[ZULU]

Increasingly our freedoms are being threatened by a coterie of politicians who pander to various pressure groups desiring a bubble-safe environment for everyone - like it or not.

The problem isn't "pit bulls" or any other brreds. Its irresponsible idiot owners who buy macho type dogs and don't have the slightest knowledge about how to control and train them, or simply are too lazy to do so.

The other problem are "puppy mills" which generate dogs of poor stock for mass marketing at discount prices and the fools who patronize them.

A well-trained "pit bull" from reliable stock can be a trustworthy companion - Teddy Roosevelt had one. so did General Patton.

[Katya]

More famous pits: Petey, the dog from the little rascals , the RCA Vitrola dog, Buster Browns dog. In films pits are often use, because they have that typical dog look to them. The American pit breeds were considered THE American FAMILY dog circa 1914..times have changed and over the last 40 years we've gone through a slew of so-called "killer" breeds from German shepards, dobermans, rottweilers, to the current so-called awful dog the pit breeds. Adding to the confusion, that quite a few breeds are classified as pits, so it is difficult to say that "which" one is the problematic animal.
I have two dogs, a min-dachs and an American Pitbull terrier....the dachs is the Alfa male.

[the OlLine Rebel]

Patton had a Bull Terrier, not quite a "pit".