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Originally Posted by reeses  I cant put this into one word...but I have owned pitts all my life up until recently b/c when I moved to college I had to leave him with my parents and he was really old and got cancer and had to be put to sleep so I havent gotten another one yet but hope to one day after graduating and getting a house!! Here is what I have learned about pits....they think they are the size of a yorkie!!!!! It is soo funny to watch them play...they want to crawl in your lap like a lap dog and they think they are tiny creatures that can fit thru anything!! Lol. They are very funny. They are very sweet dogs (if raised and trained properly and have a loving background). The only downside I have seen is....this goes back to the cancer thing...EVERY pit I have ever owned and EVERY pit my uncle has owned once they get older we have to have them put to sleep b/c they get VERY sick and vets never know whats wrong until after we make the sad decision to have him put to sleep so he wont suffer anymore and they do an autopsy and find they were eat up with cancer. I dont get it. I havent ever really heard of anyone else saying they have had the same problem but the pits that have been in my life (whether mine or my uncle's) have all gotten cancer.  Very sad. That is the only reason I may not ever get another one...just b/c it kills me to see them get sick like that at old age and have to have them put to sleep. |
A friend who just recently had to put her standard poodle down...learned cancer is a very prevalent disease in older large breed dogs.