Reply #155: I wish more people knew that. [View All]

You'll notice that the vast majority of the replies on this thread which are strongly pro pit bull are from informed people who actually have lived with these dogs for years, grown up with them, and worked at shelters and rehabbed them, even from the very worst conditions. In other words, people who actually know.

The knee-jerk, anti pit bull, fearful ones are mostly from people with little to know no experience with the dog, who have avoided them like the plague, seen too many sensationalist news stories, or have had a small but scarring number of bad experiences with a pit bull (who may have been a mixed breed for all they know) who was mishandled, misused or under-trained by an irresponsible owner.

These folks will weigh in, and bash pit bulls, but how about all the other people who have had bad experiences with all other breeds of dog? It happens all the time unfortunately, but we won't hear much about that here.

I think on this one, I'll trust what I know from personal experience, and what the other posters who routinely live and work with these dogs have to say. Besides, pit bulls who bite are no more common that ANY dog that might bite. The " pit-bull attack" instances just get publicized more. And I cannot stress enough, any large boxy dog with a muscular build who bites someone will get called a pit bull when the news hits. That's really unfortunate and unfair, IMHO;

I just can't bring myself to have a prejudice against any living thing based on breed, color, religion, sexual orientation, undeserved bad press etc. I'm not into letting the media tell me who to fear, ya know?