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Here is the problem with pitbulls.

Sporting dogs have a job. In modern life, they can no longer do their job but they have other outlets:

• Huskies were meant to run as fast as they could pulling sleds, so now huskies run around the yard or get the zoomies.
• Labradors were meant to find ducks or other game that their owner shot, and retrieve it to them (a retriever, get it?) without hurting the toy. So now labradors fetch toys and balls.
• Some little dogs like yorkies were meant to kill rats and mice. Watch the little guys play with their toys, they bite on them and shake their heads violently, like they would to kill a rat.

Guess what is the one breed without a job? Pitbulls.

Pitbulls were bred from the original English bulldogs (not the current ones). Bulldogs were blood sport dogs, their "job" was to get thrown into a pit with bulls and fight to death. It wasn't a fair fight, of course, it'd be one bull vs many bulldogs. In the process, the bull would lower his head and horn the pitbull, killing it and/or sending it flying. The key to victory for the dogs was to bite on the bull's nose when it'd lower its head and then hold on for dear life (this is why modern pitbulls "bite and don't let go").

Adding to the trouble, another ancestor of the pitbull was the fighting dogs of England, that fought other dogs (not bulls). Their one job was to fight to the death, and explosiveness was key (this is why modern pitbulls seem chill and suddenly they go crazy and attack with no warning)

The other pit bull ancestor was the now extinct black and tan terrier/ B&T terriers were hardy, fast and they had immense prey drive, since they were hunting dugs (this is why modern pitbulls go after small dogs and children)

Add the 3 different kinds of dog in 1 same gene pool and you get a conflicted breed that doesn't know what the fuck it's supposed to do. But worse than that, it doesn't know how to find another outlet since maiming or killing things after a fight doesn't have a substitute.