First of all, I have raised American Pit Bull Terriers for 25 years.....had one male ( raised from pup) and 2 females (the first rescued from an idiot who was trying to teach her to fight another pit bull). The first one we rescued was 11 months old when I rescued her....she was great with the kids but didn't like other dogs and tolerated cats. She was bred and I helped her raise a litter and was responsible when choosing who raised her puppies. Our 2nd female came from one of those puppies and we had her until she was 13 and we had to have her put down because of cancer. My dogs were raised with my 3 children and they were great with them!
My reason for saying all of that is this.......it doesn't matter what breed of dog it is....they can all turn bad if not raised right. It is the responsibility of the owner...totally...to see to that. Our dogs were on airline cable if they were put out to go potty and were watched.
The post about the policeman letting his dog run the streets at night.........they should have his badge for that.
American Put bull Terriers are gentle loving clowns when the owner is responsible and loves and trains the dog well.
It gets my ire up when people who have never owned one of these dogs puts all of them in the category of dogs that have been allowed to run wild and do damage that their owners put them in the position to be able to do.
I'm done....sorry for the rant...but I stand by exactly everything I just said.