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LLUncoolJ:
So the kids want a dog...fairly common theme I imagine. However, due to life style, limited fenced in area, newer hardwood floors in the house, and young children, I am fairly picky on the breed. Ideally, we would like to get an English Bulldog, but it seems unlikely due to the cost (they start at give or take $1000).

So I've been checking craigslist and the local classifieds. WTF is up with all of the pit bulls? At any given time there seems to be hundreds of these dogs for sale/adoption. Since I have small children and enjoy not having my home owners insurance cancelled, this breed is not even in consideration. Obviously they have a reputation for being a vicious breed, so why the popularity?

LLUncoolJ:
So it's all Ron Mexico EERRRRRRRR Michael Vick wannabees and their dog fighting operations? What about all the "Sweet baby 1 year old pitbull for adoption...I hate to give her up...blah blah blah" ads?

jamesjones626:
I am a owner of a blue nose pit and its a myth that there a mean breed of dog.  They only turn on you when they are abused or when they are trained to fight.  A lot of people give there pit gun powder mixed with meat because it makes them super aggressive and crazy.  There very popular because 1. they are a beautiful breed of dog, 2. they are very intimidating to people, 3. there very loyal and would never attack you unless you treat them poorly 4. If you get the right breed, they are very muscular and intimidate.  I have a 7, 5, and a 4 year old and my dog has always been good my kids.  The one thing about pitbulls is that you have to walk them at least once or twice a day because they are super active and need to get that energy out.  Oh and another reason there popular is becuase a lot of gang affilitated people own them as well.  I admit when i walk my dog by the stores around here, i get a kick on how scared they are of my dog even though he acts like a big puppy.  Whats weird is when white people see him they want to pet him or give him water, mexicans just move out of the way, and black people run.  In the end i love my dog and would reccomend that you get a pitbull and don't buy the crap the media sells you by telling you how dangerous they are, every animal has the potential to be dangerous.

massive88:

--- Quote from: jamesjones626 on July 16, 2010, 10:55:37 am ---I am a owner of a blue nose pit and its a myth that there a mean breed of dog. 

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Breeds have tendencies, but generally dogs are pretty much a clean slate to be molded by their owners.  Even tempered docile Pits are not rare. 

Personally I have two basset hounds, and I also grew up with a pair of basset hounds.  The only negative with young kids and bassets is they might learn that they can do whatever they want to a dog without consequences (poke prod pull etc), which is basically true with most bassets, not necessarily true if they run into another dog.

AtomSmasher:
A large number of Pit Bull attacks are from dogs who are described as gentle family dogs who one day randomly turned and attacked with no prior warning.  It's not a breed of dog I would ever want to have since they have a higher likelyhood to snap then almost all other breeds.

A year (or two, or three) ago there was a long thread on this board on this very topic.  It included lots of links to articles and a variety of viewpoints and is worth a read since this topic has already been thoroughly discussed here.

Decided to search for the original thread and came across it:   I'm amazed at how many people have the wrong idea...
and the followups:
Another pit bull attack - on another small child
Another pit bull attack - this time personal

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