Fuck pit bulls. The majority of people who own them are black people who train them to be violent, and white trash or black wannabes that don't know how to train a dog properly, and want to look tough with a pit. I was attacked by 3 of them once. They came around a corner of a house at full speed about 15 yards from me. Good thing I'm fast from the holster and was able to get shots off. One was killed, the others scattered. Half a second later, and they would have been on me.
Agreed. When my daughter was in veterinary school at Mississippi State University, we would bring our English Labrador to her apartment. English labs are shorter and stockier than field labs with a very blocky head. More than one black person in that apartment complex said “You fight him?” Are you fucking kidding me?
Dog theft is rampant in the south, in large part because they steal dogs to serve as “bait dogs” for dog fighting rings. In fact, many of the small animal patients at MSUs College of Vet. Medicine are rescued bait dogs or fighting dogs. Disgusting filth.
As for breeds, it is both nature and nurture, so it’s often not the breed’s fault. But there’s no doubt breeds were developed for specific purposes. Hell, the Rhodesian Ridgeback was bred to hunt lions!
I’ll bet Josh would agree with me on this. One breed that even veterinarians avoid handling are Belgian Malinois. These are the freakishly fast and agile police or military dogs that take down bad guys with a vengeance. When they come into the hospital or clinic, they are always muzzled, and often require the handler to handle them at the clinic. They are recommended to NEVER have as a pet. They are working dogs pure and simple, but do develop a close bond with their handlers.