[unclebilly]

I agree whole heartedly on the advice to get a rescue. I also see some negative remarks about pitbulls and pitbull crosses. These are obviously from people who have never owned one.

Any dog, regardless of breed will behave based on how it has been raised, like people they are a product of their environments.

A dog who has been trained to attack or protect a grow show is more likely to hurt somebody than a family pet regardless of breed.

Heinz 57 dogs are way less prone to illness and cancer than purebred dogs are. This is a fact.

I wouldn't be afraid to have a pitbull cross or even a purebred pitbull if it was raised right (we had a cross and she was the best dog ever). The mailman used to come into our yard and pat her if she was outside - she was just that kind of dog.

Ignore the main stream media. When a pitbull bites somebody, it makes the news. When a golden lab bites someone, you never hear about it. It does happen. I used to be a paper boy when I was a kid and I was bitten by labs and poodles (family pets), never by a pitbull at a pot house (this was on Vancouver Island and there was more than one on my paper route).