TweetGeez I hate when uneducated people try to control others. Pitbulls are often animal aggressive by nature but they are not human aggressive unless they are raised by irresponsible owners. Punishing the breed is denial of the bigger picture, many people should not own ANY dog. Being a responsible owner is a huge part of owning a working dog breed. I always kept a pad lock on my privacy fence and my dogs never left the yard without a harness/leash on them. When I walked one of my dogs that was animal aggressive, if someone walked my direction with another dog, I would steer clear or turn around, and often warn them from a distance my dog was animal aggressive and please not to bring their dog near mine. You would be shocked how many people would respond "my dogs not" and come towards me...wtf?? I've literally had to yell at people "do not come near my dog with your dog, my dog will kill yours!" And the ding-bats still come near....often they owned a dog much bigger than mine and I guess the thinking was their dog being bigger, that my dog wouldn't be a problem..
Not all pits are animal aggressive but some just have it in their Genes to be that way. Socializing them helps reduce this but being a responsible owner is the most important part. Pits are such wonderful pets, but their working dogs and need their exercise and attention or they will tear your house to shreds lol..jk kinda sorta

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Originally Posted by Blueedge

Geez I hate when uneducated people try to control others. Pitbulls are often animal aggressive by nature but they are not human aggressive unless they are raised by irresponsible owners. Punishing the breed is denial of the bigger picture, many people should not own ANY dog. Being a responsible owner is a huge part of owning a working dog breed. I always kept a pad lock on my privacy fence and my dogs never left the yard without a harness/leash on them. When I walked one of my dogs that was animal aggressive, if someone walked my direction with another dog, I would steer clear or turn around, and often warn them from a distance my dog was animal aggressive and please not to bring their dog near mine. You would be shocked how many people would respond "my dogs not" and come towards me...wtf?? I've literally had to yell at people "do not come near my dog with your dog, my dog will kill yours!" And the ding-bats still come near....often they owned a dog much bigger than mine and I guess the thinking was their dog being bigger, that my dog wouldn't be a problem..
Not all pits are animal aggressive but some just have it in their Genes to be that way. Socializing them helps reduce this but being a responsible owner is the most important part. Pits are such wonderful pets, but their working dogs and need their exercise and attention or they will tear your house to shreds lol..jk kinda sorta

such a great point.. very true words.. my first red nose female i posted pictures of her on here in the drier i had to lock all of the doors in the house if you didnt want her opening them. she could open the slider even if it was locked so had to pin that one. all of the other doors you had to lock or she would open them. friends would come over and see the key next to the garage door on my tool box and ask what that was about i told them i had to lock myself outside if i didnt want her coming outside..

like blueedge said she didnt like other dogs didnt matter male or female and you would tell people this and they would let there dog come right up to her so now i am pulling her back by the leash then have to speak up and say hey dumb ass did you not hear me? your dog gets close to here she will jump on them and she was sneaky she would get cranked up or raise hell she would keep quiet and once they got close she was on them i could see the look in her eyes and know what was coming...

one of my biggest issues with pits is not everyone should own them let alone own a dog they are a life long commitment and pits have very high prey drive and need to kept busy or they will get into trouble...