[heatherm0890]

Originally Posted by bahamian

Hi everyone,
This is my first post on this forum. I live n The Bahamas. This topic here is one close to me.
My wife and I are a yorkie owner and we love him to death. His name is Diallo (which means bold one) and he recently turned 5 on April 11th, 2009. I imported him to The Bahamas from a breeder in Missouri, USA. I will post pics of him soon.
Diallo is our first yorkie but we wii definitely be getting another sometime in the near future.

We are also, the owner of 4 adult pit bull terriers (and currently 4 puppies). I have been an owner/breeder of pit bulls for about 20 years now.

From the time we've had Diallo, he thaught that he and the other dogs were buddies. There was one of my pits in particular (who recently died), that Diallo swore was his "girlfriend". This particular female Diallo played with regularly. There are a few others that he would play with but it is/was ALWAYS supervised!

Now, there are a few of my pits that I would not, under any circumstance let Diallo be around!
The American Pit Bull Terrier is a breed that MANY people (especially the media) do not fully know/understand! When I hear people saying stuff like ,"big 90lb pit bull attack..........." , tells me rite there that they don't know the breed.
With out getting into any specific, a pit is a very loyal breed that would LITTERALLY die to please his/her owner! This breed is genetically hard wired for dog aggression. This breed is genetically hard wired to be passive towards humans! Period. Can this dog aggression be tamed with training...........YES!
Can they be trained to be aggressive to humans......................yes!

If your neighbor has pits, I would definitely be concerned for your yorkie. But IF your neighbor has his yard/dog properly secured, everything should be ok. Also, as a yorkie owner, we all know that they are very bold, so you must keep them from going in the neighbors yard to play with the pit.

One last thing about my Diallo! Because he is so used to being around the pits, he tends not to like smaller dogs. He much preferes to play with a dog that weighs between 33lbs and 50lbs!

Take care everyone.

that was a great post!welcome to YT we are glad to have you