Uncle, Grandmother in Custody After Toddler's Dog Attack Death

[magical thyme]

20. not miraculous at all, and I think you know that.

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they are inherently good animals -- loving and loyal. Enough abuse or irresponsible parenting or ownership, and they become fearful and aggressive.

People either bring out their best qualities or abuse them until they become dangerous.

Edited to add: I suggest you watch the videos I link to above. Cadence the pit bull was abused as a bait dog and then dumped -- when they found her, her face was horribly mauled, eyelids torn, muzzle badly swollen and absolutely covered with wounds. And we know from the Michael Vick story how those dogs are treated with the worst possible abuse trying to force them to fight. She has every possible excuse for fear/aggression toward humans and dogs. And yet within a short time -- minutes to hours -- of her rescue, she is being kissed on the face by strange people and another rescued pit bull, Chase. By the end of the video, she is kissing a toddler gently.

Chase is a stray pit bull. "Designed to kill?" He was so afraid when they trapped him that he peed while trying to run away. Yet within minutes they are able to pat him and scritch his ears. They rescued Cadence the next day, and introduced Chase to her. Chase's first response? To try to help her by licking her many wounds.

These dogs are not inherently vicious or evil. Vick's dogs had every reason to never trust or be safe around humans or dogs again. They only put down one or two that they felt were too far gone to be saved. The rest were mostly terrified, but gentle. A couple used in children's programs.