Pits: Are They Born To Kill?

I have a friend on Facebook(We'll call him Mix Master) who lost his 14 month old boy in March (You can watch the news report here). It was a brutal attack  The little boy was at his Baby Sitters house when the dogs attacked. The Baby Sitter (Susan) claims that her dogs were loved, and cared for. Says she has never seen them act "Aggressive" towards anyone.

My friend Mix Master has been posting a number of comments saying things not in a favorable light towards Pits. He has ever right too! He's one person that has the right to want every Pit DEAD. 

Today he posted a comment "Oh god..this just in. How horrible for this family...their family had to relocate cause of the tornados and then this happens.” . He had a link to a video that reported how a Bull Mastiff killed a child a few days ago. A friend of his (Leigh) commented “These dogs are in truth, more unpredictable than actual wild animals. So heartwrenching, and people place them in homes with kids that they would never allow a stranger near, yet this breed is most strange. Is there not enough threats to our children today? There are more odds that the neighborhood pit will get your child before the neighborhood Cho Moe. Seriously.”

I thought that he thought the Bull Mastiff was a Pit, so I commented, “The story above isn't about a Pitt-bull. Its about a Bull Mastiff.” Little did I know but that comment started a debate that spun over 15 people putting in their 2 cents.

Why did I feel the need to post a comment? I was a Pit owner. She (Koko) was mixed. Rottweiler/Pit-Bull. Remember, Pit-bull, is #1 when it comes to human attacks, Rottweiler, is #2. You would think that having a dog mixed with 2 of the most vicious dog breeds would be dangerous, right? I never saw it. My dog was the sweetest dog you ever met. She got a long great with Kids, Dogs and Humans. The only thing I didn’t like about her was she was too passive. One Halloween my friend came in the house wearing a mask, Koko (My Pit/Rott) starting shaking and peed on the floor. Vicious she was not!

But you might say “Rob you were lucky”. No I wasn’t. She was raised in a loving family. Never mistreated, and she was an inside dog.  I have no ill feelings towards Pits.

So I started adding links to my comments with different studies pertaining to pits, and in a good way. But everything I added, the “Pit Haters” would just shoot down. I really doubt any of them read the links. By the time it was all said and done, there were over 69 “Comments”, and mine were the only ones on the Pits side.

I’m not an expert on dogs. I don’t belong to any clubs, and I’ve never done research. But do you really think Pits are born to kill? Everyone in this Facebook post where strongly against the saying “Its not the breed, it’s the owner”

So I want to know what’s your opinion. I wont delete any comments, and I urge you to not hold back. Tell it like it is.