Val I respect you because you are a big animal rights kind of person, but if you go on the internet and pull up bite ratios of different breeds of dogs you will find that pitts are NOT first on the list. It is the chihuahua, poms and other toy breeds that are at the top of the list. Hell even german shepherds are above pitts. I will admit that my pitt is not allowed the children when I or my husband are not in the yard with them. And we have to chain him when we are not home because he will jump the fence because he wants human companionship. He is a GREAT dog, we got him because the original owner wanted to find a good home for him and everyone that wanted him wanted to fight him and he did not want that for Jasper.......So instead of selling him like he could have he opted to give him to us.