It takes a lot of work and affection to properly train any dog. I’m not entirely sure that Pit Bulls can ever be gentled down enough to be around kids. Obviously, the drug dealer wanted mean dogs and he got them. Too bad you can only put the dog down. The community would be better served if you put the owner down.
By now I’ve read countless stories about pits raised gently in a family killing a family member without warning.
Pit bulls were bred to kill.
Here’s a 6 minute video titled “How to stop pit bull attack.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp9k3DqC5tI
First part advocates knives - the rest of the video shows one unprovoked pit bull attack after another. People walking down the street, people walking their dogs. Pit bulls take ‘em down like they are chew toys. Pits waging their tails gleefully while they kill someones dog, cat, attack people. These aren’t the worst videos of pit attacks I’ve seen, but they are still utlimately revolting. The videos really show that pits should be considered wild animals. Yes - you can get a cougar to walk on a leash for awhile, until instincts kick in.
Friend of mine was a dog trainer and his family dog was a pit. It was a playful gentle dog. Never hurt anyone. That was not my only experience, I knew a drugdealer who trained his dog to fight, though I never saw it in action, he described what the training entailed. It was enough to turn your stomach.
In England, in the late 1800’s pits were called the Nanny Dog. Parents would leave the child in a stroller, tie the pit to the stroller and kill an hour walking around the park. Raised properly, pits are very protective.
I have never had a pit or Doberman but I have had most other breeds and have never had one of my dogs attack anyone other than me. I tried once to break up two male German Shepherds that I had raised from pups who were fighting over a female, I thought they would not hurt me. Wrong. Reached in for a grip on a choker collar and got 5 or 6 stitches for my efforts. Not the dog’s fault it was mine for being stupid.
I helped my friend train dogs from obedience, guard, to attack work and never did any breed harm me in any way. When wearing the padded suit and given the order to attack they would do just that, after being called off they were pets again.
From my experience and after hearing of how the dogs are trained to fight, I can see how the attack could occur. I do not believe these dogs are dangerous or evil, their owners sometimes are.
The drug dealer I mentioned earlier had a rather severe disruption to his business and was forced to relocate, far away from me. He realizes now that there are people who you should not tell of your mistreatment of animals. Let us just say that we don’t exchange x-mas cards.