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Originally Posted by Dillydoodle
I hate the generalization that people make about " fighting dogs" - the dogs are not at fault, it is the owners who are training them to be aggressive or are not taking the time to train them at all... They should be the ones banned from cities, not the dogs... I have met many Rotweilers, only one was mean, and it had EVERYTHING to do with the owner who was clueless about training, was giving mixed and confusing messages and didnt know how to react... I have met plenty of pit bulls and pit mixes and every single one i have met was sweet and gentle... one lived with a chihuahua and a cockatiel and they all played toghether with no incidents... ever... so it is how a pet is raised, i have met more vicious chihuahuas and nippy daschunds than pitbulls... sorry to be sligtly off topic but i had to say something....
Emilie
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That may be true, but remember, dog breeds have history, they were bred for specific traits. Fighting breeds deserve the label, just as herding breeds do, they were often specifically bred for fighting or guarding or both. Centuries of breeding dogs for bull-baiting or pit fighting is not going to remove the instincts which were bred into these dogs. Just as our Corgis have a herding instrinct and hounds track scents, etc. Rottweilers, Pit Bulls, and other similar breeds
can certainly be fantastic and wonderful pets, but their history can not be denied and their instincts should not be underestimated or forgotten.