I’ve come across a number of pit bulls in my town, but they had nice owners, and the dogs were not aggressive. I figure maybe 1% of them go nuts.
My Sheltie - Corgi Mix was attack 3 times over a period of 13 years we lived here and all 3 were Pits. Twice my Hope was on leash and one time she was on a rope in our driveway while I was doing yard work. Twice the dogs got away from the owners (The one women her Pit dragged her to grounds like she was a rag doll)the ground I say the dog weigh easily between 100-120, There was no warning the Pit just suddenly took off like a bullet from a gun.
Just pure luck Hope was only seriously injured in one attack, Me and the wife spend four days solid flushing and cleaning her wounds ever 6 hours so she could come home instead of staying at the Vets with a drain.
You know the common thing that all three of these attacks shared? Stories from the owners about how loving and gentle they were and how the kids play with them and so on. Telling me that they were just big old teddy bears.
There are all kinds of pictures of Siegfried & Roy playing with their Tigers, the Tigers lovingly nuzzling them and and you can go back and read their own words about how the tigers were just great big teddy bears sound familiar?