I inherited a mix pit and something else maybe lab not a bad dog reasonable temper thanks again kids... one day I was going out to my car and there sitting next to my dog was a crop eared male pit that was twice the size of my dog. It got up and walked toward me as I headed to my car, I pulled my CCW Glock 19 and trained it on the dog, it closed on me, growled when it was about 5 foot away and launched itself. The 115 grain +P+ Federal HP entered its head directly between and just above the eyes and went straight down its neck into its body, the bullet did not exit and the dog landed at my feet quite dead. My neighbor a policeman told me the same dog had attacked him during his morning run and he pepper sprayed it. Drug folks raise them and then when they get mean or do something to the drug family often they take them out and just let them go.
I almost put down a pit in my driveway last summer. Everything happened very quickly and ended just as fast. Luckily the dog turned away before I got my 38 out of my pocket. I have had several run ins with this dog. The owners are trashy and breed these animals for money. Their dogs stay chained up in the front yard or in the back yard with no human interaction. The big male has been in my back yard twice after ripping through their wooden privacy fence. It's just a matter of time until something happens with their dogs. But, I don't blame the dogs for the neglect they receive from their owners. It is amazing that animal control has not taken the dogs away from them given the number of times they have dealt with these people and the obvious conditions that persist there.
