I have been raised around pit bulls, and to say that people that own them have a weird agenda....come on...I have never once been bitten or even growled at by one of our dogs or a friends dog. That being said I have been attacked by a golden retriever and had to have half of my faced stitched up..and it was a family dog. I have a pit bull and I would def get another when mine passes. They are great loving dogs that get along perfect will people of all ages and other dogs as well. But we have trained our dogs around other dogs and children and make sure we spend lots of time training them.