We have a pit/red heeler mix and he is the sweetest dog ever. Guess you never know.
Here he is as a puppy.
Here he is as an adult.
One problem is pits are probably the most misidentified breed out there. I have seen many articles about pit bull attacks with photos of dogs that looked nothing like a real pit. Many times if a large dog with an ugly head bites anyone it is immediately called a pit. Not too long ago there was an article about 2 pits attacking a child and the animal control folks said the dogs were not pits so the paper did a retraction. Most of the time there is no correction if the dog isn’t really a pit.
I notice on your list there are several that are listed as pit bull type- what is with that word “type” are they or aren’t they?
I have been around pits all my life and have never seen a mean one. I know there are mean ones, I am not saying that- just I have not seen one in person. We only owned one dog that was mean and she was a red heeler.
Some people shouldn’t own any type of dog- they either won’t make them mind or make them mean on purpose through abuse/neglect/stupidity. I think there are a lot of issues in cities because of irresponsible owners. Dogs of any kind should not be loose- ever where others live.
The other issue is in my opinion no dog large enough to cause serious injury should ever be trusted around small children or the elderly and no dog should be trusted around babies. Any dog that is dangerous needs to be put down, period end of story.
We have a pit/red heeler mix and he is the sweetest dog ever. Guess you never know.
Here he is as a puppy.
Here he is as an adult.