally call out other posters and reposting threads that have been locked.