1130 posted:sounds like GRBK you are afraid of dogs. pits and chow are great dogs, I don't know much about Rotts. How they are treated by the owners is the key
Fear and/or respect call it what you want but I am more careful and suspect of some breeds more than others. I don't go around walking up to a Pit Bull or Pit Bull mix to pet it like I would if it was a Sheltie or Poodle or Border Collie. I also am more cautious around German Shepherds and Dobermans. I think animals, all of them, can sense fear if it exist so I just tend to stay away from some breeds because of my suspicion of them.
That said I'm not familiar with the breeding aspects of the Pit Bull breed but I'm more inclined to side with "Best" regarding elimination of the breed because I don't know that they can ever be trusted or bred into a peaceable breed as I have read far too many reports of family dogs that have turned on children and ended up mauling them or killing them. I do admit that when I see an article like the initial one I referenced in the start of this thread I wonder if they can be better domesticated and have the attack nature bred out of them but my inner fears regarding that breed tends to wonder if there is a reason to ever trust them.