Originally posted by Elfie
I've seen good and bad pit bulls. It really is the owner and not the dog.
Years ago I rented a room from this woman that owned a female pit bull. That dog was the biggest baby you've ever seen. Just raise your voice to it and it would roll over on its back whining and crying. My dog (a German Shorthaired Pointer, male) picked a fight with it one day over food....(both had their own dishes but always tried to each others food.
) That pit bull never even tried to fight back. The next day it had a black eye from my dog biting it over it's left eye.
Another time while moon lighting up in Alaska delivering pizzas, I walked around the corner of this apartment building to see a young male pit bull standing there urinating. Just as soon as it saw me it started to growl and bare his teeth. I backed away slowly and as soon as it finished urinating, it started running for me. I tossed the pizza to the dog and fortunately it decided it wanted the pizza more than it wanted me. Meanwhile it's owners were sitting on the porch laughing. Anchorage has a leash law, so I told the owners they could either pay for the pizza, or I could call the police. They chose to pay for the pizza.
Agree. I know and have been longtime friends a family that has pits.
Beleive it or not, The lady that used to babysit my son almost every day for the first few years of his life had a pit.
I knew the dog well and wouldnt even give it a second thought.
The dog loves kids and there was always some kind of wild action going on between family memebers screwing around, fighting etc.
But you could literally do anything to this dog and not get a reaction more then a licked face.
His most dangerous trait was his tail.
More then once I've been caught in the back of the legs by his wagging tail.
Sucker stings like a whip.
ON THE OTHER HAND.
Another member of the family,one of the son and brother of the rest and almost sorry to say a good friend of mine also has two pits. He raised them for protection (from what I have no idea as neither of us any longer live in an area where crime and violent crime in particular is much of a problem)
Any time I went to his house I went with folding knife open and in hand untill I was sure he had the dogs caged. Those dogs I didnt trust.
Funny thing it they didnt seem to like anyone but the pizza delivery man. whom they absolutely loved.
Pits arent the only worrysome dogs. Boxers can be quite bad as well as well as German Shepards.
I had a dog that was attacked by a boxer and I have a regular customer who has made it quite clear that if he ever gets near enough to me. he is going to eat me.