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Old 09-08-2001, 12:36 AM   #9
Moni
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Originally posted by Liliara:
Definately the Pit-bull Terrier!

I know this breed has gotten a bad wrap from the media, but before you begin to put it down, PLEASE hear what I have to say!

IT IS BAD OWNERS THAT MAKE BAD DOGS!!!!!!

The dog was never bred to attack humans, but to fight other dogs. A dog which showed aggression towards a human was considered bad breeding. The dogs had to be handled by many people in the course of a fight. (NO I HAVE NEVER FOUGHT DOGS!!!) Simply done my homework into the breed I love.

I have owned several in my lifetime, and I will go to bat for them to say that treated lovingly and intelligently, these are some of the best family dogs out there!

I've known two pit bulls in my lifetime, both of them obedience trained and both of them seemingly good and mild dogs, owned by good people who readily admitted that they are unpredictable.
One approached me and sat down next to me and gave me a look that I read as "I can tear you to pieces and I'd enjoy every minute of it"
Just as I was cautiously stepping away, her owner (my brother-in-law) warned me that she had an instinctive mean streak and that I needed to keep my distance as long as I was in her territory (his back yard).
The second one I encountered while visiting a friend in his home. It lunged at my son's face for no obvious reason and was stopped a fraction of an inch short of sinking her teeth into him by her owner who had her on a chain and later admitted that as good a dog as she was, she was truly unpredictable, which is why he kept her on a chain whenever he had company.
Not knocking the breed you love, because they are faithful pets to their owners, but if you don't own them, you have reason to be wary of them!



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