• logicbomb@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    This would be a controversial comic if it were released today, due to all of the controversy around the idea of vicious breeds.

    Edit: Well, I tried to word my comment so that it would be about the comic and wouldn’t elicit this sort of discussion, but I guess I failed.

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      It’s not that they’re vicious. Chihuahua’s are vicious. It’s that they can kill a child with a single bite in a single second of inattention. They’re the sweetest dogs you can imagine and usually great with kids as well. It’s the potential that makes them so dangerous.

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        I always hear the same thing. He’s the sweetest dog ever. He would never hurt a fly.

        And it’s always true until one day it just isn’t. My cousin’s large dogs would always growl and threaten my husband (who is admittedly nervous around dogs). Every fucking holiday it was the same thing after one of the dogs corners him. “He never does this.” Except every year, he does.

        One of those dogs finally snapped one day. No humans were physically injured that day, but two people - including a young child had to witness it. We think she doesn’t remember, thankfully.

        very sad outcome for another pet

        One of their smaller dogs was attacked and killed by the Rottie. They had him put down as well after that.

        I fully blame idiot cousin Jimmy and his idiot wife, but crap.