[Ashley V]

This is very sad that this happened.

Here is my opinion though: Pit Bulls are not mean animals. Yes they may tend to have a slightly more aggressive tendency but they need to have the right owners. Dogs aren't born mean, they are made mean... even if it's unintentionally. Pit Bulls can easily be the sweetest dogs ever and are truthfully one of the best breeds for therapy dogs. I find it a shame that these wonderful dogs a pegged as mean but there are two things to blame for that: the ones that raise them for dog fights and the media. Because of all the dog fights, everytime a family pet or a pit bull attacks, it's publisized. I work in medical records and I've seen reports of people coming in for dog attacks all the time and none of them I have seen is from a Pit and we live in one of the largest growing cities in the country. I really think that before a Pit Bull is brought into a new home, the prespective owners need to be thoroughly examined and questioned because of all that has happened. A girl that I work with - she's in her late 20's and has had her Pit since she was 8 weeks old. Her Pit is now 9 and this girl now has a 5 year old daughter. She has said that her Pit doesn't even have a mean bone in her body and is more of a wuss than anything. Another Pit I knew would jump on your lamp and curl up on your lap like our yorkies. Chip, my lil yorkie, got a Pit Bull to submit to him. One of the vet techs at our vet has a Pit and 3 yorkies and she says her Pit submits to them all the time! There is nothing wrong with the breed. It is solely the owners that cause them to be this way.

I'll step off my soapbox now.