I have two female golden retrievers. Yes, yes...you can start going on and on and ON about how 'nice' goldens are. I hate those two more than I hate people. They ARE unpredictable and HAVE shown just how 'pit bull-like' they can be. Both dogs have sent me to the ER more than once because I got in the middle of their fighting and they turned on me. Another time, they both ganged up on our now deceased westie terrier and proceeded to shake her like a rag doll. I had to use a tree branch to keep my UBER FRIENDLY dogs from killing another.

That being said, I am always at my friends' houses and they own Dobermans, Pitts and Rotts. NEVER have those dogs shown ANY type of 'weird attack dog' behavior...unless you count the humping of the leg or peeing on the leg but hey, that just means they like you and they now own you, right?

What I'm trying to say is that it's nuture, not nature. My dogs were showered with affection and love and never shown any type of cruelty and yet, I wouldn't trust them around a toddler with food. The 'attack' breeds of dogs are CAPABLE of being vicious and certainly capable of killing pets and people unless preoperly raised, trained and care for. If you raise a Pitt with the sole purpose of having a big, mean dog...well, you have a big mean dog with no social skills and that dog is more likely to be the cause of some serious trauma to a child than a Pitt who was smothered with love and attention which might just scare the kid by jumping on him/her and proceeding to try and lick his/her face off.

And by the way...I KNOW my Tokay, Marble and Bibron geckos are SOOOOOO worse than any dog.

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• And people want to ban reptiles - but this is ok?? more - southernboids, Wed Apr 13 14:57:32 2005
• RE: And people want to ban reptiles - but this is ok?? more - koky6869, Wed Apr 13 16:26:17 2005
• btw heres a pic of my baby - koky6869, Wed Apr 13 18:21:51 2005
• RE: btw heres a pic of my baby - stconstrictors, Wed Apr 13 20:47:01 2005
• fines are a deterrant-but you can't get blood from a stone. - dmac, Wed Apr 13 18:52:14 2005
• Don't bash one group of animals to make another look okay.... - callmedaddie, Wed Apr 13 16:45:14 2005
• Beautiful dog... - RyanT, Wed Apr 13 17:32:07 2005
• RE: Don't bash one group of animals to make another look okay.... - Dove_3, Wed Apr 13 17:34:21 2005
• RE: Don't bash one group of animals to make another look okay.... - RuBeN14, Wed Apr 13 17:34:46 2005
• there's plenty of other breeds out there.... - mrcanada21, Wed Apr 13 21:28:16 2005
• RE: there's plenty of other breeds out there.... - callmedaddie, Wed Apr 13 23:04:00 2005
• Well put.......................np - RuBeN14, Wed Apr 13 23:37:01 2005
• You've been lucky with Pits. - morgans boas, Wed Apr 13 23:42:39 2005
• RE: You've been lucky with Pits. - callmedaddie, Wed Apr 13 23:57:24 2005
• RE: You've been lucky with Pits. - callmedaddie, Thu Apr 14 00:09:38 2005
• RE: You've been lucky with Pits. - morgans boas, Thu Apr 14 00:27:50 2005
• RE: You've been lucky with Pits. - Royerreptiles, Thu Apr 14 12:33:47 2005
• I TOTALLY agree with Morgan........ - lexxxx300, Thu Apr 14 18:28:32 2005
• very well put .. ignorant posts like the one russ made ... - koky6869, Thu Apr 14 00:00:05 2005
• RE: there's plenty of other breeds out there.... - torayoma, Fri Apr 15 18:15:35 2005
• I was not bashing... more - southernboids, Wed Apr 13 18:39:12 2005
• RE: I was not bashing... more - WingedWolfPsion, Thu Apr 14 05:11:38 2005
• very very good post !! and lets not forget... - koky6869, Thu Apr 14 09:58:55 2005