The first thing I do at the dog walk is to survey the area for any Pitbulls. If I spot one, I usually try to take a different path to avoid it.
I grew up in Toronto with friends who had a Pitbull cross. He was great with all the kids on the block. But if a strange dog came on our street, he was extremely dangerous. He killed no fewer than three small dogs in the area.
I had an incident a few years ago where a large Pitbull ran over and jumped on my large unneutered male lab, in a very threatening manner. Fortunately my lab remained very still and the Pitbull backed off. As I passed the owner, who was a twenty someodd, pugilistic looking person, said "My dog has issues with unneutered males". I felt like saying something, but figured it would do no good.
I admit that the vast majority of Pitbulls are good natured, but all you have to do is run into the odd one, and it could prove a disaster...particularly with small dogs.
I would not be sorry if Pitbulls were banned.
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