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Yes you are right. Any dog has the ability to bite and can become aggressive. I was just generalizing. Not everyone is capable of handling any type of breed. As I mentioned in a reply - I have known aggressive labs. She was never allowed to roam or be lose around other dogs. My Shepard is very well trained but I would not trust him loose around other dogs. He is a dog and can be easily provoked. Even though my current lab is not aggressive at all I would never tell anyone she is not capable of biting another dog or human.

My whole point is that people need to be responsible for their pets and training them. We don't need laws to govern responsible behavior. I would never own a pit bull. My dog and I were attacked by one when I was 19 and jogging in the park. My dog was on a leash and I received 24 stitches and my dog lost his front leg. This happened in 1982, in Texas. The owner was never prosecuted. That dog should not have been loose and the owner should have had the dog destroyed knowing it was vicious. That would have been the responsible thing to do.

The fine in this county for a dog running loose is $500.00 per dog, per occurance. If the dog gets onto one of the many ranches out here and starts bothering livestock, it is a dead dog-if it escapes that fate, being eaten by a cougar or a pack of coyotes is still possible. Dogs are smart and easily distracted by 'coons and possums to try to get out of their yards, so most of us keep our dogs indoors when we are not there to watch them-my Husky is an escape artist extraordinaire, and so was our Chow. We haven't had a dog bite incident out here in the 3 years we've lived here, and this is a big county...