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Not true, the problem is that these dogs are TRAINED to kill, not born to kill. A properly-trained Staffordshire Terrier is as well-behaved as a German Shepherd.

BS!!!! My neighbor had a "Staffordshire Terrier" who was raised from a pup in a household with kids, etc. She was reasonable MOST of the time. When she would go nuts, she would chew THRU the door to the back yard or the front door or the WALL to get outside. I lived next door, and there was no one in her yard or harrassing her when she did this stunt. I saw her do it more than once. The back doors got replaced 3 times that I know of, and also the front door at least once. There was something very screwy about that dog, and I never fully trusted her, yet she had been raised from a pup with me in and out of that house for her entire life. I have had dogs all my life and will NEVER choose one with any pit bull in it.

My next door neighbor's black lab did the exact same thing. Would occasionally go nuts and chew through doors, gates, walls, etc. He even chewed through my back door once and I mean all the way through!

Way back in the day we heard all the same stories about the breed du jour: GSD, Chows, Dobies, etc. It's the training more than anything.

Thanks for such an evidence- and fact-backed post. You knew of one dog that was screwy. No doubt there's a little embellishment to the story as well.

My Grandmother owns a Yorkshire Terrier that has lunged at me and bitten me dozens of times, and that is no embellishment, leaving his share of nasty, blood dripping, open wounds on my hands and legs. There are dogs that are just plain crazy, or more often, come from crummy breeding, or have been trained or beaten into aggression.