Letters to the Editor
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Can't stand dogs
I don't like dogs. In fact, I hate everything involved with dog ownership. They're needy. I refuse to deal with crap. And I've been chased far too often on my morning runs (bitten by the notorious golden retriever).
But pit bull "problems" are caused by owners, not the dogs. I shared a house with a roommate and his pit bull, Sugar, for one year. The dog was a complete sissy. She would just kind of hang around all day, and would maybe rest her head in your lap as you tried to read a book.
Sure, there was some violence. The most striking example being the time Sugar got out of the car when we visited my office. She walked up to an alley cat who happened to have a bundle of kittens. The next several minutes involved corralling a screaming dog as it ran away from a ten-pound cat. Yes: a killer, born and bred.
This is about jerks with pit bulls, not the breed itself.