Back in 2017, a huge pitty walked in through the open front door of a house I was renovating. She found me in the kitchen. I stood there, frozen, trying not to betray my nervousness and slight fear. She approached me, jumped up, and killed me with non stop kisses. With all the stories I’ve read about them, I felt pretty lucky. Such a pretty sweetheart.
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There are instances, when a pit seeks a human companion; but I have found, that a pit is not as much a dog to have around, as pit fans advertise.
Making a simple scale - a horizontal line about 5 inches long, on paper . . .
I place a grizzly bear at the left end of the scale (”0”) and a golden retriever at the right end of the scale (”5” inches).
I place a pit at the “1.5” inch mark. That is to say, that mentally, the pit thinking - despite appearances - is closer to the bear, than pit fans would like to believe/think.
It is the “snap,” the “sudden,” thing.
Yet, unlike the grizzley, and more like a mountain cat caught in a forest fire, the pit will - as an individual animal - seek human companionship.
If a pit has an individual life in a home of an actual loving family, then a pit may appear and behave closer to center on the scale. But the pit is always, not on the right and at risk of not being right-minded.
There are, still, some rare circumstances where a pit may be found mid-scale - not born with “the grizzley gene.” According to some stories that I have read over the years.
But in general, a pit is a bear, more than a dog. Like the bear, the pit will try to take you from behind.
A friend trained seeing eye dogs. No pits, period, for good reason.