Don't deny a breed's hereditary traits

In my opinion, anyone who denies the possibility of dog aggression in a pit bull, or who sugar coats them and acts like they are short haired muscular Golden Retrievers, is only hurting the breed. No, every pit bull will not be dog aggressive. But the chances of them becoming so at some point in their lives are much higher than of a Golden.

You can't take hundreds of years of breeding for a specific trait and just ignore it. Do you expect a border collie not to herd? A hound not to smell/ hunt? A greyhound not to chase small animals? A retriever not to retrieve?

No, not every example of those breeds will have the traits as strongly as others, but unless they are very poorly bred they will usually have something. When pit bulls originated, if they didn't have any dog aggression, they weren't bred. Nowadays they are bred no matter what, but a trait that was that specifically selected for for that long does not just disappear.

NOTE: I am NOT talking about human aggression. Totally different ballgame, and NO pit bull should be human aggressive. They ARE intelligent enough to know the difference...

Keep your pets warm!

Please, please tell me why anyone would get an extremely short-haired dog and leave it outside it's whole life? Some breeds have 1/4" of hair at the most and no undercoat. That would be like us sleeping outside year round with only a thin sweatshirt on....

If you want an outside dog, please get one that has been bred to withstand the below freezing temperatures we have in Indiana, one with a longer coat and an undercoat to keep them warm! Not to mention giving it a warm shelter to get into and straw for bedding to keep it warm and dry. Blankets get soaked, get pulled out of the house, freeze and often do more harm than good.

Animals also need lots more food than normal in the winter, as they burn many more calories trying to stay warm than they do in the summer.

So many people have pit bulls, little terriers, hounds and other short haired breeds that suffer through the whole winter, shivering and freezing and being soaked in the rain and snow. Little to no shelter, no bedding, chained or kenneled out in a solid mud pit with only a bowl of cheap food to eat (which is mostly corn and doesn't help the matter) and often no thawed water to drink.

How can anyone justify treating a living creature that way? Animals feel cold and discomfort just as much as we do. If you don't care enough to provide proper housing and food for your pet or animal, PLEASE DO NOT GET ONE!!!!