I am coming in late on this thread, just watched the video tonight, very moving.

Now, I am a huge dog fan (obviously, or I wouldn't be here!) and have been my whole life. I am almost never afraid of dogs, even dogs that appear somewhat aggresive but I have to admit that I am always a bit weary about pit bulls as I have very little personal experience with them, though my friend has a beatiful and very friendly female, and I suppose I have been inundated with "bad press". I hate to sound naive here but I have heard many times over the years that the breed had a known and recurring problem due to over/irrisponsible breeding whereby the brain grew too large for the cranial cavity causing the sweetest pit bull to attack or exhibit other strange and uncharacteristic behaviors. The other thing I have heard is the one I'm sure most have heard is about their jaws locking while attacking. Is there any truth to these?

I am certainly not posting to come in on the "against pit bulls" side, I do find them very attractive dogs and am genuinely interested to learn. I believe that almost all dogs could be raised "mean" if that is what the owner desires, however unfortunate that is.

You also have to look at the type of people who have these mean dogs. If a person is wanting to raise a mean, or fighting, attack, or guard dog, they are probably not going to get a poodle or a JRT, they are going to get a big, powerful, intimidating-looking dog. Rottwiellers, I believe, have also suffered from this. I am a huge fan of Rottis (Tasha is said to be half-Rotti though I have my doubts). Of course there are more attacks by Rottis, Pits and the like; those dogs are more likely to end up in the hands of someone who willingly trains them that way or neglects them to the point of becoming distrustful, unruly, etc.

I wouldn't say I have a solution other than to regulate owners and breeders more carefully, though I'm not sure I can suggest a great method. I hope for the sake of these breeds that someone can come up with a "fix", and soon.