ok...everyone can offer thier "story" about the pit that they know. here are the facts: pits pass temperment tests with flying colors and come in well above average for all breeds of dog...including the cute and fuzzy golden retriever. thus, training and handling are absolutely vital in discerning between dogs that are more or less likely to attack. please know the facts and stop spreading the media based ignorance of a great breed of dog. and also wake up and realize what many of you are proposing: extinction!!!!! that means wiping an entire breed of animal off the planet FOREVER!!! and based on what? stories?
American Kennel Club Official Tempermant Statistics (based on 2003 data):
American Foxhound 1 1 0 100.00%
American Tunnel Terrier 2 2 0 100.00%
Azawakh 1 1 0 100.00%
Belgian Laekenois 4 4 0 100.00%
Black and Tan Coonhound 13 13 0 100.00%
Bluetick Coonhound 1 1 0 100.00%
Boerboel 5 5 0 100.00%
Boykin Spaniel 1 1 0 100.00%
Caucasian Ovcharka 4 4 0 100.00%
Chart Polski 1 1 0 100.00%
Dutch Shepherd 5 5 0 100.00%
English Jack Russel Terrier 2 2 0 100.00%
English Shepherd 3 3 0 100.00%
Estrala Mountain Dog 1 1 0 100.00%
Finnish Lapphund 1 1 0 100.00%
Havanese 2 2 0 100.00%
Japanese Chin 4 4 0 100.00%
Karelian Bear Dog 2 2 0 100.00%
Lurcher 1 1 0 100.00%
Miniature Bull Terrier 4 4 0 100.00%
Old English Bull Dogge 2 2 0 100.00%
Pungsan 2 2 0 100.00%
Redbone Coonhound 3 3 0 100.00%
Russo-European Laika 2 2 0 100.00%
Sealyham Terrier 1 1 0 100.00%
Sloughi 1 1 0 100.00%
Sussex Spaniel 3 3 0 100.00%
Sweedish Vallhund 1 1 0 100.00%
Texas Heeler 1 1 0 100.00%
Tibetan Kyapso 1 1 0 100.00%
Tosa 3 3 0 100.00%
Toy Manchester Terrier 9 9 0 100.00%
Treeing Feist 1 1 0 100.00%
Welsh Sheepdog 1 1 0 100.00%
Welsh Springer Spaniel 5 5 0 100.00%
Xoloitzcuintli 3 3 0 100.00%
French Bulldog 16 15 1 93.80%
English Cocker Spaniel 57 53 4 93.00%
Bedlington Terrier 14 13 1 92.90%
Pekingese 14 13 1 92.90%
Hovawart 12 11 1 91.70%
Leonberger 12 11 1 91.70%
Flat-Coated Retriever 81 74 7 91.40%
Pug 34 31 3 91.20%
Labrador Retriever 623 567 56 91.00%
Puli 22 20 2 90.90%
Schipperke 98 89 9 90.80%
Brittany Spaniel 97 88 9 90.70%
Irish Setter 124 112 12 90.30%
Presa Canario 10 9 1 90.00%
Bull Terrier 49 44 5 89.80%
Ibizan Hound 29 26 3 89.70%
Irish Wolfhound 87 78 9 89.70%
Scottish Deerhound 29 26 3 89.70%
Border Terrier 86 77 9 89.50%
Curly-Coated Retriever 141 126 15 89.40%
Brussels Griffon 9 8 1 88.90%
Dogo Argentino 9 8 1 88.90%
Norfolk Terrier 9 8 1 88.90%
Belgian Malinois 175 155 20 88.60%
Borzoi 92 81 11 88.00%
Dachshund (Miniature Longhaired) 16 14 2 87.50%
Lowchen 8 7 1 87.50%
Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen 8 7 1 87.50%
Tibetan Spaniel 8 7 1 87.50%
Newfoundland 165 144 21 87.30%
Manchester Terrier 46 40 6 87.00%
Pointer 15 13 2 86.70%
Standard Poodle 201 174 27 86.60%
Irish Water Spaniel 22 19 3 86.40%
Siberian Husky 260 224 36 86.20%
West Highland White Terrier 49 42 7 85.70%
Bernese Mountain Dog 138 118 20 85.50%
Chesapeake Bay Retriever 89 76 13 85.40%
Mixed Breed 645 548 97 85.00%
Bouvier Des Flanders 836 707 129 84.60%
Whippet 175 148 27 84.60%
Boxer 317 268 49 84.50%
Basset Hound 32 27 5 84.40%
Mastiff 141 119 22 84.40%
Boston Terrier 51 43 8 84.30%
Alaskan Malamute 177 149 28 84.20%
American Pit Bull Terrier
446 374 72 83.90%
Jack Russell Terrier 49 41 8 83.70%
English Springer Spaniel 134 112 22 83.60%
Staffordshire Bull Terrier 55 46 9 83.60%
Akbash Dog 12 10 2 83.30%
Australian Kelpie 6 5 1 83.30%
Black Russian Terrier 6 5 1 83.30%
Komondor 6 5 1 83.30%
Maltese 12 10 2 83.30%
Wire Fox Terrier 18 15 3 83.30%
American Staffordshire Terrier 457 380 77 83.20%
Golden Retriever 637 530 107 83.20%
Great Pyrenees 125 104 21 83.20%
Saint Bernard 41 34 7 82.90%
Dachshund (Standard Wirehaired) 23 19 4 82.60%
German Shepherd Dog 2642 2183 459 82.60%
Yorkshire Terrier 34 28 6 82.40%
Rottweiler 4423 3634 789 82.20%
Vizsla 45 37 8 82.20%
Clumber Spaniel 11 9 2 81.80%
Dalmatian 299 244 55 81.60%
American Eskimo 70 57 13 81.40%
Gordon Setter 59 48 11 81.40%
Australian Terrier 16 13 3 81.30%
Cocker Spaniel 214 174 40 81.30%
German Wirehaired Pointer 16 13 3 81.30%
Miniature Pinscher 48 39 9 81.30%
Australian Shepherd 517 417 100 80.70%
American Bulldog 108 87 21 80.60%
Briard 287 231 56 80.50%
Pharaoh Hound 51 41 10 80.40%
Toy Poodle 46 37 9 80.40%
American Water Spaniel 5 4 1 80.00%
Cane Corso 20 16 4 80.00%
German Pinscher 5 4 1 80.00%
Greyhound 55 44 11 80.00%
Keeshond 80 64 16 80.00%
Rat Terrier 10 8 2 80.00%
Belgian Sheepdog 449 358 91 79.70%
Papillon 69 55 14 79.70%
Weimaraner 202 161 41 79.70%
Bloodhound 29 23 6 79.30%
Welsh Terrier 29 23 6 79.30%
Border Collie 197 156 41 79.20%
Dachshund (Miniature Smooth) 24 19 5 79.20%
Collie 761 601 160 79.00%
Dachshund (Miniature Wirehaired) 19 15 4 78.90%
Shiloh Shepherd 14 11 3 78.60%
Samoyed 270 212 58 78.50%
Greater Swiss Mountain dog 167 131 36 78.40%
Belgian Tervuren 373 292 81 78.30%
Beagle 55 43 12 78.20%
Great Dane 219 171 48 78.10%
Miniature Schnauzer 96 75 21 78.10%
Cardigan Welsh Corgi 54 42 12 77.80%
Irish Terrier 9 7 2 77.80%
Kuvasz 36 28 8 77.80%
Old English Sheepdog 45 35 10 77.80%
Pembroke Welsh Corgi 171 133 38 77.80%
Bichon Frise 26 20 6 76.90%
Airedale Terrier 95 73 22 76.80%
Portuguese Water Dog 132 101 31 76.50%
Australian Cattle Dog 140 107 33 76.40%
Doberman Pinscher 1363 1041 322 76.40%
Anatolian Shepherd Dog 21 16 5 76.20%
Bullmastiff 104 79 25 76.00%
Italian Greyhound 33 25 8 75.80%
Miniature Poodle 62 47 15 75.80%
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel 37 28 9 75.70%
Rhodesian Ridgeback 204 154 50 75.50%
German Shorthaired Pointer 114 86 28 75.40%
Giant Schnauzer 218 164 54 75.20%
Canaan Dog 4 3 1 75.00%
Catahoula Leopard Dog 8 6 2 75.00%
Chinese Crested Dog 28 21 7 75.00%
Kerry Blue Terrier 48 36 12 75.00%
Shih Tzu 36 27 9 75.00%
Toy Fox terrier 8 6 2 75.00%
Smooth Fox Terrier 51 38 13 74.50%
Norwegian Elkhound 120 89 31 74.20%
Pomeranian 31 23 8 74.20%
Fila Brasileiro 11 8 3 72.70%
Afghan Hound 161 116 45 72.00%
Akita 397 285 112 71.80%
Dandie Dinmont Terrier 7 5 2 71.40%
Dachshund (Standard Longhaired) 31 22 9 71.00%
Cairn Terrier 41 29 12 70.70%
English Setter 17 12 5 70.60%
Dogue De Bordeaux 47 33 14 70.20%
Finnish Spitz 10 7 3 70.00%
Otterhound 10 7 3 70.00%
Chihuahua 33 23 10 69.70%
Chinese Shar-Pei 198 137 61 69.20%
Lhasa Apso 26 18 8 69.20%
Norwich Terrier 13 9 4 69.20%
Chow Chow 87 60 27 69.00%
Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier 29 20 9 69.00%
Silky Terrier 16 11 5 68.80%
Saluki 60 41 19 68.30%
Bulldog 119 81 38 68.10%
Alapaha Blue Blood Bulldog 6 4 2 66.70%
Beauceron 9 6 3 66.70%
Central Asian Ovcharka 3 2 1 66.70%
Chinook 6 4 2 66.70%
Dachshund (Standard Smooth) 42 28 14 66.70%
English Foxhound 3 2 1 66.70%
Shetland Sheepdog 440 292 148 66.40%
Basenji 151 100 51 66.20%
Scottish Terrier 32 21 11 65.60%
Shiba Inu 23 15 8 65.20%
Standard Schnauzer 52 33 19 63.50%
Treeing Walker Coonhound 8 5 3 62.50%
Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever 13 8 5 61.50%
Polski Owczarek Nizinny 9 5 4 55.60%
Neapolitan Mastiff 11 6 5 54.50%
Bearded Collie 43 23 20 53.50%
Lakeland Terrier 4 2 2 50.00%
Tibetan Terrier 10 5 5 50.00%
Spinone Italiano 5 2 3 40.00%
Skye Terrier 8 3 5 37.50%
Tibetan Mastiff 11 3 8 27.30%
TOTALS 24,892 20,134 4,758 80.90%