Fighting breed = Guard breed
A pit bull will guard you with its life. Not only will it, it can.
Other types are:
- Herding Dogs
- Sporting Dogs
- Hound Dogs
- Working Dogs
- Terrier Dogs
- Toy Dogs
- Non-Sporting Dogs
- Companion Dogs (sometimes included within Non-Sporting or Toy groups)
- Mixed-Breed Dogs (not an official group, but commonly recognized)
Guard dogs fall under working dogs
Working dogs = Guarding, Pulling, Rescuing, Sledding, and Service assisting.
Like you said, the reports are probably skewed to some degree, but that doesn't stop the fact that you're more likely to get mauled to death by a Pit Bull then say a Shetland Sheepdog.
Pit bulls are both able and willing to guard. They will stand their ground or attack.
Could you train your Pit Bull to always run in a precived danger situation? Maybe. But you have to train it.
In conclusion: there's no such thing as an inherently dangerous dog breed
only a dog who needs to be trained in ways they (the owners) are unable or unwilling to do.
If you have to train a dog to do something or else it will "naturally" or "inherently" do something different. Then it is naturally or inherently trained to do that thing, "Guard".
A guard dog DOES not EQUAL a fighting dog. No. But a fighting dog does equal a guard dog.
Good argument point
Do you even know how they BECOME working dogs?
A Shetland Sheepdog doesn't need to go to doggie college to learn to herd sheep. It is in their nature to chase and get everything together. You put my sheltie in a field of sheep, and he'll make sure no sheep wanders off.
There is very little training you have to do to get a beagle to hunt rabbits.
Try training a St. Bernard to hunt rabbits...
Since you said it, it must be true
So you are saying that past generational experiences can shape a breed? That's the opposite of what you are trying to argue.
Many studies have been done about aggression in breeding.
One would be The Russian Silver Fox Experiment.
They took wild foxes and tried to domestic them through selective breeding, and they took aggressive foxes and tried to make more aggressive ones.
Turns out that they could do both, make them less aggressive and more aggressive through breeding.
It has been studied a ton in mice and it has been found that aggression is heritable that follows the Mendelian inheritance patterns with genes located on autosomes. That expression of aggressive behavior is influenced by androgens.
So yes, in a way, we, like dogs, are all "machines" with certain "codes"
Oh geez
I'll ask you this question.
Set up: Pit Bull and Shetland Sheepdog. Both in separate large pits. Gold bars in middle. Food and water is given to both, but no human contact ever.
Which pit would you want to retrieve the gold bar from?
In your mind, it shouldn't make a difference which pit