Guest Anonymous Posted October 30, 2002 Posted October 30, 2002 I was just wondering is the pitbull breed the only breed with lockjaw?? Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted October 30, 2002 Posted October 30, 2002 [quote name='K']Get a life!! :evil: I suppose you believe the 2,000lb Psi bite pressure statistic too? :roll: And have you heard about the one trained to fire a Semi-automatic weapon??? :o :roll:[/quote] Whoa K !! There really are unintelligent people out there! 6:00 Newscast: Pitbull fires Semi-automatic weapon into crowd of people killing 4 wounding 2.... Details at 11:00.... :lol: :lol: :lol: Love ya K!! :lol: :wink: Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted October 30, 2002 Posted October 30, 2002 [quote name='K']Mei-Mei..of course Tetanus...I hope it was not a serious question about that :oops: Jacsmom you heard that one too?..I heard the Fleas put him up to it :o (they whispered voices inside his head...poor dog) I am currently training my Staffs to use a Smith and Wesson..it is not going well :( (Reloading is difficult without thumbs!) :lol: I have measured thier Jaw strength at 1 especially loud "owch" per sqare inch :wink:[/quote] So, K, if you are teaching the Staffs to use a Smith and Wesson, what are you teaching the Saints to use? A Bazooka???? :lol: Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted October 31, 2002 Posted October 31, 2002 Sorry for not knowing about dogs as much as you people do!!!! U get a f**king Life :agrue: :agrue: :agrue: :agrue: :agrue: Quote
Dad4duchess Posted October 31, 2002 Posted October 31, 2002 [quote name='Juan Casa'] U get a f**king Life [/quote] Get out of here you wierdo, people like you ruin places like this :evil: :mad: Quote
ShadyLady Posted October 31, 2002 Posted October 31, 2002 I must confess I thought they did admittedly I dont know anything about the breed (other than they are dogs) so where does this myth come from ? :roll: Quote
ShadyLady Posted October 31, 2002 Posted October 31, 2002 No it was definately some Kiwi bloke that told me then again it was after we'd beat them at some sporting event (cant remember which one been too many lately!!) :lol: (he he) so maybe he was pulling the wool over my eyes!! :smilecolros: Quote
ShadyLady Posted October 31, 2002 Posted October 31, 2002 dont forget to post on check out the users poll I must confess to going for the warrior cause they have that mean dance and its no fun when we win all the time :roll: Quote
gooeydog Posted October 31, 2002 Posted October 31, 2002 Pit bulls don't have "lockjaw"... if they did they'd come with a key :roll: There is a key for anything that can be locked, so unless there was a key produced with a more recent model of pit bull than mine, their jaws don't lock. Seriously though, a pit bulls jaws are anatomically (whoa, big word) the same as any other dog's jaws... there is no locking mechanism. Pit bulls do, however, have a strong desire to never give up. That's where the "locking jaw" myth came from. When they bite something while in drive, whether it's a bulls nose, another dog, or a tug rope, they won't let go until they want, or until you make them. They have an incredible desire to never give up, probably brought on by so many years of battling against species much bigger and in some cases stronger than themselves. Many people think that if a pit bull won't give up a toy, it's "locking onto it", when in all reality, it just doesn't want to let go. Of course, people also perpetuate pit bulls as being people aggressive monsters, when in reality, human aggressive dogs have not been well tolerated in the breed's history, which has led to the being (for the most part) a stable, people friendly breed. A pit bull that will bite (or show aggression towards) people is usually doing so because it is a fear biter, and is biting to scare away something it perceives as a threat. They have the "I'll get you before you get me" mentality. Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted February 24, 2004 Posted February 24, 2004 do bull terriers have lock jaws Quote
bk_blue Posted February 24, 2004 Posted February 24, 2004 No... and this post is 18 months old.... :-? Quote
drjeffrock Posted February 24, 2004 Posted February 24, 2004 [quote name='gooeydog']Pit bulls don't have "lockjaw"... if they did they'd come with a key :roll: [/quote] :rofl: Quote
DogPaddle Posted February 24, 2004 Posted February 24, 2004 A locking jaw would have to be physically different from a regular jaw, the bone would have to be designed to lock or something. Dogs do not have this adaptation, it probably would not be very useful to them as if they "locked" on to say an elk in the wild they would not be able to release to avoid a deadly kick to the head. No dogs have locking jaws but medium to large dogs do have powerful jaws and some may be quite tenacious, possibly contributing to the myth. Hope that helps Lefool. Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted February 25, 2004 Posted February 25, 2004 that myth alson comes from hang-time contests, people see these dogs jumping up an hanging on a stick for half an hour or so and think that its jaws must be locked. I still think we may have been a little too rash with this guy. A lot of people really dont know about the breed, its up to us the educated ones to tell them the truth. Quote
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