As far as I am concerned it is 100% the owner's responsibility to train any dog. If you are inexperienced with this particular breed, DO NOT GET ONE. That is the first mistake of ANY dog owner--of ANY BREED. Dogs are NOT for everyone. I become extremely irritated when I hear irrational comments and stereotypes about Pits. No one speaks of Pomeranians that maul to death infants...or wolf hybrids who attack by-standers....or Akitas and Chow Chows that are notorious for tearing apart children as well as adults. Every year over 2,000 kids are killed by their own parents but only 3 a year are killed by Pit Bulls.

No one speaks of Helen Keller, Thomas Edison, Theodore Roosevelt, and Michael J. Fox all own[ed] Pit Bulls....not to mention the countless police forces that used them to aid in rescue-search missions, etc. I believe there needs to be harsher legislation for those who participate in dog fighting and other vicious activities....maybe this breed would not be so horrendous if we tied a tighter leash law around the owners and let these dogs be dogs. And for those of us that KNOW how to handle this breed, do not tell me who can or can not be a member of my family.