I am hijacking this thread, sorry, but I cannot believe there are still people around like those two closed minded indiviuals.
The knowledgable professionals admit the Nurture outweighs nature. ANY dog is capable of aggression and attacking. NEARLY ALL working dogs have been bred for Hunting/Killing and protection or even better as war dogs.
There have been a few unfortunate instances in public places that have been blown out of scale along with the fact that the dog fighters chose the breed and popularised it for that purpose. When improperly trained and handled all dogs are respond accordingly. I have a scar on my ankle from being bit, yes, by a Chihuahua. I did not call for the breed to be earmarked, I called for the owner to be responsible.
I have not been lucky. I did the research, accepted repsonibility and worked EVERY DAY with that dog. He was an abused resuce and the behaviorist at the shelter considered him a wild dog. After showing him respect and proper training, he is a shining example of an animals' potential.
Open your eyes and your minds to the reality... Simply because some reactionary extremists have promoted some isolated instances out of proportion and does not correlate to a factual representation of the situation.
Discrimination is wrong, even for dogs. Blonboinsd, I think, has felt the hurtful sting. Have you not learned a lesson about stereotypes and closed minded individuals. Is not judging a book by it's cover wrong, or does that apply only to humans??