I completely understand what you mean. I hate the stupid people who just think pits are mean because they have watched too much tv and never actually met one. And also Kay, I commend you for not outright calling that teacher a moron, I probably would have. You handled it very well.

There are a lot of pits who come to the dog park, but for the most part, many of the owners are responsible and have a good handle on their dogs.

Like yesterday, we took Bailey and Guinness for an hour to play. They had a good time. Then a guy came in with a long haired GSD puppy, cute little ball of fluff. Now, I normally worry about Bailey and puppies, not because she is half pit, but because she has in the past been WAY too happy to play with them and she didn't realize she is bigger than them. She went up to the puppy and I went over to "referee", but she did great. She just sniffed the puppy, gave it a kiss and walked away.

And of all the dogs there, it was not any of the pit bulls giving the pup a problem, it was a huge black standard poodle. He was biting the pup, knocking it around, and making it scream. He wasn't playing with it, he was bullying it, there's a difference. GSD's poor owner didn't know what to do, he didn't want to hurt the poodle or anything. And the lazy a$$ owners weren't doing anything to stop him. Only after he was bullying it to the point I wanted to yank him off was when they would yell from their lawn chairs, "Dakota...no". F%^king irresponsible yuppies, not training their poodle. The pit owners there are way more responsible than them.

I ended up protecting the puppy from the poodle, cause she ran under my chair and I stared down that poodle with the "Glare that can Melt Rock". He left it alone after that. Poor little GSD, she was shaking.