Well since I’ve owned my pit bull for 3 years now I have heard nothing but horror stories about this breed of dog. Stories range from baby attacks; pet attacks and also people attacks. A lot of people believe this dog is to aggressive even to be alive so now there’s all kinds of bans for on pit bulls all over the country.
I’m a very proud owner of a Brindle female pit bull who I love very much and would never give it up for anything. The problem I think isn’t the breed itself so much as these messed up owners that get these dogs and train them to fight, kill or attack. My pit bull came from an abusive home and was never allowed out of the basement and had to fight other dogs to eat.
The guy that I got it from said the owner didn’t want her because she wasn’t vicious enough for him. After getting her I found all this out so I figured I had a big problem on my hands. It took the dog only a few months before she started beefing up and started to get comfortable. I like to play ruff with my dogs sometimes but this one scared me because of the stories I was hearing.
Finally one day the dog and me got playing around kind of ruff but noticed this dog wouldn’t bite me. So I tried a bunch of little experiments on her to see what was her trigger to set her off if she even had one. I tried taking food out of her dish when she was eating and even went as far as take it out of her mouth without a single growl or nip at me. I couldn’t believe it. The big test came when I took the dog down to my moms where my newborn niece was.
I wasn’t watching the dog or the baby and that’s when I noticed she was pulling on her ears and lips and I almost died. I was scared the dog might turn but the look in her face you could tell she wasn’t bothered by it. Its been 3 years now and this dog has never bitten me or harmed me or even scared me in anyways making me believe it’s the way they are brought up that will determine how they will be their whole lives. This dog lives here with me and my girlfriend and 3 kids and never once harmed them either.
Don’t get me wrong these dogs do have aggression bred into them but if you teach them not to bite when they’re a pup and they will grow to be a very obedient. It just takes time and patients with this bred that’s all but the one thing they definitely are is protective of their families and they are one of the smartest breeds of dogs I have ever had. So please if you have heard these stories keep in mind animals are like kids, they aren’t born bad they are taught that in the grown stages of their lives and should not be punished because some people don’t know how to treat or raise them.
So my overall view and opinion is this dog is one of the best breeds for companionship and protection as long as they are raised right.
