Nick wrote >>I relaxed a great deal about pits after reading an article citing >> statistics >> that made it clear that *owners* are far more responsible for their >> dogs' >> behavior than I had imagined before becoming a dog owner
>Nick, if you can remember where you read that, there's someone at my >work who might be very grateful. Charlie. Hey Charlie, These sites may not answer all your questions, but hanging out with some folks doing obedience with AmStaffs (aka- pit bulls), they told me that they were bred to be protectors for children of wealthy, so the dog would change allegiance from the trainer to the children it spent time with and always be protective of them. (not sure that was the primary reason based on these sites)..... _http://www.akc.org/breeds/american_staffordshire_terrier/history.cfm_ (http://www.akc.org/breeds/american_staffordshire_terrier/history.cfm) _http://www.akc.org/breeds/american_staffordshire_terrier/did_you_know.cfm_ (http://www.akc.org/breeds/american_staffordshire_terrier/did_you_know.cfm) One of the articles I used to have the reference for, (but I can't find it now) was one that noted percentage wise there are "most frequent bites" per dog in toy dogs, most numerous bites in shepards/goldens/labs because of sheer numbers and fewest/most news in the "big" dogs. 10 years ago when I was more active, the Akita/Ridgeback folks were really tightening up on dog owners and monitoring breeding. I don't watch that much of the dog whisperer, but one common theme that permeates most responsible dog ownership is the concept of owners being the alpha dog in all cases. Glad I had puppy class and obedience training for my rotties since I certainly didn't learn alpha dog stuff from our childhood "pomapoo". It was work through my male's "adolescence" :-) Dee **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004) _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
