I have known a lot of nice pitbulls. I have also been in cooperative living farm situations where two separate pitbulls teaming up together killed two different goats on two different occasions years apart (different owners, different dogs, different goats) innumerable chickens- - a raccoon one time and that was amazing- they are very prey driven dogs. I had always just said- well, they aren't so good with other animals but they are great with people. Then one day I read this:
2015 U.S. Dog Bite Fatalities - Dog Bite Statistics - DogsBite.org
I read the individual stories, the biographies with documented dates, times, dogs, with pictures next to them- faces of real people- -!; I just don't think I can ever feel safe again around a pitbull. I have known a lot of nice pitbulls, -!: I have met some scary, dangerous ones and blame it on the owner but still. Anyway, you might want to read that website. It collects bite and fatality statistics from dogs. Scared the heck out of me. I will stick with Yorkie's.