Why Pit Bulls Don't Deserve a Bad Rap

[cui bono]

68. Not necessarily. It is being bred out of them by real breeders who love the dog.

Problem is backyard breeders are idiots and usually macho a-holes who breed all aggression into them.

Back in the day they were bred to only be dog aggressive. If a dog showed human aggression it was put down. This was so that people could always handle them even if they were fighting dogs. And the prize fighters usually retired into the owner's home. They weren't treated like they are now by the a-holes who fight them. Those guys will slam their dog into a fence if it loses, or toss it into the trunk of the car. Any animal who gets treated like that would have an inclination to be aggressive.

Anyway, breeders are breeding out all aggression, but unfortunately due to illegal fighting and macho idiots who think it's cool to have an aggressive dog, backyard breeders are into breeding aggression in as well as mistreating the dogs.

If you read books about the breed you'll find they all say they make a great family pet. In the fifties they were known as one of, if not the, best family breeds. They don't necessarily have any prey drive. They were not hunting dogs. Plus they are extremely obedient and learn very quickly with minimal training. People need to understand dogs though, and as with any dog, need to make sure the dog knows who is dominant. And that doesn't mean being mean to the dog, just letting them know you are the leader of the pack and they need to do what you want them to do right when you tell them to do it. My dogs were amazing. And my neighbor's pit, which she rescued from the shelter when he was about 2-3 years old, is completely non-confrontational. He avoids it. If I walk him by a barking dog he moves away from the fence. He wants nothing to do with that. My cat owns him. He is just a lover and has no desire to be aggressive at all. And he will do whatever you tell him to do. His main goal in life is to be a good boy.