IS IT THE BREED OR THE OWNER?

[cscamp77]

In my opinion, it's 99% the owner and maybe 1% genetics. Not the breed but the genetic makeup of the dog related to continuous line breeding (inbreeding). I personally own 2 pit bulls, a 7 yo male who we adopted at 4 months and a 2 yo male we adopted at 2 months.  My older dog came to us TERRIFIED of children and men with beards. He has never hurt anyone, but he has hurt himself trying to get away from kids! I have no idea what happened to him, but he is a loving and wonderful dog and he is fine with 1 child who is not being loud. As responsible dog owners, we avoid situations where he is exposed to these things that make him nervous. My other dog loves everyone!

I bring up genetics because I have known personally 2 different families who had dogs who snapped for no reason after having them for years. One was a pit bull and the other a pit bull/american bulldog mix. Both of these dogs had been line bred repeatedly. Never a good idea!

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