Originally posted by Ripsnort
Heh, can't take credit for this one...besides, my dogs a black lab.
While Pit-Bulls "can" be great loyal pets - if treated well by their owners etc - I would NEVER recommend that breed, unless it was to guard your drug stash, or something. Pit bulls, even those who are well trained etc, are too aggressive around other dogs and tend to "snap" when they do attack. Just the other day a guy here lost his poodle to a Pit-Bull that broke its chain to get at it.
Also - a friend of mine bred pit-bulls in the early eighties. His main "breeding squeak" was named Emily and she was a great dog. But, one day the guys daughter was in the yard and did something Emily mistook for a challenge. Forty stiches were required to close the wound and she lost some muscle in her arm....Emily ate it! He got rid of all his "pits" the next day.
I'm glad to hear you have a lab Rip.
Didn't mean to hijack the thread...just feel strongly about those dogs.