[gemy]

Unfortunately pit bulls suffer from many incorrect breedings. You have the dog fighting contingent, your drug folks, your folks that want an aggressive dog. Having said all of that I too do not trust pits. With either size of my dogs I give the pits a wide berth. I don't like Cano Corsos nor Dogo Argentinos either.

Last time I went to the leash free park 2 Dogos came in after we had been there some time. Thankfully I had my female Blackie with me, and not my male! But the owners were very watchfull and right on top of things. I gave them two trainers names and with the internet one actually looked them up right then. Gives me hope that they will get some pro training!

And while I know a lot of you want to pick up your Yorkie when a big dog approaches that should be the last resort as it invites the other dog to jump up on you. My first choice is to create distance, then if that can't be done loose lead into my body, if the attack is coming from the front I step in front of my Yorkie and if from behind I step behind him. The umbrella trick can work well too.