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Actually snowy, I didn't set out to get a pit or an aussie.
We saved the Aussie at 9 days old, from being euthanized, because she had too much white to suit the breeder.
We bottle raised her and she is doing well.
The pit was given to us by my wives friend, who raises them, he needed a good home.
In my lifetime, not one dog I have ever owned has ever attacked a person.
This simply will not fly, as I mentioned earlier. I am as strong willed as any animal, including my bull. Who by the way is halter broke and is really just a big old baby.
I have been around Pits before and actually find them to be a very well mannered dog.
The reason we took the Pit is because of coyotes, and I did not want my Aussie trying to take them on by herself. We also have a lot of feral hogs out here and they can also be pretty nasty little devils.
I did not get the dog to fight or attack people, he will have a job to do and will be trained to do that job.
I am running a working ranch and can not afford to lose livestock to predators. As I mentioned earlier, one of my prize heifers is now missing part of her tail because of wild dogs or coyotes. I have a duty to protect my livestock.

I'm jealous that you have a pit and an Aussie. Two dog breeds I really like. I have my pit, and I really can't afford to get another dog, though i'd like one.

I just wanted to let you know I have found my pit bull, now 11 years old, to be a very trainable dog. Haven't trained him to do anything important, but I suppose he could. We've invented a million variations on the game of catch. Just recently I found out, by accident, that he was pretty good as a "search and rescue" dog. I keep making it more challenging him for him to find his toy and he gets it every time. You'd think that he'd only be good for guard duty (that's the only thing I haven't tried to train him to do), but he's pretty clever.

As I mentioned earlier, one of my prize heifers is now missing part of her tail because of wild dogs or coyotes

Odds are your pit did it, boy are you dumb!

You let your dogs 'run' in the 'pasture' and then give them the run of the house? I suppose they don't shed, have fleas, poison ivy and maybe West Nile virus. Work dogs don't belong in the house, romping and slobering around.

You come across as an experimenting wacko, which is convincing me that a license should be required of Rot and Pit owners.