Well I gotta tell you, my son bought Goliath as a puppy 1.5 years ago, without my knowledge. They are illegal to own in Dade county so I gave him a choice, either get rid of the dog or move out. He moved out on his own and has dramatically changed his life for the better.

Goliath is the sweetest thing. He plays with my 16 year old dog, shared his food, never has exhibited one aggressive tendency, other than destroying every ball he sees.

On the other hand, my son went out and got another one, Leonidis, who feels the need to own everything. They go at it from time to time over toys,food, etc...

I don't think Leo is a bad dog, he's just wired differently. At 6 months, he tries to have sex with anything. Goliath does nothing like that.

I sure can't explain it. But I will tell you that I love my pit and have no issues with him playing with kids, once his initial exuberance goes away after meeting them.

I know I said mine. The 2 were fighting enough that I told my son he was going to come home to a bloody house and told him to give me Goliath and try and sell the other one. That's not gonna happen, so I am "stuck" with a brindle pit.

While I know they are illegal in Dade county, I keep him in the yard most of the time and plan on registering him as a staffordshire terrier in case anyone comes snooping around. Lot's of people, cops included, do it.

As for Vick, he is an ahole who deserved what he got. I read an article that claimed he and his cronies would put the pits in a fighting cage. The ones that fought, and showed aggression, were treated great. The ones that WOULD NOT FIGHT were the ones that were tortured, abused, killed, etc....

As part of his plea deal, he was to provide alomost 1 million dollars to care for, rehabilitate, house and in the cases where there was no hope for rehabilitation, euthanize the dogs found on his property.

Most of the dogs that were found had either been tortured, exposed to fighting and were traumatized. The organization that handled them has managed to rehabilitate most of them for adoption to loving families, all of which had experiences with Pits before, and knowing their past, STILL adopted them.

While all breeds have certain dogs that are born ornery, like humans, I have grown to understand that in most cases, it all depends on how they are bred, and more importantly, raised.

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