If pitbulls are so evil, how come they've never attacked handlers as service dogs?

Any breed of dog is capable of being a service dog. And not all pit bulls are aggressive, the6 actually can make great service dogs.

Dog temperaments are very difficult to predict based on genetics alone. You can incease the odds but not guarantee results. The Pittbull breed has been ruined by irresponsible back yard breeders mostly. Most bull dogs are really great dogs. Let's face it, if you put an agreesive personality or temperament in a dog that strong then you have a real hazard. Put that dog in the hands of someone who hasn't finished high achool, can't hold a job and got the dog to compensate for their own sense of personal inadequacy and voila' you have instant problems.

Pitts used to be known as "nanny dogs" years ago because they're the perfect family dog and amazing with children. This was until people started abusing them and using them and training them to be aggressive on a mass scale. Today they are still just as amazing of dogs but so many of them are trained to be aggressive.

I can't believe how many uneducated people there are here who actually blame the breed for the aggressive dogs who have not been given a fair chance. As "M'aiq The liar" stated, pitts are the most commonly chosen breed for dogfighting due to their drive to please their owners as well as their energy levels. They are also the number one abused dog, which as the person said, is why they're the number one dog killer. Go into any urban area and you'll see pitts everywhere being neglected, chained up on short chains, not treated right. These dogs are being taught that aggression is what the owner wants from them. And they'll do anything to please their owner.

Blaming pitts for the attacks is like blaming a child for acting out after it has been abused. Same exact situation. If rottweilers or pinschers or even dachshunds were mistreated the way pitts are they would be the same exact way. In fact two of those dogs I just mentioned have in the past been in the same boat that pitts are currently...Being assumed to be evil, aggressive dogs naturally when really it's the OWNER at fault. Then people started using pitts in their place, and now the scapegoats are pitts because they are easy to train to be aggressive due to their need to please and be loyal. Very sad how uneducated you all are.

They buy the purebreds, not the back yard inbred dogs. However the 'type' of dogs that pits are have come from a fight background. Just like collies and herding dogs can't stop herding, and terriers cant' stop getting crazy about mice and rats -- pit type dogs are bred to attack other animals, hence the issue with the. In the 1920's nobody was doing continual back yard breeding, but in the past 25-30 years these types of dogs are being churned out continually, to the point where they're the #1 kind of dog at ever shelter in the USA. The dogs are bred to their mothers and fathers, with no regard for genetics or mental stability. That is why they are known to suddenly 'attack without warning'. They are not the kind of dogs we saw 40 years ago.

Service dogs are generally the purebred American Staffordshire Pit Bull Terrier or one of the other 4 types of pit breeds. Purebreds haven't had the two decade slide down into bad genetics.

You bet they have and PB have always been too stubborn to train for service dogs. Professionals that train service animals won't work with them, and what very few might,,it is going to cost you plenty.

Pitbulls are NOT and NEVER will be legit service dogs. They are just too unpredictable and most places ban them. So why would anyone want to have them as a service dog.

Go ahead, moron! Keep defending those stupid dogs! Don't come crying to me when you get attacked by one!

Obviously if you don't know that this Type of dog is two words, not one, you should do further research, YA isn't research, for asking such questions, nor are any REAL Service Dogs.

M'aiq The liar ....I failed to mention,that there is not only one letter 'T' in the word Pit,but it's two words,not one,you left out the letter 'I', it's not "pttbull". And if you wish to refer to my profile name learn to spell that correctly as well...GllntKnight. Two letter 'L's" no letter 'I', a Glint gives out or reflects small flashes of light,which you dad may have had in his eye when he met your mom...

I have never heard of a Pit Bull being used as a REAL service dog such as a seeing eye dog for a blind person. REAL service dogs are specifically bred and professionally trained to do tasks as such as stated above, and many of the pups produced in such specifically bred litters never even meet the criteria they were bred for. Dogs that are REAL service dogs are taken out in public everywhere with their handlers, and Pit Bulls are genetically hard wired to be dog/animal aggressive. A REAL service dog must be able to be trusted under ALL circumstances, including being able to come in contact with other dogs or animals and to ignore them, because their first priority IS their handler. While it is possible for a Pit Bull to be trained to do certain tasks, it's highly unlikely that those tasks would be tasks that were needed out in ALL public places such as the task of a leader dog for the blind.

The world is a HUGE place and you can`t possibly know your above claim is true.

Besides that, it matters not, what the dogs owners state of health is, the "fact IS" that Pit Bull and Pit Bull type dogs DO randomly attack humans without any provocation a damn sight more often than any other breed does.

Hence the fact this breed is either banned, or has restrictions on it in over 41 countries to date, and not without very good reason.