Intelligent group, good to see.

I don't have dogs currently because of my living situation, but I was raised around dogs, including pit bulls. They are awesome dogs and dogs are perfectly safe around kids, if supervised.

Yes, inbreeding is a problem in many purebreds of any breed. It's unfortunate and it's part of why I prefer mutts. However, pits are great animals with great hearts and tons of love.

Like many others have said, including Caesar Milan, "There are no bad dogs, only bad dog owners."

Daniel

I have mixed emotions on this subject. I used to think it was how they are trained and I still am not sure that I don't still feel that way. Here is a story behind my feelings.

I had lived in an apartment and was buying a house. I worked on an apartment community when a pit bull came to the office doors. It was our policy to not allow pit bulls on the property. I told the maintenance to put the dog on a patio of a vacant till I could take it to the shelter. About ten minutes later the dog came right back to the door. I decided to go ahead and keep the dog since I was closing on my house in 3 days which was in June. I moved into my house along with my other dog I had (fox terrier mix named Sasha). I had named the pit bull Crystal which she was about 6-9 months old when I found her. I took her to the vet had her mange treated and spayed and all shots. I later adopted a staffordshire terrier from the shelter which I named Ruby. Every weekend I would put my cats in a room and leave the back door open to let the dogs run in and out and play. On December 4th 3 years ago I had done what I always done. I was standing in the living room and Sasha was leaning against the couch and out of nowhere Crystal attacked Sasha and dragged her around by her throat. I tried everything I could think of to get Crystals mouth open from Sasha but I was bitten in the process, my fault of course because I put my hand in her mouth trying to pry her mouth open and she bit down. It took me a while to get Ruby off of her since she joined in because the pack instinct came out in her. Then I went for Crystal again and finally she let go and I got her outside. I ended up having to put down my Sasha cause her spirit had been broken and she was suffering so bad. I couldn't let her live like that. Crystal was taken to the animal control and put down as I couldn't trust her anymore. Ruby was taken back to the shelter I adopted her from. She now has a new home where she is the only pet and no children. It was a very devistating experience that I wouldn't wish on anyone. I basically lost all 3 of my dogs in one day.

I have no idea what Crystal went through or was being trained to do before I found her. So this may have had something to do with that. I really don't know. All I know is this experience left me so confused about pit bulls. I had owned pit bulls in the past and never had any problems like this. I had always thought it was how the owners trained their dogs but after this I just don't know.

Sorry for the long post but I couldn't find a way to shorten it to where it was understandable.