Liz, no I have no idea what caused this dog to do what it did. I feel that the smell of the food on the child's fingers is probably what started to put this whole scene into action. I was simply addressing something that someone had said regarding the fact that this story will just add fuel to the fire regarding pits getting a bad rap. My comments about breeding were to explain why I think pits (and others) are getting a bad rap these days. We often hear people say that "it's bad owners, not bad dogs" and that is very true. In the case of these dogs in particular I think there is a lot of poor breeding going on for the purposes I mentioned and we have a situation now where they have gotten such a bad rap from this that they are the breed we most often see in shelters because of the fear factor in adopting one from just these types of stories.