Kennel Club: Don't blame breed of dog for attack

The New Zealand Kennel Club is urging the public not to blame the breed of dogs responsible for a fatal attack at the weekend.

Virginia Ohlson died from shock and trauma caused by multiple wounds, after being set upon by two dogs while out walking in Murupara.

The pitbull and Staffordshire cross have since been put down but neighbours claim the dogs had been intimidating in the past.
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I understand that it's not the breed but the owners, but it's very very hard to see past understanding that when my own dog has been savagely attacked by those breeds not once but THREE times!! Whenever you hear about an attack, one isn't really surprised when it's a pitbull -type breed. And that's the sad part.

Part of the problem is the people who want a pitbull. Those who want one are usually those who want it for defence/protection work, or intimidation work (it works on me and I'm a dog lover). Noa says that all dogs have the potential to cause harm. Yes of course. But not all dogs do. Why? because those good dogs have caring owners. We need more of them. Like Martin Hewitt said: "Don't worry about banning dogs, we should be banning owners," he said."

A dog has the soul of a philosopher. -Plato