Protection: It's what Rottweilers were bred for, pit bulls were bred to fight. It's been bred into them over successive generations. It's very, very difficult to train out, you'd be much better off attempting to breed the tendencies out over successive generations.
sas Scott A. Stewart ColdFusion Developer GNSI 11820 Parklawn Dr Rockville, MD 20852 (301) 770-9610 -----Original Message----- From: G [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 2:43 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Lunch! Well, I personally would never own one of these breeds......but some possible answers to your questions: > Why the HELL would anyone have a dog that will turn on you like that? Protection. It's what the dogs were bred for > > And why is it always the same breeds that do this? Because it is bred into them. Animals have the same nature vs. nurture struggle as we do. As weegs knows, even with all of his nurturing efforts, he has to be careful...because that natural instinct is still buried underneath there somewhere. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:194836 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
