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[–] Seraph@kbin.social 46 points 1 year ago (18 children)

"But my little velvet hippo couldn't hurt anyone!"

[–] snipgan@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago (15 children)

To be fair most won’t, but they definitely can and do.

Especially when they are jaws on legs that are more inclined compared to other dogs.

[–] Seraph@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The actual issue is that's it's a degenerative disease in dogs of similar breeds. At some point they get old and less able to recognize friend from foe. That might be ok if it weren't for the jaws you mentioned.

[–] snipgan@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago

Exactly.

I'd go one step farther and even say if they even had the same amount of attacks as other dogs, had no possible mental diseases, and all want to caring homes I would still put restrictions/ban on them.

They are just too large to handle, too big of a bite to brush off, and end up in dog attacks a lot. That's enough for me.

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