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Originally Posted by ottopottomouse
I've got a Staffordshire Bull Terrier.
Too friendly with people - she would probably lick someone to death rather than bite them.
She is OK around children and very tolerant of being poked but there's no way I would leave her around kids unsupervised.
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And odds are that dog will never, ever be aggressive towards those kids. I was simply saying that sometimes animals lose control and lash out. When I was a kid we had a St. Bernard. He was huge, gentle and my brother and I played with him every day. Then one day when he was about five years old for no reason at all, out of the blue, he bit my brother on the face. Luckily it wasn't that bad. My brother was just standing there, not even touching or paying attention to the dog that was standing next to him and bam, the dog bit him. Had it been a pit bull that decided to lock its jaws the damage could have been devastating.
I know there are tons of pits that never to anything and the breed has a bad rep that might be undeserved, but for me I would never take the chance just in case. After all, it is an animal so you can never be 100% sure.