Our shelter also, three-quarters of the dogs are pitbulls or pit mixesfrom the south. And I see people walking them. We had many fewer pitbulls in town ten years ago.
I’m down South and there are a lot of dog fighters in the area. They pay people, usually meth heads, to steal small dogs from people to use as bait. The meth heads will even break into houses or grab them out of your fenced yard. It’s a big business here and our sheriff doesn’t care. Not enough money in raiding dog fighters I guess.
The dog fighters are skin head types or black. Most I have seen are white with tats all over their bodies. Blacks are dripping with bling but there aren’t as many of them in rural TN.
I have three small dogs in the house, and I put cameras up inside and out just in case. My daughter lives next door with two hounds outside that bark. She works from home and her office window faces my house. So far nobody has tried to get mine, but they won’t like what happens if they do.
Our shelter sends them up North if they aren’t aggressive or been taught to fight. In that case, they euthanize them.