Quote"Just an honest question... if it was a abused Golden Retriever or rescue Yorkie, would you let your dogs play? I don't see a difference."
Kristy,the answer to your question is yes I probably would let them play with the yorkie,and no, I would not let them play with the golden.
Even though the original poster was talking about a pitbull it is not about the breed to me as much as it is the size and unpredictability of dogs you do not live with. I do not dislike pitbulls as a breed, I think there are plenty of lovely pitts out there.Would I let them play with my yorkie? Absolutly not.
What I do know is the breed was originally bred to fight . Just like a yorkie was originally bred to kill rats.
My Rio went out the other night and killed a baby bunny, he not only killed it he SLAUGHTERED it. I was disgusted that my little toy lap dog did this.But I cannot fault him for doing something that comes naturally, however much we have bred the lap dog into this breed some things will come up and we remember what they were originally bred for.Now I know it probably wouldn't be a wise move to go out and buy a pet bunny . It probably wouldn't be fair to the little thing. Now say I got my hypothetical bunny anyway,I may be ok for a while and one day Rio goes into hunt mode, no more bunny.
IMO, the same goes for pits, they were bred to fight dogs. One day a perfectly nice pit can turn on a little playmate. Due to the sheer size difference the yorkie doesn't stand any better chance than my little hypothetical bunny.
Certainly you are entitled to let your dog play with any dog you deem safe, he is YOUR dog. I like little Stewie and just would hate to see him or ANY yorkie get hurt thats all.
