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My daughter has a pit bull mix, a generally sweet and docile dog but when my sister came to visit and had the smell of her dog on her, this usually quiet dog suddenly because wild with rage and tried to attack her.

My daughter and her family were astounded because their dog had never acted like that before. It's genetic.

As the say with hand grenades, "When the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade is not your friend".

[z3n]

My daughter and her family were astounded because their dog had never acted like that before. It’s genetic.

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It is.
Owners of pits and pit mixes only see how comfortable and lovey dovey they are in their home and with their family. They get completely surprised when something sets them off, and by then sometimes it’s too late. Usually it’s when they are outside the home and they get territorial and feel threatened, but not always.

You can’t tell them any different. Many don’t want to listen.

[gloryblaze]

Same thing happened to me. I went to look at an antique piece of furniture for sale, and out ran the pit. I suppose I have kitty smell, and POW. I’m used to handling livestock, so I grabbed a folded card table and used it as a herding panel until they managed to control it. They were genuinely flabbergasted that their sweetie pie could possibly do such a thing.