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Originally Posted by guineapigluver1  I'm not entirely sure which episode you are talking about, as I have seen more than one about dog fighting (sadly). It sickens me. I don't see how anyone can think dog fighting is okay, and that dogs love to fight. Because they don't. They don't love to fight. They were made to fight like so by people like that. And when they are in the ring (or whatever you want to call it) "fight or flight" isn't an option. They have to fight. |
First, let me say that I think dogfighting is DISGUSTING and that anyone caught doing it deserves massive jail time and anything else the court deems necessary as punishment. Let me also add I think Michael Vick should rot in H-E-double hockey sticks.
I just read a rather disturbing journal article for my deviant behavior class about dogmen and dogfighting. GPluver, you claim these dogs don't love to fight. After reading this article I must disagree. These dogs are specifically bred to fight and any dog that does not fight or train up to the breeder/trainers standards are either killed or given away. So, I suppose you are right in saying that not all dogs want to fight and esentially they are made to fight like that (but through breeding and some training), but the ones who don't do not get very far in their "career". Dogs who show more agressiveness or "promise" I would say are dogs who's bloodline led them to be natural born fighters.
Gameness (or the dogs willingness to fight to the death to win a match) is prized in these animals. A dog with no game or little "wind" (aka stamina) are called a cur (coward). The ultimate dog is called dead game or killer dog (
willing to fight to death). I think the willingness implies that the breeder sees this natural instinct in the dog and merely hones it. Most dogs that actually make it to the fighting are somewhere in between, but I would deduce that for the dogman's profit he would lean more toward the dead game dog.
Even interviewees written about in the article mention that none of these dogs, cur or not (especially not) would make good pets. It's in them to fight.
However, I do not think that ALL APBT are natural born fighters/killers. I know a few and have heard about enough of them to know that they are sweet loving dogs. The dogs used in dogfighting however, are bred to have killer instincts. Anything less than that would mean a loss in money and/or reputation for the dogman.
Also, you mention fight or flight isn't an option. In a sense it is. There are four ways to end a dogfight. 1. A dog's failure to scratch (cross a line in the pit and attack the opponent dog in a given time), 2. the owner calling a fight, 3. death of one or both dogs and
4. a dog jumping the pit (literally jumping out of the ring).
Number four rarely happens though becasue that dog would be considered a cur dog and would most likely never make it to a fight in the first place. And, not that the dog would know this, a dog that does jump the pit will more than likely be killed by his owner for the humiliation he has faced. (Disgusting, I know.)