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Odd, who would have thought that pit bulls; bred to fight in rings for entertainment, might possibly be violent?

Btw, if you ever need to get a pit to let go and don’t have a gun, you can pick it straight up by the tail. Trust me it works.

“Btw, if you ever need to get a pit to let go and don’t have a gun, you can pick it straight up by the tail. Trust me it works.”

Another option is to pummel the offending canide into submission. While it was a violent spectacle, the customers on my route have kept their dogs penned, or chained while I delivered their mail, since. As a plus, I’m shown more deference...in this day and age, that is a good thing.

Odd, who would have thought that pit bulls; bred to fight in rings for entertainment, might possibly be violent?

Exactly. I have tried to say this to my Dau/Son-in-Law who are involeved in dog rescue and sometimes take on a pit.

I remind them that when my daughter was growing up we had two dogs. First we had a Border Collie - then we had a Sheltie (Shetland sheepdog). We got them both as very young puppies and niether received any training during their lives outside of not to poop on the carpet.

Both were major "herders" right out of the box. The Border Collie got a bit too big for our yard and I gave him to a friend who had a ranch in Colorado - it instantly became an excellent cattle dog without requiring any real training by the new owner.

I've told the kids that they have to be very careful with a rescue pit - and the example I use is our previous dogs. I say to them "just imagine trying to teach Bandit or Chelsea NOT to go into herding mode when they see a bunch of kids playing in the yard - it would be impossible". Those dogs' inbred insticts simply overcome the training.

I don't know if the inbred fighting/aggressiveness instinct is as strong in a pitbull as the herding instinct in a Sheltie....but I certainly wouldn't want to risk death or serious injury to find out.