"LIAR" You scream as you proceed to go on about how your Pitbull, it's name is probably something dumb like shnookums, is actually the most well behaved dog you know and couldn't hurt a fly! You are then throughly laughed at by Kitty.

Have I upset the dog lovers, because I don't think pitbulls are misjudged angels? Well good! Because I used to think that. but then I thought about it more. For you see, Pitbulls were literally bred to be aggressive animals that hunt other animals. Animals bigger than itself. "S-so! That doesn't mean they are all inherently evil! They just weren't trained good!" Maybe so, but I seriously don't think you should have to train your pet specifically so it doesn't maul a toddler. I mean seriously how often do you hear of typical dog breeds, such as like a lab, german shepherd or boxer mauling a toddler? Well according to Dogsbite.org on a page listing dog attacks on children from 2010 to 2017 Had listings of two German Shepherds, No Listings of Labradors, Or Boxers. But, of all 67 (give or take they aren't numbered) Listed attacks 50 of them were Pit bulls, not including the ones without the dogs breed in the titles. Those are where I either found no listed breed, a couple Huskies, The two German Shepherds, A Mastiff Mix, A shepherd mix, A rottweiler, a wolf dog and you guessed it PITBULLS. Of those attacks with the breed in the title 9 were Rottweilers. Dogsbite.org also says that for the 12 year period from 2005 to 2016 there were 392 Americans killed by dogs. 254 were Pitbulls. That's 65% of attacks being perpetrated by PITBULLS.

Still don't believe me? WELL FOLLOW ME YOU NAIVE FOOLS TO THE LAND OF ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE. Yes you can say "well this evidence is just your own account so it doesn't count" And thats fine. The above mentioned information however, does count. But anyways onto the stories I guess.

So I have two friends with Pit Bulls and Pit Bull mixes. For the sake of convenience one will be called Ginger Friend and the other Goat Friend. So over the course of my friendship with Ginger Friend her family has had many many pitbulls. And for the most part they were just lovable doofuses who weren't really aggressive. They did still drive me to never go into her house again, mostly because one liked to get up in my personal space. A lot. Anyways though, How many Pitts did she have? Well excluding the many many litters of pups Coco had, she had about 4 by the end of it all. 2 males, 2 females. All was fine and dandy. Until one day Coco went into heat. Nothing still really happened, she got preggers and then it got out of control. The 2 males began to fight a lot. To the point they had to get rid of one because it seriously wounded the other. Then all is fine, their dog keeps having puppies because they won't get her fixed but whatever I guess. Then they get a new dog. Who is not a Pitt. They're told he is a Tea Cup Chihuahua. He is not. they name him Monster. Things are still relatively fine. Until one day Monster is Outside and their remaining Pitt escapes. They proceed to fight. So they are forced to get rid of the remaining Male Pittbull. Now allow me to follow up this story with saying that for the most part her dogs never had a violent history, as far as I know they never bit anyone. So I'm not really sure why they suddenly became violent. I never heard anything while the female was actually IN heat of the dogs fighting. Only afterwards.

Our next story is actually something really recent. So Goat Friend has 4 dogs. Two Pitts, a Guardian Dog and an old German Shepherd. Just like with Ginger friend Goat friends pitts are basically lovable doofuses who want attention. All her dogs got along great. They never fought unless it was play fighting. Until after the Guardian dog is no longer in heat. Then the two males apparently began to fight. To the point they aren't allowed near eachother and can only go outside when the other has been put into a separate room. Again I'm not really sure why they suddenly became super aggressive towards eachother. You could say it was because of the dog in heat but in both instances it was after the dog was no longer in heat. And they continued to be aggressive.

My main point in the stories though isn't to try to figure the reasons why the dogs were suddenly super violent to eachother but to make the point that, even when you think "oh my dog is such a lovable little scamp he could never hurt anyone." They can. And possible for no reason. Especially with Pitts considering they are bred for aggression in the first place.

"Well then what should we do about them" I dunno. There's still always gonna be the naive people screaming that "PITTS ARE JUST MISUNDERSTOOD BABIES UWU" no matter how many times Billy or Suzie gets mauled. And I don't agree with mass euthanizations of a dog breed because some people decided to have aggressive dogs near children. "So ur saying its not completely the breeds fault" Yea pretty much. While the breed can be aggressive, all dogs can be aggressive. Pittbulls just more so because of how they were bred. So it's your job as a responsible pet owner to evaluate whether your home is a suitable environment for the dog you plan to get. Have a young kid? No Pittbull for you. Have a neighborhood with lots of young children? No Pittbull for you. Expecting a child? No pittbull for you. Basically it comes down to, both the dogs aggressiveness and people making bad decisions. Maybe if people paied more attention to how the dogs can behave and took that into consideration when getting a dog, maybe you'd hear less of kids being mauled by pittbulls. But until that day arrives I will still tell you it's probably a bad idea to own a Pitt.

Links
http://www.dogsbite.org/staying-safe-family-dog-attacks.php