pit bulls

[JennyEspo]

The thing about pitbulls is that they are people pleasers. If the owner wants it to fight, it will do its best to do what the owner wants. It is not the pitbulls fault!!

I fell in love with a female pitbull at the local shelter but, they wouldn't let me adopt her because I have children in my home I ended up adopting a boxer/pitbull mix. As long as she had "boxer" before "pibull" they let us adopt her. I am not new to dogs and would consider myself an expert having managed a kennel in the past. She was much more mellow then the dog we did adopt.

[charlie116]

The thing about pitbulls is that they are people pleasers. If the owner wants it to fight, it will do its best to do what the owner wants. It is not the pitbulls fault!!

I fell in love with a female pitbull at the local shelter but, they wouldn't let me adopt her because I have children in my home I ended up adopting a boxer/pitbull mix. As long as she had "boxer" before "pibull" they let us adopt her. I am not new to dogs and would consider myself an expert having managed a kennel in the past. She was much more mellow then the dog we did adopt.

you're right. pit bulls are extremely devoted to their owners & will do whatever they want. sadly, this means that many are used for fighting, as you said. that's bs that they wouldn't let you adopt her. honestly, what's the difference between a pit & a boxer pit mix?? boxers are also very high-energy dogs, & could just as easily pose a threat to your children...ugh. this makes me so upset. this is why i want to own a pit bull/pit bull mix shelter when i get older (sort of like the one on pit bulls & parolees, but without the parolees lol). i think every dog deserves a second chance, & has the ability to change even after it has been used for fighting. i was watching animal cops the other day (such a sad show ) & they put 3 pit bulls down just because they had scars on them, which led them to believe that they had been involved in fighting, & had won. even so, shouldn't those dogs be allowed a second chance to become loving family pets? the dogs showed no aggression towards humans, so why couldn't they just go to a responsible owner with no dogs or children in their home?? i just don't get it...i mean, the dog whisperer has taken severely aggressive dogs, & rehabilitated them, so why can't pit bulls who have been fought be rehabilitated as well?