People can be so cruel...

Temperament is inherited. Carefully bred pitbulls are lovely animals, but many are not carefully bred and some are deliberately bred to be mean dogs. Breed 2 parent dogs together who have unstable temperaments and you get puppies with unstable temperaments. Unfortunately, there are a lot of deliberately bred litters of pitbulls with unstable parent dogs. There is a very large percentage of the population who think it is macho to own a dangerous dog or that want an emotionally unstable dog to guard their drug house. Those people are producing a large number of unstable dogs.

Stray and abandoned pitbulls are very unlikely to be well bred dogs from careful breeders who were diligent about placing their puppies into the correct homes. It is much more likely that they were bred for profit or by accident and then given away out of a cardboard box in front of the grocery store to anyone who would take one, suitable to raise a dog or not.

Humane Societies have no way of knowing whether the stray pitbull was well bred and perfectly raised (which is very unlikely) or whether it is a random mutt who was badly raised. Humane Societies get sued if they place a dog who is emotionally unstable and puts a child into the hospital. Therefore some Humane societies will not place pitbulls. Although, they should have said so before the dog was turned over.

Pitbulls are very difficult to place, and humane Societies who accept and place pitbulls, end up with a kennel full of dogs they can't find homes for. For one thing, approximately 38% of the population are renters and landlords will not permit pitbulls, even if they allow dogs. So humane societies can not place any pitbulls with people who do not own their own home. So, they end up feeding and vaccinating a dog that they are going to put down in 2 weeks anyway.

I'm around a lot of dogs and my experience is about 50/50 on the pitbulls. 1/2 of them are dangerous or quirky to the point that I would not trust them. 1/2 of them are great dogs. The owners of show quality pits or Staffordshires raise a great dog. But many of the pit owners should not be allowed to own a pet rock, let alone a live animal and those dogs are not well trained. Many of them do not recognize when their dog is exhibiting behavior that needs to be stopped immediately.

So add to the humane society problem that many of the people who come in looking for a pit should not be allowed to have any dog, let alone a big strong protective breed.
 
I just don't understand how people can be so irresponsible sometimes. Two years ago, we bought our "pure blood" Great Pyrenees 5 month old puppy,Cerebus, but when we got him, he was 4 WEEKS old, covered in fleas, and was dehydrated. Thankfully, he was replenished and back to a healthy, formula drinking pup thanks to Mom giving him multiple baths and rehydrating him. Although he isn't pureblood(he may be part Great Dane) he is now a sweet, loving guy who thinks he's a lapdog. Not to mention, he seems to have a natural instinct to protect our hens.
 
it is the styro type that these dogs are vicious I can't see why people are like this give me any breed and I can find a vicious dog in all breeds to the big to very small. Thye outlaw this breed because (in snooty voice) they will attacked anything) HOG WASH it is like gun control lay a gun and one you like to on a table and let it sit wil it go off by it's self no it can't but once in the hands of a child or someone else pick anyone then it can kill. The pit bulls were bred ONLY to fight in the pit (so called) and they have bred so they don't feel pain as we do or any other breed (bully breeds I hear are like this) but I have seen the sweetest pitbulls they will lick you skin off if them can. friendly well some think they are a lap dog. Protection well with the rep of course and I am sure they are choice (not to be serio typwe here) of gang members. Again not to strerio type you see many people of color walking these dogs and you see other types of all races to but they say it is training maybe so I had a bulldog this breed is not said to be able to bring out the meaness in it but my bulldog STORMY NIGHTMARE I brought it out she would not back down and not let up but she put on a front and I had her trained so if anyone grapped my son he had to yell HELP HELP STORM and she would latch on to who ever it was.
Many pounds put these dogs down it is a crime I was in MI and I wrote to the senetor congress and all over asking why do these dogs have to be put down I made my case but in the end it was they are on a list of dogs that are vicous I think if who ever thunk these dgs are vicious and by some quirk of chance was saved by one then what would they think? burn my bum that they sigle any dog out even any human out for what one does. IT IS N OT FAIR.

Rhayden
 

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