# Pit Bulls (continued)

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [October 8, 2013, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-bulls-continued/670714 "2013-10-08T19:18:35Z")\
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> [@Lydia\_Phalfav](#):
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> No, it’s grounded purely in common sense.

Wrong.

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> There is absolutely no reason to have a pit bull. The dog in the Little Rascals is a completely different animal today.  
> People aren’t breeding them near as much as family dogs now as they are for fighting. If you pick one up at the shelter, you run a very high risk of having a dog bred for gameness than a docile, family-oriented background.

See, here’s one example of ignorance and stupidity: dogs identified as a “pit bull” are often (usually?) something else entirely. Including in shelters. Which typically euthanize problem dogs before they’re adopted out.

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> extremely unpredictable breed

And there’s another: dogs do not simply snap and attack with no warning. Many idiots don’t know a warning when they see one.

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