Our local shelters are also filled with pits, rotties and german shepherds, many of which come in as strays. When I take the dogs on a walk through the neighborhood I usually see, either outside in a fenced yard or barking at us through a window, a black lab, two rotties, a yorkie, two tiny little bull dogs (I forget the correct name of that breed ) a chihuahua and a couple of small mixed breed dogs. Bella is sometimes intimidated by the dogs that bark at us on our walk and her tail dips down but Ripley is fearless and his tail stays up and wags. (He doesn't realize how small he is! hehe! )