Quote Originally Posted by Poultrygeist
The dog park where we belong will no longer accept Pits and Rotties as there have been too many instancies of attacks on other dogs. I love all dogs and have fostered Pits but Cesar is correct in calling them a "gladiator breed". It's so instictive for them to go for the throat in play with other dogs. My Golendoodle will cower to a Pit half his size.
Yes, these breds have been bred for aggression. Granted, good training can greatly mitigate the natural tendancy.

But that's the other side of the problem: too many self-imagined machos buy these breds and actually foster rather than suppress aggressive tendancies in their dogs. This brings to mind the situation with guns and gun legislation: "Guns don't kill people, people kill people!" ...