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There is only one thing at fault with what you are saying.

Pit Bulls were not made to be agressive to humans, quite the contrary actually. They were bred for many things, and the first of these things was not dog fighting. But when people did fight these dogs, they were bred to be non-agressive to humans. The owner needed to be able to control his dog in a fight. Any dog that bit the owner was put down immediately. They were bred to be friendly to children, and loyal human companions. Unfortunately, the breed is agressive to other animals. But so was my German Shepard, and my rottweiler.

These type of dogs are just simply not the type that you tie to a fence post in your back yard, or walk without a leash. They are working dogs, they should be exercised and treated the same way that you would treat any other large breed or medium breed dog. These dogs are also proven in police work, search and rescue, seeing eye, therapy and many other wonderful fields of work.

Since I own a Pit Bull, I also happen to know that many other people own them besides scum. They are shown, and trained for agility, and trained for police work.

IF WE BAN PITS, WHAT BREED WILL BE THE NEXT VICTIM OF ABUSE AND NEGLECT? ROTTIES? GERMAN SHEPARDS? DOBIES? Are we going to have to get rid of every large breed dog that can be agressive????? I am telling you, if any of the other breeds become the victim of abuse besides pits, we will have a lot bigger problem on our hands than the few killings pit bulls have committed to humans. I work with these dogs, I know for a fact that pits are less vicious to people than every other large breed dog. That is a FACT.

Pit Bulls were not made to be agressive to humans, quite the contrary actually. They were bred for many things, and the first of these things was not dog fighting. But when people did fight these dogs, they were bred to be non-agressive to humans. The owner needed to be able to control his dog in a fight. Any dog that bit the owner was put down immediately.

We aren't that good. We don't have the ability to breed for a particular, directed, form of aggression. The dogs are bred to be aggressive, and conditioned to be subservient to people. The ones that were uncontrollable were put down immediately because they have no value if they can't be handled, not because they were a flaw breeders wanted to extinguish. This is politically correct doublespeak.

They are not working dogs in a traditional sense. They were not bred to work closely with people in complex tasks. Brains and stability were not important, only brawn and dominance. There is a level of sharpness to many of the police and working breeds, but stability was paramount and aggression intolerable. Police work is not aggression as much as it is herding instinct that was honed. A good police dog is not biting because he is frightened, angry, or after blood... but rather stopping a moving target that his master wants stopped. Those who are too sharp, or turn that training to blood lust do not make it. A German Shepherd is very definately honed to work very closely for man, not himself. A pit bull's only important skill is the ability kill rather than be killed. Very different talent.

I will guard the slippery slope but I won't get on it. Individual dogs can be dangerous in any breed. This breed was created to be dangerous.