I think pit bulls, rottweilers, and german shepherds have pretty bad reputations in the general public. Experienced dog lovers of course know the truth. We get a lot of pit bulls in the humane society. Some of the are rescued from the city shelter and they have scars and injuries from being used as fighting dogs People just dump the dogs if they lose. I guess its sort of better that they lose, then they can have a chance at being rescued from the shelter. Dog fighting rings are just sickening. Many times the police are there ... betting on the dogs!!!!!!! Its so sad.