William Robb wrote on 11/5/2004, 10:10 AM:
> > > > Pit bulls were bred from bull terriers as fighting dogs (hence > > "pit") and are, as a breed, not one I would contemplate as a pet. > > But they are not, by nature, agressive towards people. No, they were bred to be aggressive towards other dogs. Which is why I was always wary of "pit bulls" when I was walking my dogs. Then again, I was also wary of poodles (there was an extremely aggressive, poorly trained and badly behaved standard poodle in my neighborhood that constantly went after my dogs. The owner walked it off-leash and took no responsibility for its actions. I was sooo tempted to let my White German Shepherd take it out; but I'm a responsible dog owner and actually put myself between them to avoid a fight. Meanwhile the poodle owner would walk on by... This happened on too many occasions to count and my questions and comments to the owner always went unanswered.) and any other dog I saw where I could tell there was little or no obedience training. I'm dogless now, losing both my German Shorthaired Pointer and White German Shepherd to disease, but it still pisses me off when I see poorly trained dogs. A little obedience training goes a long way. -- Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED]
