[ThisLittleLightofMine]

Pit bulls and Rottweilers to breeds that should be extinct, in my opinion.

[ThisLittleLightofMine]

oops that should be two

[John Lenin]

I've seen a few dog fights in the barrio. Those dogs are bred and trained to attack and kill. How does the average Joe know what is coming at them, one of the nice ones or one of the killers?

[kdot]

Funny story. I have two Jack Russells, Lincoln and Polk. Polk is a 12lb fluff ball who translates every command to "toy". She's lovable and afraid of anything bigger than she - just about everything. Nevertheless, she feels the need to protect me from the two rottweilers who live in the next yard. There is a 6 ft fence, so Polk has never seen the dogs, except in silhouette, but she hates them. She snarls, barks and digs to try to get them. It's the strangest thing to see little Polk get defensive, especially against two enormous, mean (sounding) dogs.

She wouldn't be so brave if she could see them.

[Raymann]

NO! I had a Rottweiler once and it was THE nicest dog there was. It all depends on how you raise them, dogs like that just need an outlet for their aggression. For instance I let mine out every day to play in the woods (he came back one day covered in tar but that's another story). He was a biter but always in play and he never broke the skin.