My extreme dislike and fear of pit bulls is the result of 3 different dogs of mine being attacked by 4 different pits- 2 while minding their own business in OUR fenced in back yard (pits jumped fence). Then once while sitting in the park near my house with my dog on a leash. My dogs all required dozens of stiches- one needed surgery. I despise them.
One article I read quoted a family friend who said in 8 years the dogs had never been aggressive. This is a big problem with pits. They CAN be sweet and gentle and all that- yet one day, for NO APPARENT reason, they attack. No one should believe it “will never happen with MY pit”. These dogs were great, until they weren’t. Two little babies are dead because of it. Now these parents will live in torment their entire lives.
From an article on Fox:
At least 33 people in the U.S. were mauled to death in 2020 by pit bulls – more than any other dog breed, according to non-profit dogsbite.org.
I talked to a guy a while back who told me about friends who had a pit bull. It was a great dog, he said. Friendly and playful, he enjoyed the dog when he visited. Then one day out of the blue it turned on one of the owners, the wife. The husband immediately took it out and destroyed it.
I know another elderly gentleman who walked out of his house one day just as a neighbor walked past with her pit bull. Without warning or provocation the dog grabbed the gentleman by his arm and had him on the ground. The owner couldn’t pull the dog off him. Providentially, the neighbor across the street arrived home and got the dog off. The gentleman was in the hospital several days and required a blood transfusion.
I don’t think they are to be trusted.