Dr, Goodnow, you have dobies, right? I remember thirty years ago the buzz was "Dobies are vicious attack dogs. You can't own them for a pet." This was when large numbers of dobies were shown on TV as yard dogs behind fences & runnng around in movies being aggresive- of course this is ridiculous. I also recall when rottis, boxers, and GSD's were all viewed as too aggresive to be good pets. These breed prejudices come & go. Sadly it seems to be the pitties turn. Everyone seems to forget that it was a pittie that played "Pete", the beloved companion of the Little Rascals.