Despite reputation, trained pit bulls can be wonderful pets, experts say (?)

San Fran Chron ^ | June 4 05 | San Fran Chronicle

[HungarianGypsy]

I really am confused on this. I keep hearing these horror stories about pit bulls. Yet, every pit bull I have met has been nothing more than a big baby.

[Lx]

I'm not defining you either, I looked up your dog because I thought it was a large dog and I wanted to see if I was correct. I wasn't. I just thought it was funny. Don't be so sensitive.

[Darnright]

>They had owned the dog for 6 years since it was a pup. Did my friend learn from this experience? No he bought an Akita, took it through the whole training thing, and it still attacked a little boy in his driveway as he was holding the leash, talking to the parents. It cost him a bundle, not to mention the cost of an expensive dog that had to be put down.

So while any dog can do unpredictable things some breeds, those bred to be fighters(pits)or guards(Akitas, rotts, chows) seem to be walking timebombs and should probably only be owned by specialists like the police and armed forces where there breeding could be put to good use.<

Now, it just COULDN'T be, that this man, by training or lack thereof, could have some how encouraged two dogs in a row to attack "unpredictably"? Naw, no way that could be the case.

I would be willing to bet that an experienced dog trainer could have predicted these attacks, by watching how this owner treated his animals.

You know the old saying, "Dog bite me once, dog's fault, dog bite me twice, my fault".

[185JHP]

BTTT

[redangus]

They were brothers who lived 1000 miles from each other at the times of the attack and were 12 years different in age. My friend lives in a middle class sub division in central Indiana and his brother lives in a rural area in central Georgia. I'll will admit it could be a family trait that made them unable to handle dogs properly, but I want to make it clear they are not the same person.

[ZULU]

See http://www.pitbullproblem.tk