In my town, there is a lot of hot water going on between the city and pit bull owners. Granted yes, there has been some attacks that have been caused by pits, but there are a few more numbers caused by dobermans and other large breeds. I heard about this website through the owner of my barn, and she suggested to come and find out exactly what other people thought. Obviously, it didn't turn out to well. Other pit bull owners, along with myself, are trying to find a way to prevent our PETS, not vicious killing machines, from being taken to the pound and put down. Although this website is good to voice an opinion and see what other people think, I may have to find another site to chat with other pit bull enthusiasts about what can be done to prevent our companions from being taken from us.
Well, for one, you drudged up threads that were over a year old to comment on, and you picked a whole bunch of them. Most times, you aren't going to re-engage people on old threads, they think you're a type of troll who shows up on the board from time to time, searches out old articles, spams them with comments, and is never heard from again.
You response here shows that you were at least willing to come back the next day. But it's not a site for "pit bull enthusiasts" or a place where you'll gain much ground as an activist for them.
There's vigorous debate here about pit bulls, with people on both sides. I pity the individual dogs, every single one of them.... but I am in the camp that says pit bulls were and are bred and honed to do a task that makes them far less suitable to be a family pet then any companion breed. Breeding and background matter. That doesn't mean I'd wish one minute of pain on any of them. I just can't recommend them if someone says, which dog should I get for my family? A pit bull? Or a Labrador?
Speaking of Pit Bull enthusiast sites... We got 'invaded' so to speak, by posters from one such board not to long ago. They were true devotees of the breed... trouble is, when you looked under the surface on their site, these guys were very much still breeding and raising dogs to be 'game'. They spoke in codewords, but they're still fighting them, and still bragging about the fight in the dog when it comes to breeding. So I think to try to change the image of the pit bull, from fighting dog, to loveable pet, first of all, you're trying to undo years of selective breeding that put fight in the dog, and second of all, you're not operating in a vacuum. Others are very much still fighting them today. So to promote the breed, to create more of them, will in fact lead to more suffering of the very dogs you wanted to save. The right answer, in my mind, is for good people to at least be honest about their purpose, stop promoting them and stop breeding them. Rescue those you can. But putting a pretty bow on them and selling them as a poodle is a mistake.