Re: ..they get a bad rep why?
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: GrnMtnRidgeRunnr</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Different breeds of dogs have been created by breeding to desired characteristics. You can't then assume that those characteristics will turn off within one dog or even within the lineage of dogs that have been bread for that characteristic. Pitbulls along with some other breeds will always be more likely to be aggressive than certain other breeds as that was their intended trait. Like anything else there will be good apples and bad apples and of course they are impacted by the conditions of their lifetime. Like most topics anyone on the extreme that say pitbulls are terrible are wrong and anyone that says they are the same as labs or a golden retriever are wrong. </div></div>
If you actually did some breed history research on PITBULLS, you'd know that this breed was developed to specifically NOT be man aggressive.
Pitbulls were bred to be canine gladiators. Historically, man aggressive pitdogs would being culled immediately. So, after years & years of the man aggressive trait being culled from their stock, the vast majority of real pitbulls are remarkably stable and docile around humans. And much more so than most other breeds. How many Labs would let a kid stick them with a pencil and wag there tail at the pain???
ON a quick side note and no offense to their owners, but this is why I just don't understand families wanting to have dogs historically trained FOR man aggression to be household pets! I won't mention specific breeds, but you can figure out which. TO each, his own...
Back on track.
In only the last two decades,the hype of owning a 'pitbull' has been en vogue & glamorized by gangsta & other tuff guy types. And the previous 'badazz dogs' seen on the street and in movies ain't so badazz anymore
Anyhoo, this flood of popularity of the original dogs has led to all sorts of brainless breeding practices, giving little/no regard for desirable/undesirable traits.
So now we are stuck with what we have today.
Dogs endeared by gangstas, thugs, punks, backyard dog fighters & wannabe tough guys who breed dogs just to make more of 'em. When breeding dogs, it is only too easy to allow an undesirable trait to perpetuate. And now we have man aggressive, oversized, over bred, crossbred, under culled, former gladiator dogs owned by fuggin' idiots. SAD deal, all around.
I've owned a few in the past, but will prolly never will again for all the reasons stated above. It just ain't worth it. As stable as pitbulls are with people, one has to worry 100x more about them being dog aggressive. After all, THAT TRAIT is what they were originally bred for. And Cesar Millan won't be able to help you at the dog park when a shit-bred wannabe 'pitbull' reverts back to it's ancestry and grabs hold of somebody's pet. Then YOU are fucked, your DOG is fucked, the other dog is hurt or kilt. I sure don't need that aggravation...