Like I said Bryan, no offense to the owners of these dogs. Yes, they can be a great pet, I realize that. I had one years ago. Lexie was a super mellow, laid back Staffordshire Terrior, one of the breeds that is grouped as a "pit bull".
A few years ago, an aquaintence of mine had his adult son over for a visit. He brought his wife and daughter, about 1 1/2 years old. As well as their family pet, a pit bull. The daughter was raised with the dog. There were NEVER any problems or reasons for concern. The dog was mild, mellow, friendly, etc.
The son needed to run into town, so he and his wife left the child, and the dog, home with the grand parents. The gory fact is that the dog killed the small child right there in the living room, right in front of her grand parents. They tried to stop it, and the old guy got bloodied up pretty bad. But the dog went into some sort of mad behavior and ripped that little baby to shreds. When the sherif got there, they immediately shot the dog right there in the living room.
If you want to think my ignorance is astounding, so be it. I don't really care. It is obvious that you have a dog in this fight though. And by the way, it's not like saying guns kill people. It's pit bulls that are killing people. I truly hope no harm comes to anyone you know or love.
Like I said in my first post, no offense to owners of the group of dogs know as pit bulls. I know they can be a very loyal, friendly companion. But sometimes, something goes wrong. Doug asked for opinions. I gave mine, knowing that it would be met with objections. Take it or leave it.
