[BrianR]

Hell, even Cocker Spaniels are more known to bite than a pit. I've known many and they all were big sweethearts. Okay, there was this one pit, but I didn't know it nor did I care to or ever will. It was being trained to fight. I met it and it's owner in Fairmount Park one day. The dog had just finished ravaging and killing some kind of mixed breed that had had it's mouth taped closed and was tightly tied to a tree. The owner said it was to give the dog the taste of blood. It only had that one though as I immediately took out my .45 and shot the dog dead, then placed the smoking muzzle to the owners nose and dared him to say anything. He declined. Amazingly.

I hate fighting dogs and especially the people who make them the way they are. I love dogs but some things cannot be tolerated.

A few of you have met my dog Junior. His pictures are elsewhere on the Cellar. He's a mixed Queensland Heeler and with his fat head, he has been called a pit mix. He's a very nice dog who will put up with a lot and loves anyone who scratches his back or neck. He has bitten four people, three kids. He's a bite and release biter. All four were either in his territory without supervision or abusing the dog. Both are major no-nos. I had to save him from the pound once. And when I heard how he came to be there, had to be physically restrained from going off to beat to death the person who dragged my dog from his house and across the street so that he could be legally impounded.

That person mysteriously moved away soon after word got around that I was laying for him.

I protect my dogs as if they were my own children. I would not allow to live any of my dogs if they were actually a threat to people. Junior is not, he's just protective and more territorial than most. His bitees have always been disobeying the rules posted.

There are no dangerous dogs, only dangerous owners.

BTW, my Shih Tzus are the only dogs I've ever had with a killer instinct. They cornered a cat in the yard and were trying to kill it (came close) when the Mrs. rescued the cat. The rest of the pack were only barking and sniffing. The Shih Tzu is one of the least threatening dogs in the world.

You never can tell though.