I asked other half what his opinion was on Pit Bulls. He told me the story of the one he owned. Kind and gentle. His was a Staffordshire?

When I see a story on TV, BY accident, about dogs mauling, my heart goes out to the child, man, woman etc. No matter what, a piece of that same heart goes out to the animal responsible for the mauling. They showed the dog after the attack and he was just looking "normal?"

Would I own a Pit Bull? No, never. I am sorry. Too afraid.

I owned a beautiful smart Black Labrador Retriever. Grew up with the kids, and would protect me or them IF and only IF he sensed danger, which was once and that was a warning growl to someone who approached me at night from across the street.

One day, Sparky turned on me, for no reason. No one believed me and when my boyfriend(we both owned Sparky)tried to approach him, he bit his arm and ripped his pant leg. He looked savage.I watched it happen.

I immediately called the vet who said, put him down, he has a brain tumor. The rest is sad history.(20 years ago)

I can't help but wonder. Maybe this is what happens to certain breeds of pit bulls?

Surely someone would have figured this out by now, if it were true, don't you think?

Sparky went for a ride in the truck and was as normal as he was all of his life, 10 minutes after the attacks on us.

I am glad I started this Topic. It has been informative as I hoped.

I am going to continue to do more research, but I wonder...i just wonder.

chick