I grew up in a house where we had every kind of dog under the sun labs, shepards, rotties, even a wolf, but I was never allowed a pitbull. I ended up with a pitbull by chance when I was 19 and had my own place. I fell in love hard and I have never had any other kind of breed since. My first pitbull Chopper got alot of dirty looks & negative comments. One day while at the river a two year old got swept out into the current & out of every dog there labs, goldens, sheps ect, my pitbull was the only one that swam out after him. He pulled him back to shore by his diaper & licked his face franticly.(Some vicious killer). I have had 3 more pits since, one of which was rescued from terrible abusive conditions & have never had an aggression issue with any. In fact I have a big 85 pound pit & he was scared of my mouse & wont go near the ferrets at the pet store. All my pits have been great with kids & all other animals. In fact my first pit changed my families minds now all my siblings own one & my mom wants one. Please dont judge pits by the bull the media feeds you. Go out of your way to meet one & fall in love for yourself.