No, my posts don’t reflect that.
You have no idea how I feel or what I think about dogs, particularly large ones. You’re making assumptions about it based on my objection to dogs that are bred to kill.
There was no need for the breed to even be bred into existence except to kill for blood sport.
Not a very auspicious beginning.
As far as their *wonderful* traits, they have nothing to offer that any other large breed dog has to offer, with far less propensity to attack and kill unprovoked.
There are plenty of other large breed dogs that are intelligent, loyal, good watch dogs, great with kids, etc. without the inbred kill nature.
The Pitbull Terrier and the Bulldog were bred for fighting and bear baiting in Britain a couple of hundred years before any chollos/pachucos in the ‘hood ever heard of them-so were Mastiffs and Bullmastiffs-beautiful dogs-lots of them out here-two of the dogs-du-jour-but I would not approach one of them or any other neighbor’s guard dog without the owner telling the dog I’m okay-I don’t even get out of my truck in a customer’s driveway until the customer comes out to me-people did the same in my driveway when my Siberian Husky was alive-a guard dog is a guard dog. This is a rural area and different from cities and burbs-I would not have a large guard dog in a city-they are bred to a purpose and need to stay active and amused and I don’t think the city is an appropriate place for them-there is no need to stress the dog with a noisy, crowded environment-I think it is cruel-maybe people should be armed, like we all are out here-it beats getting sued and/or turning your companion dog into a neurotic and potentially biting wreck.