>-> Geez, I just got a couple of .jpg's in email showing a pit bull that had b
 > een
 >-> so incautious as to take on a porcupine. His face is entirely occluded by
 >-> spines.  Maybe he'll be a little more polite, next time.

 > Doubtful.
 > Pit Bull's appear to be virtually immune to pain under
 > most
 > circumstances.

 > My own stood there being shredded by a feral cat until
 > I
 > drove it off.

 > Attacked viciously by a very nasty Pit Bull and
 > seriously injured
 > my dog appeared unaffected in demeanor.

 > These dogs raised to be mean can and will continue to
 > fight even after
 > mortally wounded.

That's interesting.  I've read rather recently that in humans, blondes tend
to feel pain more than brunettes. Maybe these dogs' insensitivity to pain
is part of the reason they can be trained as fighting dogs.

 >
 > OTOH my friend when stepping on a sand spur will lift
 > his foot and wait
 > for me to extract it, go figure.

I used to have a dog that would bare her teeth and daintily pick sand spurs
out of people's pant legs.

---