As I take a coffee break I'd like to elaborate on my feelings about the Pit issue and threads like this.
As most of us Pit owners and dog lovers in general know, Pits have a bad rap because of the owners, not their genetics. Many other so call safe breeds are much more aggressive and dangerous than a Pit.
Now let's look at this further. The media loves hysteria. It's how they make a living. People, in general, too often live in fear and ignorance rather than faith and facts.
In one day there may be 20 dog attacks across the country, a few of them being Pit attacks. The media hops on the Pit stories, not the poodle ones.
Now the weak-minded masses are brainwashed into believing they are a bad dog. Fear sets in.
The morons that buy dogs because they are "tough" run out and buy these tough Pits. These are the same owners who usually neglect, abuse, and give up these animals.
Now the shelters are over run with these poor dogs, many who are damaged from their training or lack there of.
The Pit reputation continues to spread... The damage continues... Threads like this appear on forums everywhere...
The Smith family walks in a shelter to adopt a dog and pass over the Pits because "what they have heard".
The dogs continue to suffer and are euthanized in mass.
It's a very sad, stupid, and ignorant cycle.
I adopted my Pit mix from a shelter and like to think I may have saved his life. I know in some of the darker times of my life the dog has saved mine.
