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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We live in a northern VA suburb with at least a dozen children on our block, most of which are elementary or pre-K.  We've always gotten along great with all our neighbors.  One of our neighbors however just adopted an adult pitbull, that's 5 years old and weighs upwards of 80 lbs.  These neighbors are great people with two teenagers, but I don't think they have a lot of (if any) previous experience with dogs.  They are very kind hearted, and my intuition tells me they probably went to the Fairfax County animal shelter and were persuaded to adopt this dog not understanding what they truly got themselves into.

The neighbors were letting their teenage daughter walk the pitbull the other day -- she doesn't weigh much more than the dog and was by no means in control of it.  I was outside and our kids were playing in the front yard with the neighbors' kids.  [b]The teenage girl brought the dog into our yard because the kids wanted to see the new dog.[/b]  I let the dog approach me as well, and when it got close, it emitted a deep growl at me, and walked around me.  My elementary age kid who is on the small side at one point started running, and I could see that got the dog's attention -- I calmly asked my son to stop moving quickly as I did not want to risk triggering this dog's prey instinct.

[b]I really can't understand how our intelligent and kind hearted neighbors decided to bring a dog like this into a family neighborhood [/b]-- this animal has the capability to maim or kill our children, and who knows how it was raised or what kinds of psychological issues it has.  I can see other neighbors also nervous about it as well.  What kind of advice should I give my children to try and keep them safe from this dog?  Would you risk your relationship with the neighbors by talking to them about their choice of pets?[/quote]  I could say the same about you; you seem intelligent; why on earth would you allow a dog that could main or kill your children into your yard where your children are? [/quote]

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