Horrible pit bull fight!

There's always going to be a fighting instinct in any living thing on earth , or else it wouldn't be able to survive. I agree that it is how you raise the dog and the environment it is brought up in that depicts its temperament and personality.

 

I would own a Pit before many other breeds! They are great family dogs! And yes you have to raise them correctly. Any breed can be nasty if not raised correctly!!!

 

I have only been bit by 2 dogs in my life (and I voluntered at an animal shelter for a couple years) and it was....you ready? A yorkie and a basset!

It does have to do with how you raise it and it knowing you are boss! It also has to do with breeding...or over breeding and the situation the dogs came from.

My basset that attacked me was a puppy mill dog. Never ever touched grass when I got him. He was raised in a very loving home, but I didnt become alpha with him. One day he had something that was not his, so I took it from him. He barred his teeth, fur stood up and lunged at me. He grabbed my stomach and I pushed him off. He lunged again and bit me again and the only way I was able to stop him biting me was to punch him in the head. He then backed down and "snapped" back into his old self. I just had twin niece and nephew so I had to give the dog up because I could never trust him around them after that. He went to a man who established Alpha with him right away and was fine.

The yorkie was abused prior to my aunt getting it and it was just crazed.

I have rescued other puppy mill dogs who were absolutely the best! My pug (avatar) was the sweetest, most loving animal you would ever meet...and the stories I heard about the abuse to him were heartbreaking. Same with my childhood dog..a mutt. Both literally had the crap beat of them prior to coming to us and both could not hurt a fly

So I guess it has to do with the particular animal...but it annoys me to say one breed is worse then hte other. I would have no problem taking a pit that was raised properly. And I now have 2 yorkies..even though I was scared to death of the breed for a while

What is sad is that the shelter I worked at was the only shelter in the area that would take in pits and not destroy them just cause they were pits. That shelter was not a no kill shelter but they would keep the animals for as long as they possibly could..some were there for a year rehabing

 

Pitts, Rotts, and many other breeds where bred for agression and that aggression was continually hieghtened by abuse and lack of proper training. Much like race horses are specifically bread to run, thes animals were malipulated genetically by man for certain traits.
Horses are then trained to heighten those traits, however if not trained it doesn't mean the horse isn't fast, it just isn't as fast as it could be. Likewise the Pitts, Rotts and many other breeds aren't as deadly as they could be because they haven't been trained for it, but they still have the traits of aggression and the body structure to back it up. A loved well treated, trained dog in your home will probably never show signs of aggression and territoriality when your around because you have established the pecking order in your home. I would be willing to bet if a human or another dog attempted to harm that chua, that your Pitt would become very aggitated, and i personnally would praise him if he was mine and did it!
I have owned Rotts my whole life, they are fantastic animals when trained and treated with the respect they deserve. I have never owned a Pitt but have many family members who have and do. They are well trained and loved and seem to me to be fantastic animals. I am however always aware of them as my family is my Rotts when they come to visit.
It's all about how you raise them BUT a race horse is bred to run!

A funny story about my Rott.
I was at a bar with my wife and a friend calls the bar to tell me my home alarm had gone off and the Sherriff was at my house. It was about a five mile drive home at MACH speed. When i arrived the sheriff informed me that someone had broke into my house, only to be pinned in the bedroom by my dog. They asked me to come in with them and remove the dog as he would not let them in or the burgler out! One of the deputies contacted me about a week later to ask to use my dog for stud with his female.

 

I was given a red nose pit when I was 3 months pregnant with my daughter.
He was her best friend until a year and a half ago when he passed away.
Never seen an aggressive day with that dog either. My daughter, who is 13 years old now is very self concious about the scar on her left eyebrow my sister's lhaso apso gave her when she was 2 though.