I "like" all dogs, but especially Dobermans, English Mastiffs (except they slobber and don't live long), most hunting dogs, and the Maltese.
I cohabitate with a rat terrior, a pit bitch, a chiwawa
(how do you spell that,) a half pit half shepheard, a tomcat, a queen cat, and an assortment of horses. Some of the horses are transients and some are keepers.
We all get along fine, my bride, son, and daughter can control the natural impulses of a critter as easily as
shopping at Walmart. You just have to read the headlines,their intentions and attitude are plainly displayed in the body language.
All critters telegraph their mood.
There are dangerous critters, there are irresposible, uninformed, owners. My kids are not children.
I’ve owned a dane and a siberian lab mix when the kids were
young. Great bodyguards for the kids. They guard themselves
quite well now but the critters fill a niche.
There is zero danger to permitted children or adults on our property. We all recognize the threat our critters pose to our guests.
We’ve got a gelding that will work for dog biscuits, sit, lay down, roll over, bow, play dead, and count in response to subtle hand signals. Dang near cut his own head off as a colt and has no $ value. But he does have smarts, and heart, and loves to perform.
I wish he wasn’t gelded before he ran through a fence he
would have been a great stud.
Some folk should not own pits, or (insert breed here,) whatever.