Sorry you feel that way Russ. Ignorance can be a poison. If you believe what you see in the media then nothing in these posts will mean anything. Any dog has the ability to be trained to attack, however not all dogs have the look one would consider intimidating. If say tomorrow Chihuahuas became the number 1 animal kept by teenagers and in urban areas, would we have more cases of Chihuahua bites? How many pitbulls have you owned to say they are unpredictable? Again, you are probably going off the media. I have owned and been around pitbulls for more than 30 years and not once have I been bitten. Then again all pitbulls I have been around have been raised as family pets and were not acquired because of fighting. If anyone has properly researched dogs they would find that a Golden Retriever has just the exact same temperament as a Pitbull. You said it yourself “They are intimidating”, that is why these dogs are the choice of most teenagers and careless people. Let’s run some real numbers here, if you got rid of the 70% of careless pitbull owners then the number of bites would be similar to any other breed.

Oh, and I can assure you that if someone would try and harm a member of my family….. Shady would lay his life to protect. Why would I want something else?

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