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?
Well, the stats I was referring to don’t include animals. There are some that have a very high prey drive with other animals, and there are others that do fine. There are many dogs that do fine with people/kids but don’t like other dogs. There was a lady on YouTube that had one for years (he has since passed of cancer) who was gentle with all of the animals on her farm and her newborn. It was more gentle than any of my dogs - and I’ve mostly had small dogs. Video of him:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUV1oTciznE
I’m sorry to hear that about your Sheltie, though. I’m glad she was not killed. It sounds like there are a lot of pit bulls in your area. I don’t see many in mine with the exception of having neighbors that kept a couple of them, but they were crated a lot.
I did see a video of a guy who used this particular bear spray on a pit bull that came near his cat. It was effective. It didn’t hurt the dog permanently, but it sent it home.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsgvUohhpqc