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Originally Posted by moshes_human  
My father in law fell in love with the breed years ago and has been raising them. He has 2 now and really they are some of the most sweetest dogs, they really are. Just big babies who can't stand not to be petted and spoiled. My Husbands all time favorite pet was Sable a pitt. She was loyal and sweet and would have given her life to save his if the need ever arose. She was also super smart and very "human" like. |
this is the problem... nothing is cut and dry, black or white there are so many areas of gray.
Me, personally, do not like pit bulls or mixes. I am scared of them and have seen too many bad things. My BIL had one many years ago that was very sweet. I think that the Pitt bulls that are making the bad press have been breed to be aggressive - not even the same dog as my bil's molly.
I used to sort of feel that way about dobies, but I have a friend who breeds dobies and I see that (if breed correctly) they are a great dogs. I let them play with my guys with supervision (very close supervision) because you just never know. She has a very hard time selling her pup (used to get $3000 per dog-- show quality) because many people don't want the added expense of the extra home owners insurance and other issue of having a dog that is perceived as aggressive
I had a neighbor who had a dobie puppy and she had it trained to be an attack dog. The stupid lady used to say things like "I told my son (a 7 year old kid) not to play attack with his dog" really lady??? I told her, if her dog ever attacked anyone I would be a witness that she had him trained and knew the dangers. They moved.
I also had a neighbor (different) who had German Shepards, what a great dog. Now... if I was out and saw either breed running toward me off leash.. well heart attack!!
I watched a show on pitt bull rescue on tv-- they were talking about a gene that makes the pitt bulls very aggressive (if I remember correctly it showed up in blue markings?) so it is a breeding problem. And like already said-- the wrong people breed the wrong type of dog for the wrong reasons and we all suffer and the wrong dogs suffer.