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Originally Posted by charly  It's really unfortunate for the pitbull breed that because of humans the breed is extremely feared. Some are breed and "taught '' to fight, attack and kill. l have that same fear of ''all'' larger dogs being around Rockie. l am really careful around all larger dogs because accidents do occur while playing or the intent can be fatal if any larger dog wanted to hurt Rockie. lt's really sad that the breed has this reputation and because of it, l am too afraid of them.
But, at the same time l would fear any large dog that l feel threathened by. |
The best fighters are bred to produce better fighters, and on and on and on. The majority of pits we see being surrendered at shelters and such, are not the fighters (moneymakers), these are more than likely the bait dogs, dogs not good at fighting therefore used to entice the fighting dogs in training. Their natural (or unnatural) instinct is to fight other dogs, this is what has recurrently been bred into them. Being Alpha or raising them in a nice, loving home environment does not make this trait (which is linked to a gene) go away. Genetics are internal and permanent. It would take years and years of breeding to turn this around, breeding the fight out of them. I would never trust a modern pit of today to not have a fighting gene somewhere in their genetic makeup. And even then you can still have a throwback after all that. Yes, it is not the dogs' fault ... unscrupulous, greedy breeders are responsible for the breed's demise.
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Originally Posted by cheryl19 Top Ten (10) Most Dangerous Dog Breeds | Pets Do
And the #1 dog is Pit Bull No way would I leave any large dog with a small dog.
All I know is that both of my dogs still want to hunt mice, and other small rodents and I never taught them to hunt, but still the instinct is their. |
To add: I would never leave
any dog with a Pit Bull, big or small.
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Originally Posted by XxYorkieGirlxX Pitbulls are sweet dogs... Its how you rasied them ive had 5 pitbulls all of them have been sweethearts... i had a weinerdog and it always bit us.... Please people dont judge  |
Many Pits are very sweet with their humans. They were not bred to fight humans, but bred to fight other dogs. They are genetically predisposed to fight other dogs. Some go wacky and attack other species, including humans. My point is that as caretaker of 3 Yorkies, I have made a personal vow to see to their needs, one of which is to keep them safe. And I would much rather err on the side of safety, than to make a mistake or a bad judgement call (on an individual animal), and have one or all of them get hurt or killed. But then again, that is a personal decision I have made in order to better live with myself.