My first intro to a pit bull was a neighbor friend who had a white one as a pet several years ago before they got into the news. He said check this out and had the pit bull bite onto a flip flop, then he held up the flip flop to about his waist area and spun around 5 times with the dog holding on, emphasizing the grip the dog had.
Many years later I met a couple of really sweet ones. A white one named Missy that was given to a relative and they later had to give it away because that breed wasn't allowed in their building. And a giant brown one that the owner brought to work. Scary big but super sweet. It would come over and greet everyone and I would pet it and talk gently to it. It loved turkey bacon so I quickly made friends after giving him a small piece. 5 years ago I had an aggressive one lunge at me on a leash outside at my complex. Thankfully the owner held it back and said no to it.
But the thing is with pits is that it doesn't take just training it to attack and be aggressive to get it that way, but simply aggressive playing that you may traditionally do with other dogs brings that out in them. Should never play tug of war or be pushing away their face or any aggressive game. You can with some other breeds and they're okay with it, but not pits. It teaches them to play rough, which they may one day do to another. Owner may say "my pit is the sweetest" but how do they play with it?
As for why they choose to get that dog, most will say for protection. But one day they may need protection from them.
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