My son with our pit bull sadie. She passed away recentely and we miss her dearly.

That picture is so cute, and your son looks exactly like my 5 yr old "Ty". They could be twins (well, from that angle anyways). :)

thank you..

I know this old thread, but there a point I wanted to bring up...

Any time any person/animal is attacked by a bull breed dog people say it pitbull. This common misconception. Lots of people don't know the difference between staffy, amstaff and pitbull, so pitbull can get the blame lots when they haven't done anything.

Also, pitbull are very very overbred and mixed. Again, few people can tell what a 'real' pitbull look like. A properly bred pittie is most likely not responsiblr most of pitbull attack we hear.

Just something I feel important to add to conversation. :)

Well I have to say I was glad to read this thread and learn some new information...I think any dog can be a wonderful addition to a home and family, but would I ever own a pit bull? NO.

First off let me start by saying that I thought the pictures in this thread were absolutly adorable! Also I do not believe that all pitbulls are terrors that have locking jaws, I do know the difference between an AMSTAFF, Bull Terrier, Staffie and APBT and I do not mind being around them. Further, I do not support any form of breed specific legislation and whole heartedly believe that responsible owners should be able to have these dogs as the breed of their choice...That said I do not buy claims that these are not "game," dogs by nature and I know a number of "pit advocates" that would say the same. Just head on over to pitbullchat.com and you will see a variety of threads on this same sort of topic. Even if these dogs were bred for other purposes at one time, the APBT in particular, much of the history of their lines was developed around dog fighting and given that fact I think it would be short sighted not to expect that there could be some tendency toward dog aggression in them.

I generally believe that most bully breeds are not for the faint of heart nor are they for the inexperienced handler. (1) They are extremely strong and powerful dogs. Our neighbor has an APBT that is about 60 pounds, perfect with people and well trained, about 5 months ago we were out walking our dogs and it escaped from the owner and got to my BF's 180 pound dane. Had it not been for the owner's quick reaction, it would have had Denzel on the ground in seconds! (2) There are serious liability issues associated with owning them, your home owners insurance will be higher, etc. (3) They are extremely athletic and need lots of exercise, special attention to training and socialization, etc. (4) Because of the issues w/ their various registries, etc it is could often be hard to find a responsible breeder. I could go on and on here about why I do not think pits are for everyone, which is a bit off topic...

So at any rate, I do believe that these dogs make great pets, but I am not drinking the Koolaid and believing that a majority of the breed may not have dog aggressive (not human aggressive) tendencies. To me it would sort of be like getting a pet squirrel to keep at home with Bruce, since even though yorkies were bred to catch rodents I have never seen him kill one. I feel sorry for a lot of these dogs and good pits everywhere because I think a lot of people get them not thinking about this fact and set them up for failure by putting them in situations that are inappropriate for them. Then when something happens the owner throws up their hands and says "I had no idea this could happen," and the general public points their fingers and says "see all pit bulls are horrible animals." Just my opinion.

Your picture is adorable!! What was your pit mixed with? She seems to have had a nice disposition...I know you must miss her terribly.

I talked to my neighbor when this thread was started, because acoss the street from her the people were BYB of Pekinese (2 females, 2males) and their son had just moved back home with a pitbull puppy. I told her to warn them not to trust the dog around the smaller dogs. She insisted he was of good temperment and the old arguement of ' it's how they are raised' ensued for weeks, until we just agreed to disagree.

Last week, my neighbor informed me that the one breeding female had passed away, and for unknown reasons the pittie had grabbed the smaller male Peke (kept as a pet) by the neck and had locked on. She doesn't know how they were able to get him off the smaller dog, only that they finally got him off, and that the smaller dog seemed to be okay.

When my other neighbor first moved in with his Pitbull, his dog had an altercation with another neighbor's Rottie. Weeks later, the other neighbor was in his truck, Rottie in the middle, with his young son in the passenger's seat. My neighbor, who always let his dog out of the house off-leash if he was with him, came out of his house and didn't even get off the porch when his Pittie spyed the Rottie in the truck and took off. He reached the truck, jumped and flew through the window, overtop of the young boy, at the Rottie. Don't know what happened, other than charges were pressed for endangering the child, then my neighbor had his Pittie PTS under court order.

And I don't get this either: this neighbor comes up and moves my fence back and forth, and says gee I'm worried about one of your dogs getting hurt. This fence is weak. I said " It's strong enough to hold my dogs, if it's not strong enough to hold yours, maybe you should consider putting up your own fence." "Well two fences would look silly." I said "No sillier than a 6 ft fence for Yorkies!"

I've told them numerous times about the leash laws in this county. They choose to ignore them and me. When will people stop being stupid? I've even told them if one of my dogs gets hurt by one of their dogs, it's going to be their fault, and I'm glad I like their house, bc I will own it. My dogs are always on leash when we leave the yard, always.

Oh and I almost forgot. I was walking two of my dogs past their house one day, and their nice little Pittie, who has never been fought, and raised in a gentle, loving environment, came flying out of the second story bedroom window, through the screen, hit the sidewalk on all fours, and came running at us, dead on.

You just never really know with these dogs...

oh my god, i can't believe that pit jumped through the car window to get to that other dog, or that the other pit jumped from a second story window. Sounds like all these dogs are dog aggressive. Also seems like they have stupid owners who never properly socialized them or trained them...especially the guy who let his pit out in the front yard unleashed.

i'd be afraid for my dog if i lived where you did. Not because the neighbor dogs are pits and rotties but because they're stupid owners have no control over them what so ever and allow them to be poorly confined and restricted.

Did that little boy get hurt?

I'm curious what people think about large dogs and cats, instead of large dogs and yorkies?

If it changes your opinion, why?

i think cats that are not declawed have a better chance then a yorkie of defending themselves from any sized dog trying to attack them. Cats also can get away easier and can jump to a position that the dog cannot get to. However, if the large dog is gonna be set off by another pet and attack it i don't think it matters whether its another dog or a cat.

A lot of the time though when the dog first goes after the cat and the cat swats them on the nose or scratches them the dog learns its lesson and leaves the cat alone.

What a precious picture...

Jackson and his Pittie friend, Max. :)

lovin the pics..sooooo cute :thumbup: My dogs mix with all different breeds, but I have to admit...my westie William can be a bugger!


"It's not the breed, but the deed":aimeeyork

I was out walking one day with my Collie Cross Sindy...now in heaven after living to the ripe old age of 18yrs! We were walking past this house when a bloody great cat pounced on her back, dug it's claws in and was biting at her neck.....now Sindy was used to our own cat, so never had any cat hang ups....my poor baby screamed and yelped and span round trying to get the cat off, but I couldn't get this cat off her, fortunately someone came to our rescue with a hose pipe and cold water! we all got wet, Sindy and I were sooo shuck up! The cat ran off unscathed.......non the less to say, we didn't go walkin past that cats house ever again!:aimeeyork

I think he had some scratches, but he did not get bitten. And was shaken up pretty badly after the incident.

I have cats and Yorkies. To keep the peace, as our little Yorkie friends can at times show their tempers, I have a cat tree that the cats can access to get up away from the dogs. I had the same cat tree when I had a big dog, and it works out well.

I guess the fact that cats are able to get away, and that they are a different species, where alot of times I feel the injury inflicted on a small dog may start out as play, and then something either snaps, or maybe the position of the jaws around a neck feels really right and they try it, like instinctively.

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