First I'll say that I don't think any dog, esp. large breeds, should be left around a child unsupervised. I don't care how nice a dog is. There is still potential for harm.
I don't agree with breed specific legislation for the most part. Pit bulls today, then what tomorrow? Rotties are high on the list as far as causing human deaths (says at least one site) and I guess all the bully breeds are. So there go the Boxers, American Bulldogs, and Mastiffs. There was a study done that showed dachshunds and a couple other small/medium breeds to be most aggressive, it's just that they can't cause as much harm. Pits were on the list, but that was more for dog aggression. So I don't think banning them or putting a ton of restrictions on owning them is the answer. I do think maybe there should be some type of license involved only to screen people b/c they are most often used in dog fighting (huge in MI) and then those dogs are bred which isn't any good for temperament in the breed...
IMO, they can be dangerous, but so can all large breeds. It's mostly an owner issue. I can't say I'd even let a two-year-old interact with a bully breed at all. It would have to be extremely supervised for me.
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