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Originally Posted by Sydney'sMom Those of us who have owned pittbulls who are/where perfectly friendly and sweet for their whole lives are lucky to have a sweet pet like that. But it isn't a bad idea to be on guard around strange dogs especially ones who have agressiveness as a common breed characteristic. Just as a percaution...not to bash pittbulls. |
I agree. Whenever I walk my babies, I am always cautious around other dogs. I was walking them the other night and a lady was walking by w/ her Poodle and it LUNGED at my dogs. We had to cross the street because her Poodle just went crazy, barking and trying to attack my babies. I also remember a time when I first got Codie (before I had my Katie girl) and I was walking him. A guy was about 2 blocks away walking a extremely large pit bulls and his dogs just "sensed" my dog - it was very eerie - and the guy started yelling at me from 2 blocks away "pick up your dog! hurry! pick up your dog!" because his 2 dogs charged at us and dragged the guy but I was fast and grabbed Codie and ran into a store. But the dogs were barking outside the door and the guy was having trouble dragging them away. This guy obviously knew his dogs had a vicious streak and I actually felt sorry for the dogs ... how did they get that way?
But there are other pits and big dogs that LOVE my dogs. My landlady has a Rott/Lab mix named April who is CRAZY in love w/ my dogs. They sleep outside int he yard together and are always playing and kissing. So it's not the breed or the size (in my opinion) but the way the dog is treated and raised. I just feel sorry for these dogs because they are the vicitims of human abuse. It's so sad.