I’m sorry, you have misinterpreted what I meant. My daughter has fostered a number of pits/pit mixes (rescues) while working with a rescue group. Some of which have stayed/visited at our house. I like them as a whole.
The subject is just not as black and white as people think it is.
That is what I meant when I said there will never be any general agreement on the subject. I have no axe to grind, nor am I particularly interested in changing anyone’s opinion. Simply stating my personal experience.
I will categorically state that there have been a lot of dog owners I have seen over the years that I would like to beat the crap out of.
You and I FRiend, agree totally. I didn’t misinterpret what you meant.
In this wretched apartment complex where we reside, we at one time had the manager and her husband living across the way from us and they had a 140lb white lab. Beautiful dog, but scarey, as the dog would come up to you but stay a leap away and growl. The guy had the dog in the complex OFF the leash while they walked toward the woods. When his dog did his one leap away growl thing at me, I let him know that if his dog tried to bite me, he would be shot in the head. Both of the people tried to reassure me the dog would not bite. I didn’t care for the reassurance, I wanted the dog on a leash, or I wanted to have the contact information for her employer.
People need to keep their dogs completely under control, and if they cannot manage that, they need to get rid of their dogs.
Not most, but a great portion of the men I have seen with pit bulls have convinced me they need the dog to compensate for something, and they want folks to believe they are tough guys with bad-ass dogs. Wearing their undersize t-shirts with their weight lifting muscles showing, perhaps trying to attract attention from the kind of people that are impressed with that sort of pose. It’s pathetic, really.