Hi Rott lover,
So sorry to hear about the tragic loss of your pup =(

I am no pitbull expert, but I do love mine and have many books about them in my dog section.

Most pits are not bred for fighting anymore. At least here in Canada and USA. Where your friend got his pits from could answer alot of questions. Reasearching the Bloodline could tell you alot about how your dogs will turn out. There are many lines now that are bred for the more desireable traits in the pitbull, like; courage, loyalty, strength, agility, intelligence, desire to please master, gameness. ****Good breeders do not breed dog aggressive dogs.**** This is what is being bred out of the line.

Yes a lack of education is much to blame in most pit bull scenarios. Pit bulls require advanced dog handlers and factual knowledge, not myths or rumours.
1. 3 dogs equals a pack and everthing we think we know about the everyday common dog , changes, to pack mentality, a hierarchy is formed.
2. The dogs need to be socialized with dogs & people starting from 16 weeks
3. Don't believe what Joe smoe says, do your research correctly and buy some books that were written specifically on this breed.
4. Never let 2 pits from the same pack play with one dog from another, they will dominate it.
5. Owning a pit bull is a much greater responsibility than owning other more familiar breeds. It requires more knowledge, dedication, responsibility and dicsipline.
6. Know the pit and how it thinks, yes it is a dog and thinks like a dog, however, it is like a Great white shark. It is above all the lesser breeds in a physical presence.

"This might just be rumor, but one of the things I have since heard is that part of the reason that they attack is that they are bred in such a way that their brains are bigger than their skulls, putting pressure on their brains and causing paranoia which leads to the attacking."

Yes this is a rumor, it does sound ridiculous when you really think about it.

Most of the other posts in this thread are pure BS, based on their no facts opinions only.

Best regards,