Thread: Neighbor's Pit Bulls

Originally Posted by donv

I agree with you for the most part, I've been around pitts for years, my brother used to use them to take down hogs. Great dogs!! If it were a pit raised by me, I would have no qualms about having them as a nanny dog. Pits could save a thousand babies, but that would be erased by the one that some dope dealer has that kills a kid. The only thing I could nit pic you about is the yippie dogs doing more harm. You are right, I have been bit numerous times by little dogs, wiener dogs seem not to like me. But, it's about potential, and enviroment. Given time, even an even tempered dog on a chain, may become bitey. But, a pit possesses more potential for real harm than does a yippie dog. If wiener dogs got as big as a Rottweiler, I'm sure that they would be on top of the bad dog list.

Anyway, I'm sure I've made things just clear as mud. Take care, donv

I agree with that, it's sort of what I was trying to say actually. If small dog bites were as reported as large dog bites the statistics would change.

I actually know a grown man who lost a thumb to a dachshund. Any dog can be dangerous. Yes large dogs have more potential to be, but that doesn't mean much. A 22 can kill you just like a 45 can, so to speak.


Here's my, now dead, greatest dog I've ever known and all time best friend, Chesty...


And my girlfriend's daughter, 8 at the time.

I know he's a rottweiler and not a pit, just illustrating about big dogs.