Nobody seemed to be disturbed by the fact that the drugs were found under the baby? I guess the baby is guilty by association? Or does everyone expect there to be a baby in close proximity to the drugs?

Please! Do not suggest that pits attend dog parks. Most pit websites say "no dog parks for pits".

This is because there is no way to anticipate when rough play or a simple squabble can escalate into a blood bath. GOOD pit bulls do feel good while mauling, because that is what pits were selectively bred, over 200 years, to do.

The UKC was founded in 1898 to register the pit bull, The American Pit Bull Terrier. AKD American Staffordshire Terriers are sometimes dual registered as AST. The UKC "wrote the book" on dog fighting/pit contests. Pits are the best at dog fighting. Proof is that essentially ALL US dog fighters use only pits.

The traits that make pits the best fighters is the "good" pit bull behavior to not need a reason to attack, to not try to avoid a confrontation and to not give warning before attacking, to immediately do damage, to not stop even if the other submits, yelps uncle, is down/dying (most non-fighting dogs stop attacking if the other submits, often without severe injury) to not stop fighting even after suffering severe injury themselves. Kick an attacking border collie and she yelps and immediately retreats. Kick an attacking "good" pit bull and he won't even flinch.

Unless you wish to support dog fighting and thug ownership of pits, let's stop breeding pits. They suffer too from their man-made handicaps.

Ban pit breeding and sale. Let pits mercifully become extinct.

Most pts are not pets, but weapons or buglary devices, as this article mentions. Therefore, their welfare is not of importance. Therefore they are usually not spayed/neutered. Therefore they are breeding and dying like flies; they fill our pounds where they must be killed by the ton, if only to empty runs for the next swarm of pits to enter the pound.

The current pit bully people do not care about pitbulls/ dog welfare, just at the original pit men did not care about pitbulls. They enjoyed watching their "kill or die trying" pits battle each other. They current pit bully people accept the current disproportionate dog suffering and death both caused by and suffered by pits.

Pit bully people only care about themselves and their ability to breed/acquire/own the dog of their choice. Suffering and dead dogs? "What problem?", say the pit bully people.

The two comments above are the most moronic statements. It's close minded individuals like you that don't understandable breed and feed the wrong public perception. I grew up with Rottweilers who were the pit bulls of the 80's. I just inherited a 7 month old PB puppy from my daughter that couldn't keep her. She's been w us since 10 wks old. We have 4 cats that kick her ass all over this house. She has never once bit them. I have a 2 1/2 yr old grandbaby. Callie sleeps with her from the time she goes down til she wakes up to watch over her. She will bark & go to the door when someone knocks just as my Rottweilers did. They walked all over my farm w me. These dogs have protective instincts as any dog does but their first instinct is not to attack & win anything. Get your facts straight and learn about the breed before you start spouting incorrect information as a fact.

Debbie Bell should learn something about Pit Bulls before spouting her thoughts. Her comments are inappropriate and incorrect. It's so sad that people like her are the ones that are harming the reputation of Pit Bulls. We need more people who are willing to open their hearts and homes and adopt these dogs so they can live normal lives. My son has adopted two Pits in the last three years and has three small children who adore them. They would have been put down had he not saved them and made them part of his family. Shame on Debbie and people who think like her.
Janet S.

Debbie Bell, Please take a few moments to educate yourself. Please go to the Animal Farm foundation website and read read, read. www.animalfarmfoundation.org
I am a proud person who sleeps with two Pit Bulls. I know my dogs well and treat them as individuals, as I would any dog of any breed I would ever own One should never assume any dog is friendly, and one should never use general statements concerning any breed. If you read national statistics, you will find the truth. If you continue to live in your own reality, please don't repeat non-truths.

Thank you, Lynn, for your kind words. The handsome boy pictured in this article has a sweet and largely submissive disposition. He happens to be good friends with my pit, Chien Na Wei. The most important things for pits are exercise, discipline and affection. Given plenty of each, they can be wonderful, loyal and affectionate dogs.

'Debbie Bell' is obsessed with 'pit bulls' and posts the same nonsense on just about every news comment thread on the internet in any way connected with them. She's not going to educate herself folks, sorry.

I am just blown away by the stupidity of some people. Ms Bell, it is people like you that cause prejudice against animals and people alike. You obviously have not had contact with these dogs, who do make amazing pets. The reason they are used and abused so much is because of there good temperment, willingness to please their owners and high tolerance to pain. In a nutshell...they will die for their owners. They are the most loyal dogs in existance. Also if you want to talk history, they were also the original war heros and nanny dogs. Please don't insult the intelligence of the people who truly know what bully breeds are actually about, because of your uneducated vendetta against them

"Great article. I won't have any trouble selling my pit puppies now! I breed good game pits and sell them for lots of money. I don't care who I sell them too, just as long as I can rake in the cash. Of course I won't mention that if your pit ever gets loose and instinct meets opportunity, she just might kill your neighbor's dog. But of course, that won't matter to me. In fact I love thinking about fighting dogs. They are magnificent when using their punishing jaws. And pits being killed by the ton at pounds, that doesn't matter to me either. I know that way too many pits are being produced, but that's no skin off my back, as long as pit mongers keep writing articles like this. Hey, that's all part of the current pit situation and as long as no one blames me, the pit breeder, I'm on the top of the world. "--your pit breeders.

Wow. Ms. Bell is full on wackadoo. I guess she spends her days searching the word pitbull on the Internet and Patch sites. She didn't read our story. She doesn't live here. Coping and pasting her brand of wing-nuttery, all the live long day. What a sad little life.

I learned a long time ago... When you see crazy coming at you, cross the street.

Time for me to go walk my Acey on my side of the West Ward. <3

Ms Bell, I can assure you that myself, P Berger, and Tammy do not fit the image that you assert. I do not know the others who have commented here, but I do know Tammy and Patti. The pits that Patti and I adopted were from the local animal shelter, not a breeder. The dogs we've adopted have shown no aggression toward other animals or people. The shelter that we adopted the dogs from is very mindful about checking personal references, performing home inspections and doing all that can be done to assure the dogs are not going to be used for fighting and that the owners are able to properly care for them. The dogs are socialized with other animals at the shelter and the staff there works closely with adopting families to make sure they're going to loving, capable families.

Making such broad generalizations based solely on breed is as asinine as making generalizations about a person based on their complexion, nationality, religious beliefs, etc. making such generalizations is pathetic and very ugly. Run along now.

And one more thing: one of my coworkers is alive today because his pit bull woke him up in the middle of the night when the apartment building that he lived in was burning down. His dog led him safely out of the burning building.

Breed-specific legislation (BSL)
•In response to these statistics, many communities have enacted breed-specific legislation (BSL) that prohibits ownership of certain breeds, such as pit bulls, Rottweilers and others.
•Any breed of dog can bite, and research suggests BSL does little to protect the community from dog-bite incidents.
•In fact, BSL can often have unintended consequences -- such as black-market interest and indiscriminant breeding practices -- resulting in subsequent breed overpopulation that leads to increases in the number of homeless, stray and euthanized dogs.
•Enforcement of BSL has been shown to be very costly and extremely difficult to enforce. One county in Maryland spent more than $560,000 maintaining pit bulls (not including payroll, cross-agency costs and utilities), while fees generated only $35,000.5
•Responsible breeding and ownership, public education and enforcement of existing laws are the most effective ways of reducing dog bites.
•American Humane supports local legislation to protect communities from dangerous animals, but does not advocate laws that target specific breeds of dogs.

Pit bulls are the AR15's of the dog world. Just like gun advocates say that guns don't kill, pit bill owners say pit bulls aren't dangerous. But these dogs are still the most popular breed of choice when if comes to urban intimidation. WHY DO YOU THINK THAT IS??? Is everyone else other than "safe pit bull" owners stupid? Insurance companies have higher rates for homes with pit bulls. Why? The fact is, your dog doesn't have to be dangerous, because in general these dogs have the real potential to be dangerous. These conversations are real because the perceptions and the observations are real. Ppeople aren't making up these negative stereotypes. They exist. The more you people try to deny the negative behaviors of these animals, the worse it is going to get! Wake up! Something needs to be done! If I see someone walking down the street with a pit, I am changing sidewalks. Plane and simple. I don't care who you are. Just the Sam as if I see someone with a gun in their pocket, I don't want to be around them. I don't care who they may have saved or protected. Most of them just want to intimidate, and that is why they need to be watched.

My sister had a Bensji. Don't know what it is look it up. My bro-in-law who lived next to her has 2 pitbulls. One of these dogs bit 4 people numerous times while the other never did. The dog who bit not only bit me and my sister but bit my bro-in-laws daugher who was 4 at the time, my niece who was at least 6 at the time and almost bit my nephew who was a toddler. Take a guess which one?

Some compare the other breeds to the pit bulls. Even when Dobermans, GSD's, Rottweilers were the popular power dogs, chained outside, used as weapons, they NEVER killed neighbor and passerby dogs in the ways and numbers that pits do now.

One pit bully person, writing in defense of pit ownership, posted that, although he was opposed to dog fighting, he did think pits looked magnificent while fighting

Lady, read it again. I am telling you that the BENSJI is the one that was biting small children and it's own owners while the others did not. You are fighting against the breed of the dog when you need to fight against the people who do this to these poor dogs. They are good dogs and they protect their families as you would your own. The only reason those bites did not result a "chopter ride" is because we were there to throw him off. The stereotype of these dogs is nothing more than ignorance and is no different than the racism that occurs in our species. To assume that all of them are "bad" is to assume you know everything.

There is no reasoning with people like ms bell. People like her are the reason that pitties have a bad name and cause media frenzy. I did not invent...or just say the things I did. They are prooven facts. The comments and info ms bell is giving, is simple her entitled though sad opinion of a phenomenal breed of dog. Not fact. Being a dog lover, especially of bully breeds, I too would love for them to no longer be bred, because I see so many at the shelter, who are warm and loving dogs who were disregarded like garbage because of the anti pit people like ms bell who either won't allow them on their property, insure them or fear them in general because of all the fabricated or sensationalized media. Are the pits that don't like other animals or can be aggressive? Absolutely. Just like there are every other breed of dog. The difference being any other dog is not big news. Unlike ms bell, I work with pits many hours each week and the affection and loyalty given by most is amazing. I say most because dogs are individuals and there will always be some that don't fit the true mold....not the one painted by the clueless.

Pit Bulls are good animals but if they live in a bad enviroment and the owners ignore and treat them bad and train them to attack they will be vicious animals. You have to train them and yes they can make good pets but you have to train them. I know people dislike pits and are afraid of them but its the enviroment and the owner who makes them have either a good reputation or a bad reputation. I love animals a lot and yes i love pitbulls and I think they are misunderstood.