Originally Posted by Trigger

My only point is that not all of them are violent unruly dogs. My dog is one of the only dogs I have ever seen that will take a dog treat I am holding with my teeth, and not rip my face off. My father has hated dogs as long as I can remember. When he visited last year I came home to find him sitting on the couch propped up on 90lb pit bull he just met. They were both happy. He asks me about the dog everytime he calls.

As for biting pressure I can still not find any hard numbers. This link: http://www.nyx.net/~mbur/apbtfaqfaq.html is the only thing I can find. It seems to me it would be extremely hard to test (like why is the dog biting? where is it measured?). I would still be very surprised if it was much higher than other breeds. Maybe versus the dogs weight, but I have a hard time believing a bull mastiff (think Hooch) doesn't bite as strong as a pit.

Let me ask you this: If these people (dogfighters, morons) that want a tough mean dog cant get pit bulls what will they do? They will train other breeds to do what they want. Dogs can be trained for anything, they just want to make owners happy. Unfortunatly pits are perfect for these people. I believe if it was'nt pits it would be something else.

There are a few other breeds that look (and act) very similar Staffordshire is the main one. Are these to be banned too?

Of course banning them entirely is the easiest way, just not the right way.
Anybody watch that show animal police on animal planet. Do you see how these "people" treat the dogs, and make them fight, its horrible. And alot of times in places they are already banned. Imagine that, a criminal breaking several laws at a time. Not to mention they probably stole the dog in the first place.

Anyway I respect everyones opinion, if you've had a bad experience I'm sorry. All I can do is hold myself responsible for my own dogs.