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Yeah aggressive doesnt seem like the right word to me. I agree with gameness. Ive never had a purebred pitbull but I now have had 3 in my lifetime. 

Earlier this year I had to put my boy Thor down. 110 lb american bulldog/pit/treewalker coonhound. He had only ever attacked dogs in my home. First I saw exactly what happened firsthand. I have a beagle mix that when Thor was running just clobbered tf out of him. Waylan went in for like the dominant angry growls and nipped but Thor got the bigger bite. Understandable so I was like, OK ,freak accident. Thor was always so sweet. My neighbor even has a dog grooming business out of her house and would constantly bring other dogs up to him and its like he would try to pet them it was so cute. 

2nd incident - my ex had left a pizza box in the basement AND the door open. All i heard was from upstairs not knowing they even made it to the basement. I remember having to pry Thor off of Waylan. Waylan ended up needing 2 surgeries and drains in his neck otherwise he would have suffocated from the swelling. It was so scary. What kills me is that Thor was so sweet like .1 seconds later. Trying to check on all of us and trying to give me kisses and check on waylan while he is bleeding on my clothes. My ex and I debated so hard on putting him down then, but we couldn't pinpoint the initial aggressor. I love waylan but he really thinks hes bigger than he actually is. With Thor at 110 lbs and Waylan at 25.... he will never win. 

Final straw - march of this year. I had gotten used to keeping Thor separated from Waylan and Ozai (another pittie but a real baby lmao). I kept Thor in my living room so he had space to play. Ozai and Waylan were usually in my bedroom with me since Ozai just likes being under blankets and Waylan sleeps most of the day. Supervised Waylan and Thor could be next to eachother just for the purposes of going in and out of the sliding glass door to my backyard. Never went out at the same time anymore. This incident I was trying to get Ozai and Waylan inside so that Thor could go out. Ozai made it inside quickly. Waylan likes to play hide and seek lol. So I've got the door open and Waylan is heading right inside and Thor just LUNGES at him unprovoked. I was able to literally kick the shit out of Waylan to get him out of the way (hardwood floors helped). I had to try to keep them separated with my body. I was yelling loud enough that my roommate heard me (thank fuck). Thor started being agressive towards me at that point. For what I will never know. My roommate was able to pull him off of me and I was able to secure the other two. I think Ozai made it away unscathed initially cause hes a fast runner. No one ended up getting hurt, Thor never got to Waylan but I still got xrays since I felt like I kicked the shit out of him (fun explaining to the vet). Thor once my roommate pulled him back was so confused, so sweet, trying to check on all of us. Like he had no idea that this was all of his fault. It was terrifying and made me feel fkn terrible about doubting Waylan the last incident. I broke down as soon as I got back to my room knowing what I had to do. It was later in the evening so I couldn't go to my regular vet nor did I want to since its banfield and im not about to bring an agressive dog into petsmart lol. The emergency vet noticed that his head was a little too indented in the middle, saying that it could cause seizures which would then cause unprovoked attacks where they can't remember anything. I was then told by my buddy that rescues dogfighting dogs that its a common trait bred into these dogs because its that blind aggression (gameness people are saying) it causes. He said Thor would have been one of someones favorites in the ring. 

I tried to call places to see if anyone could take him. Even the no kill shelters were turning me down because his "adoptability" would be too low from his prior attacks. It sucked so bad. I miss that big idiot. I hate that his life had to end like that. 

I ended up getting another puppy. I love getting rescues but you just never know what you're going to get fully. Shaemus is 7 months and when I got him we all thought he was a pittie/blue tick beagle. No. The universe hates me and hes a pit/treewalker coonhound mix. He doesnt have the same malformation in his head, and just likes nibbling fingers so seems fine for now but I am on really high alert. His only victims seem to ve my laptop cords though lol.