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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hi there.  I'm the "dummy" mom.

It was a nip, and I blame the relative's training of this animal moreso than the animal itself.  However,  they will now never be in the same place as my child.

Previously, every PB or pittie mix that I have encountered has been very sweet.

I am not going to paint all dogs of one breed with the same brush.

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Please reconsider.

I'm sorry to tell you that yes, all pit bulls must be "painted with the same brush" and [i]it has nothing to do with the temperament of each individual dog.[/i] I know some pit bulls can be sweet.

But ALL pit bulls, as a breed, are physically built with jaws that are designed for a TYPE of bite that is especially dangerous to humans. Even a sweet dog can bite once, and with a pit bull, that one time can be fatal to the person bitten. Are you open to accepting that the issue is NOT "all pit bulls are evil" but "all pit bulls, if they bite, will inflict more serious damage than other breeds due to the nature of their bodies and the way they bite and hold on"?

It's a crucial distinction. It's not a value judgement on the nature of any one individual dog (though pit lovers will insist that's the case). It's a fact of the breed's biology that one bite, one time, can be fatal, even if that bite is delivered by a dog who is by nature a "nice" dog.

[i]"Whether a pit bull bites more or less than another dog breed is not the point. The issue is the acute damage a pit bull inflicts when it does choose to bite. The pit bull's "hold and shake" bite style causes severe bone and muscle damage, often inflicting permanent and disfiguring injuries. Moreover, once a pit bull starts an attack, firearm intervention may be the only way to stop it."[/i]  https://www.dogsbite.org/dangerous-dogs-pit-bull-faq.php

Pit bulls do not necessarily bite more often than other breeds, but when they do bite, the results tend to be much worse, yes, even if the dog has been perfectly sweet up until that second. 
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