[yorkietalkjilly]

The pitfull used to be described as any dog bred to kill another dog in the fighting pit. Dog fighters pounced on the bully breeds since the Staff and others like it are not too large, gangling or slow or too small to have a lot of brute force. They bred for a dog with a huge bite radius(apparently dog fighters love this quality), that have a terrier's focus and killing instinct, bred it to some Mastiffs to enlarge it some and other breeds until they got what we now know as the pitfull. Those they begin to line breed for extreme aggression and kill instincts. Labs and Beagles and Pomeranians just do not have those disturbing facts in their remote or current lineage as the pit does.

Probably as long as we have humans doing such a disservice to animals as breeding them for their killing/destructive abilities as they are breeding some pits as of this moment and those genes permeating their progeny, we are going to have a likelihood of those dogs' less aggressive littermates placed with other homes where they may be wonderful pets in some hands but it others, can wind up attacking and damaging people and other dogs and cats.

Our legislators and police departments have got to realize the problem is basically a human one and unless we dog lovers press our reps to vote laws that that allow our police officers to put owners of such dogs in jail for a few years, with no quick release in 6 mos., nothing else will probably work. Or they can ban the breeds with the highest human kill/damage rate and a pet owner will have to have a DNA test to prove there is none of that breed in their dog's lineage. I sure hate to keep hearing stories such as the one that started this thread since myself or loved ones could be the next victim of such dogs! When you personalize it, this story become urgent.

I know if I have my Tibbe out in the front yard and I see a small breed approaching, I don't really worry and just gather my baby up in my arms, wait on the porch to watch. If I should see a large dog coming, especially a pitbull, I am going into the house with Tibbe as fast as I can as I know that could be a dog with bad, bad genes and I've got to keep my baby and me safe. It is a sad fact.