-> On (11 Sep 05) WAYNE CHIRNSIDE wrote to CINDY HAGLUND...
->  WC> Anyone with a lick of sense should realize the Pit Bull need be no
->  WC> more dangerous than any other dog.
->  WC>
->  WC> It's all in how it's trained.
->  WC> First it's a canine with canine instincts which includes the instinct
->  WC> to seek or try to be the pack leader, this cannot be allowed to
->  WC> happen.
->  WC>
->  WC> The owner must establish him or herself as the pack leader first,
->  WC> only then can you allow yourself to make the dog your friend.

-> You might want to elaborate on methodology -- I can see a certain
-> mindset of pitbull owners interpreting the above as "beat hell out of
-> the puppy to force submissiveness" :(

I've *never* struck my dog and in any case a Pit would not feel it
except emotionally.

It's so simple.
First you treat the dog as a canine and *then* as your friend.
An author just published "The Dog Whisperer" which spells this out in
detail.

Hell, my sister's neutered Labrador went for my throat twice while my
Pit's total accumulated offenses over 14 years has been getting into
the kitchen trash 6 times in 14 years.

My Pit is better trained than the majority of all canines
and as such extremely low maintanance and very accomidating.

Think about it for a minute, do you really think a Pit Bull's brain
differs from any other dog's brain in any substancial way?

It's man that's bred the bred to be tough as nails but that needn't
mean they must be mean.

I'll stand my Pit against ANY dog and be confident he's the least
aggressive of the bunch. 
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