That's so true. About the spiritus mundi in the doggy.
I cannot keep Bubba from birds. He somehow knows he is supposed to retrieve birds. Unfortunately, that is where his knowledge stops. He will not drop them or return them to master. He will carry them home and finally 'leave' when his father explains the situation to him.
The point is that Pit Bulls have a strain of madness and aggression. sometimes it never comes out during a dog's lifetime. Probably most times it doesn't.
But why take a chance on this breed when there are so many good dogs of all sizes and temperments in the world.
Don't end up being the granny who says, "Fang was always so sweet with my little Tommy. I don't understand why Fang decided to maim Tommy. Oh, well, Tommy is in a better place now."
I had adopted and old cockatiel.
It never had much human interaction and so was a challenge to get it to be friendly.
I gave it the run of my room and it used to fly around occassionally.
Sometimes it would land on the bed near my dog and he would just look at it.
One day I was crouched on the floor next to my dog when 'Birdee' swooped down and landed (crashed) on the floor right before us.
My dog lunged forward and the next thing I saw was the dog's closed mouth with a couple of feathers sticking out.
In retrospect it was funny. The dog had the look of 'okay what do I do now' about him.
I was very concerned and gave him the 'ptuii' command to drop it.
He opened his mouth and out hopped Birdee no worse for wear.
It was interesting that his instinct was to capture the bird yet he did so with a gentle mouth and he is not what is usually known as a bird dog.