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Originally Posted by Jeepmom  How sad! A friend of mines niece was recently attacked by a pittie and now he is anti-pitbull. I had a pittie years ago, Bonnie, she was a sweet dog and I was blessed to have her. I hate the bad rap they get when something like this happens. As a teenager I was attacked by two dogs at once, was bit by a dog, cat and even ferret as a child and I still love all those species. |
I love Pitbulls and think they are so sweet & beautiful but sadly, I don't think I would ever have one unless I knew the breeder & trusted them & that they had been breeding for years for temperament as well as conformation. I used to think the breed was ugly until I met & fell in love with one. But to have one of unknown breeding lineage, I would now be fearful of what it might have inherited - that tendency to go postal & not stop. Other dogs just usually just bite & withdraw, some even act "ashamed" or fearful after biting, run off, etc., but the pitbull so often escalates after a bite & then sustains that attack. It's a true shame what has happened to this lovely type of dog.