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The Staffordshire can be a loving pet but has been corrupted in many corners by bad "street" breeding and training, which exploits the dog's incredible jaw strength and tenacity of fight. I work with K9s and am especially cautious around the Pits that occasionally train with our shepherds and Malinois. Any Pits I see on the street when I'm walking my shepherd, I avoid. (It's my experience anyway that 90% of people walking big dogs with aggressive potential have no real control over them.) My buddy, an LAPD K9 trainer, was attacked on the street by a pit while walking his Malinois. He managed to kick the dog into submission. It was the only way. You don't want them to get their bite "set." He warned the owner several times to get the dog under control, but the man had no clue.