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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The fact that shelters are full of pits is most likely due to the fact that they are a preferred dog of poor people whose lives are more likely to be subject to the winds of fate and who can't maintain a dog for its whole life.  We got our pit from a shelter because its previous owners were told by their landlord they couldn't keep it. We own our house so it's not an issue. [/quote]

While this may be true, I have worked in shelters. When dogs come in that are in high demand (the doodles, labs, yorkies), they get snapped up very, very quickly. There will always be a need for a shelter for dogs (my last two dogs came from elderly that went to nursing homes without their dogs), but just eliminating pits would be a huge boon. [/quote][b]So does that you mean you'd support shooting them? Or just that you wish they were all neutered and disappeared as a breed?[/b]

Actually here's my prediction: we got a pit because, as you say, the shelters are full of them. We didn't plan to get one but that was the kind of dog that was available. Since then I've seen a lot more middle class white people with pits. As the breed makes inroads with the middle class white population, the dog will become more accepted. Not saying that the breed doesn't have some issues but there's been a lot of over reaction and it doesn't help that the dog is a favorite of working class and poor communities. Part of the issue is class identification. I see that changing in my neighborhood. [/quote]

NP but they should be banned as a breed like they are in New Zealand, Brazil, Belgium, Canada, France, Finland, Denmark, Poland, Norway, and Puerto Rico.[/quote]

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