I have a sweet Yorkie and have to remember the bite out of my leg was by a large dog and big dogs are not all sweet and neither are these pit bulls. How much on average does a pit bull weigh and how tall are they? My Yorkie is 5 lbs.
My neighbors half pit bull bit my foot and would not let me move. I was frozen. He kept growling and coming closer. Owner had trouble getting him to respond and let me go. I now keep a gun in my pocket all times when in my yard
I find the little yappy dogs to be more of a problem than big dogs (pits excepted).
Of course Labs, Goldens and many others are quite sweet. Especially if properly trained to be out in public.
“Pit bulls” cover a lot of sub breeds and mixes and can weigh any where from a petite 30 lbs to a all muscle 80lbs. And there are American Bulldogs that get thrown in too.
We own an 85 lb Black Lab/Golden Retriever mix and a pit bull attacked my dog while we were out on a walk one night.
The owner was able to get their dog off of mine, but not before she got bit up and had to have over $1000 worth of vet bills. The owner apologized and paid, but I won’t go past their house with my dog.
Having said that, another dog, a pit bull/terrier mix is my dogs best buddy and they play and get along fine. Some dogs are just nasty and aggressive. No clue why.
Many of them are not at all small. Of course there are many larger dogs.
A real pit bull is a large dog. A reported pit bull is a different kind of animal, usually a dog, and can be any size.