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Originally Posted by scho63
While your post is well thought out and is ideal, the one major flaw in your argument is "controlling" your pets.
What we see all too often, including this story, are that the pitbulls loose control and owners have no ability to get them to stop.
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I understand that you can't mind control your animal at all times. What I mean by control is being able to end the threat quickly if a situation like this arises. Emphasis on the "ability to get them to stop."
Cats are not very big, but they're assholes and will not hesitate to scratch or claw at an infant if it invades their space. For that reason, I'd say you should not have a cat with an infant/toddler around. If you do, you need to be ready to punt the shit out of the cat in a heartbeat.
On a similar note, pit bulls aren't as temperamental as a cat, but they're far more dangerous if that kill switch is suddenly flicked for whatever reason. Knowing that, controlling your pit bull, Rottweiler, German Shepherd, etc. would mean putting an end to the violence.
This woman was incapable of doing so. A lot of people are incapable of doing so.