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Originally Posted by scott1
They mix w/ Boxer or other breeds to make them aggro.
This is simply untrue. When two dogs that are different breeds are bred you don't get a 50/50 mix of the qualities. If this were the case everybody would breed a great dane and a doberman. You could get a dog that looked like a huge doberman but had no dobe qualities at all, or vice versa.
Pit Bulls are working dogs. They need exercise, discipline, and they need to keep their mind occupied. So if the owners aren't doing that the dog is going to go crazy.
Now we add in the fact that they were original bred for bull baiting, so it is natural for them to be aggressive towards other animals.
I wouldn't be surprised to learn from the OP that the woman walking her dog was not controlling her dog properly.
(Side Story)
I grew up around and raised dobermans. I've since trained working class breeds by helping owners learn what they need to do to balance their dog out. Now we ALWAYS train our dobes to sit whenever other dogs were around and they weren't leashed. I still remember and incident to this day where our female was at the vet. There was a smaller dog who got away from his owner and he found his way into our room. The small dog got real fierce and was practically asking to get killed. Soon after the owner comes in and literally stands there for 30 secs telling us how cute this little rat is as he continued to bark and antagonize our dobe.
Now replace my dobe with an improperly trained pit, and the pit attacks the small dog (only because the pit feels threatened) while the woman stands there explaining how cute the dog is. And it will ALWAYS be the more aggressive dogs fault. Pits are no different than any other working class breed, when properly trained they are the best/loyal dogs in the world.