Originally Posted by rip raster

I agree with you on the fact of what they were originally bred for, and with that said you must also know that they were bred to be compliant with people so that they would not attack the referee during a dog fight. Any dog that attacked a ref was usually destroyed.

At one time I may have agreed with you about training instinct or genetic traits out of a dog but I have seen first hand in more than one occasion that it can be done, I don't believe that it can be done with every dog but you have to look at each dog as an individual and not at the breed as a whole. I know that pits typically have a strong prey drive, mine with proper socialization and training won't even chase small animals like squirrels, birds etc. if anything he is curious as to what they are but never chases them.

You have to understand they are extremely intelligent animals mine even knows the names of my friends, if a bunch of us are sitting around and I tell him to go over and see "insert name" he will go over to see that person. He never ceases to amaze me with what he can learn and things that he picks up on his own.