Originally Posted by WarChild

You'll notice that almost uniformly Veterinarians oppose breed ban legislation, noting it's ineffectiveness. My sister who is a critical care Veterinary surgeon, and knows a thing or two about dogs, would argue that pit bulls are no more genetically presdisposed to violence than any other dogs.

That being said, different breeds of dogs do behave differently. Some tend to have higher prey drives, others higher defensive drives and still others tend to have stubborn or bully like personalities.

Working Dogs, like Rottweilers, German Sheppards, Doberman, etc tend to almost always have very high prey drives. If something runs passed them, they're going to chase it. COuld be a ball, a stick, or a running playing child. It's all game on for them. That's why these dogs need to always be supervised and trained well.

Rottweilers and Pittbulls also tend to be dominate and stubborn. They're unlikely to be submissive to a strange dog, and they'll gladly fight to sort it out. It's natural pack behavior. You have to keep dogs with these types of personalities, especially in same sex matched pairs, seperated and contained.