I agree. I don’t trust them, based on experience. It’s too bad because there are some nice civil pits. But when I see a pit, I start thinking of defensive strategies. Being chewed to death is not a good way to go.
I took and still take a lot of flak from colleagues because I won’t work with ‘pits.’
“But when I see a pit, I start thinking of defensive strategies.”
Yep. Although the two pit bulls I have known were very friendly and all they wanted to do was cuddle. Still, even a well-behaved dog might “nip” if touched the wrong way. It is one thing to get a “nip” from a normal dog compared to a pit with the massive jaw and muscles they have.
A friend takes in rescue pits. He says they were/are also called “nanny dogs” as they can be trained to be well behaved around children, but are also protective.
I put the blame on the owners rather than the dogs.
The need to bring (neck) chain-mail back.