Your right bea the only reason they banned those dogs is because of the owners and the humains think its not there fault its the dog! Well they are rong.

Hi I am new and I just wanted to give my opinion on pit bulls! They are the most loyal dogs ever they have no problems what so ever if you are a good trainer of course and know how to handle them. The only reson pit attack is because of the owner who did nt train well there dog or because they only trained them to fight so thats how the attacks begin. I think pit bulls are the sweetest pets ever! When I was four years old I meat this super gentle pit bull and from that day on I always loved them. They only have a bad rep because of there owners who cant control them.

Ohh, okay. That's good :)

No, she only puts her away in a room when my mom is around, any other time my dad and I are playing fetch and the like with Harley.

Your aunt is going to turn that dog into a hyperactive, aggressive dog that dislikes strangers if she keeps locking it away from living beings.

My aunt owns a labrador/pit-bull mix named Harley, and she is one of the sweetest dogs I know, but my mom doesn't think the same. My 12 year old sister was messing around with Harley's treats and bones, and was teasing her with them. Not like holding it right out of your reach teasing, like shoving it in the dog's face teasing. Harley got really excited I guess, (because she didn't get mad) and tried to grab a bone that was moving around in the air. She missed, and bit my sister's lip. My sister had to go get stitches, and Harley had to be shut up in a room away from people for two weeks. Now, everytime we visit family, Harley has to be locked up in a room away from everybody else because my mom is concerned that Harley will rip our faces off. :/<br /> <br /> I really do not agree with my mom. It was obviously my sister's fault for messing with Harley, and it makes me mad everytime my mom says something like this:<br /> "Harley only attacked *my sister's name* because she is part pit-bull."

<b>they should start banning more people from owning them [...] you needed a license for specific breeds [...] actually put people in jail or gave them decent fines for failing to own the proper things</b><br /> <br /> This is in place in my city and it doesn't work. All this does is keep responsible dog owners from keeping them, it does not and WILL NOT keep animal abusers from owning these dogs. I know many people who have yards and yards and yards of dogs (seriously, like 30 dogs in a yard!) and <b>nobody knows any better</b>. In my city, if you own a dog that looks like APBT you have to prove it was born before the law was put into place and if you can't, it gets put to sleep. If you can, it has to wear a muzzle at all times, has to be controlled by someone 16 or older at all times, you have to get a $1,000,000 public liability thing, you have to register it as a dangerous dog, license it as a dangerous dog, get it neutered/spayed, put up dangerous dog signs, etc... <b>and I still know of people who own APBT and don't have any of the above</b>.<br /> <br /> Banning a breed/banning people from owning a breed only makes it so that the serious animal abusers get their hands on the breed, these people will im-port (sorry, chatfilter deleted that word > :I) dogs from other countries for their purposes, it is NOT just an "in my backyard" type of deal, it's all over the world and banning the breed simply does not stop these abusers from getting their hands on the dogs. It's just like banning drugs or guns. Drugs are illegal, guns without a license are illegal..... do people still do drugs and shoot guns unlicensed? :P Yes... but what kind of people are the people who do this?

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To answer the question, No I don't think it's right to ban a breed just because of people who have no idea what they're doing.<br /> <br /> The way I see it no matter what it used to be bred for or anything a breed isn't bad.. it's based on the people who own and raise the dogs within that breed...<br /> <br /> My brother has raised, trained and bred Pit Bulls and other so called 'dangerous' breeds for years and has not had a single problem with any of his own dogs simply because he knows what he's doing.. and these are dogs raised around other animals and young children...So I can safely say it's due to the owners not the dogs<br /> <br /> Honestly instead of just banning a breed completely they should start banning more people from owning them, Personally I feel if they just monitored owners maybe even made it so you needed a license for specific breeds and breeding licenses and actually put people in jail or gave them decent fines for failing to own the proper things then things would be a lot better for everyone... and just for an fyi I didn't read any of the posts below so yeah if I just repeated stuff there's why but that's my opinion..

To be quite honest (and I expect others to disagree with me), personal experiences in this type of subject don't really hold any water.<br /> <br /> I can say "I dislike Pit Bulls, one barked at me and scared my dog" and people will say "well you're summing up the breed based on one dog and one situation!" but in the same turn, going on to say "I like Pit Bulls, one licked my face and wouldn't hurt a fly".<br /> <br /> It doesn't hold any water :P Especially when we're discussing a dog that was bred to do what it does to this day, does it well, and gets hated on for it.<br /> At the end of the day, people will still say "so-and-so's Pit Bull is sweet as can be" and another person will say "my neighbour's Pit Bull bit me", and even still.... it will still revolve back to applying morals to dogs, which simply does not work.<br /> <br /> (Morals being "Pit Bulls are evil", "Pit Bulls are bloodthirsty", "Pit Bulls like killing people", "Pit Bulls are mean", etcetcetc)<br /> <br /> Don't even get me started on "nanny dogs". I have not found one credible source that is proof of "nanny dogs".

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<i>I do not think Shar-Peis are sweet at all. A stray Shar Pei attacked my German Shepherd and I during a walk, and my Shepherd didn't even fight back, she just cowered down in terror.</i><br /> <br /> You basically just summed up the reason why most people hate pitbulls. Because one thing happened, you automatically judge the breed.<br /> <br /> I have a shar pei mix next door to me. the most he does is bark.<br /> <br /> Plus the dog was a STRAY. Meaning he lived on his own and maybe had to fight to survive.