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Originally Posted by dig420
Someone who loves Pits knows that you can never have them around other dogs. A well educated Pit owner knows that you can never even have two pits. Your best chance is a male-female pair but even then it's risky, they're just not safe around dogs PERIOD. People yes, other dogs NO.
Pits are a big responsibility, it's too bad that there is no way to make sure that only responsible people get pits.
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Wrong, they have to be socialized as a puppy and they'll be fine. Amstaffs and Pit Bulls are great dogs but they do take a special owner. I own 2 amstaffs and 2 blues. My dogs are all very sociable and never ever been aggressive. The trick is socializing them as puppies and being firm with them but not tough. The mistake people make is thinking that yelling or hitting a dog teaches them not to do something and that type of tough love training brings out the worst in these breeds. I take my dogs to the dog park everyday and they play with all the local dogs and there's never been a problem. In fact there's a little miniature pinscher down there that regularly punks my dogs and rules the park. Its all about constant socializing and training.