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.
That is the problem; you can’t trust an animal with such potential for damage and death. Any dog can turn on owners; when they are as tough as pitbulls, it is much messier.
Which is why I hate pit bulls. Wish I had a dollar for every story I've heard like this involving pit bulls, and owners who think they'll never turn on any human. I've heard stories like this for decades, and across all 50 states.