I totally agree with you, it is unfair and discrimative. I am so disappointed when I see negative news stories about not only pit bulls but also rotties, dobies and german shepards. It's not the animals fault they were treated so badly they had to lash out distructively. I feel sorry for the victims of these attacks but the owners should be severly punished not the animals.

My mommy says that she loves you, Czar and she'd let you kiss her anytime! Watch out...she'll kiss you back!!!

Wow, that Kirby mom is a flirt, isn't she??? LOL but really, i think all pit bull owners need to realize that the 'press' is against them. all of us, including my mommy, are scared of you only because of what we hear/read. help us understand the pit bull breed better!
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Charlie

Charlie-
That's the problem, people aren't educating themselves on the issues, and only using these stories as knowledge of the breed. These dogs don't come into this world choosing to fight to the death, or be a bait dog, to train a dog to fight to the death, it is PEOPLE who do this to them. As dog owners, I'm sure you're horrified and can't believe someone would do that, but that's how these dogs end up the way they are. They are bred and raised to fight, each other, or be used as "guard dogs" in poor neighborhoods, and since they were raised that way, they will attack someone coming into a yard, person, animal, it doesn't matter. But just think about it, if you've ever had a puppy, or a child, you know that they are happy and carefree and innocent, until WE screw them up. No puppy is mean and wants to hurt humans or other animals, it is conditioned and raised that way, by being abused itself, or forced to fight for its basic needs, food, water, shelter.

My boyfriend and I recently adopted Spike, and had met with probably 6-7 other dogs, all Pits, because we truly felt for this breed, and the way they are misunderstood and almost always immediately put to sleep once they enter a shelter, simply because of their breed. There are wonderful people out there luckily, who go around and rescue these dogs and bring them to foster homes. We wish we could have taken every one of the dogs that we met with, but we wanted to be smart about it, and knew that financially and logistically at this point, we could only handle one dog (we have 3 cats also).
Here are some very interesting articles, and a few on other breeds, such as Rotts. Please, take the time to read these, atleast a few of them, because ignorance and discrimination are the reasons for articles you see in the paper, and the fear of this breed. Sorry for the long post, but I hope more people who might feel the same as you read this and can get something out of it.

http://understand-a-bull.com/
one of the best, please take a lot of time to poke around this one.
http://www.pitbull.us/
Chako is done by an attorney in California. More good info
http://www.rott-n-chatter.com/
This is by Jan Cooper (Rott matriarch) who has 20 years experience with BSL. Weekly BSL broadcasts from this site!
http://www.pbrc.net/home.html
Great also!
http://www.pitbullsontheweb.com/
(part of PBRC at least done by Veronique C. as well)
http://www.badrap.org/rescue/index.cfm
from California- more pit info
http://www.workingpitbull.com/
Diane Jessup’s site on Pit Bulls- she is an expert for sure.

http://dontbullymybreed.org/

And a few more…

http://www.outofthepits.org/

http://www.forpitssake.org/index.html

http://www.animalfarmfoundation.org/

http://www.vrcpitbull.com/

http://acf2004.tripod.com/

http://www.pitbullpress.com/