Originally posted by carole

Now of breeds the pit bull terrier has a bad reputation here in nz, they are often used in gangs ,and staged dog fights, its really disgusting, its often the owners who make these dogs vicious not the poor animal, do you have that problem in the states?
Yes, unfortunatly we do. Pit Bulls are too often used as fighting dogs, trained to attack other dogs....every now and then you hear about dogs being stolen as "bait dogs" to train this animals. It is horrible what people do to certain breeds.