ok, so if he was socialized properly and shown that the handler is alpha, and still doesnt want to cooperate, he should at least be castrated, but i myself would take him to the vet for euthanasia.
your definition of "cold" in my eyes means properly socialized and disciplined. most folks don't realize how smart pits are and how obedient they CAN be. imo, dogs that are truly "game" (gonna fight regardless of what the handler is doing) should be eliminated from the gene pool, through castration or euthanasia.
there are way too many good, level headed pits out there to use a game bred idiot as a pack dog.
Historically speaking, a properly socialized and disciplined APBT does not equal, nor is it the definition of a "cold" dog. The term game does not mean a dog is gonna fight...it means that it won't quit, even when given the opportunity, when it's having it's ass handed to 'em.
How do you think that all those "good, level headed pits" came to be that way? It was because of the over 100 years of selecting on dogs that were bred for combat in search of gameness.
Dog aggression is inherent with the breed...some dogs have more than others. We have had good success when raising them from pups to be catchdogs...and by letting them know as pups that any dog aggression whatsoever will not be tolerated. Does it always work, no, but that doesn't mean it can't be a stable companion...it just won't make a woods dog.
one more thing
saying that all pits are game bred to the same degree is like saying any bmc can find pigs as good as the next. JUST NOT TRUE.
Please explain "game bred to the same degree". The reality is that there are very few, if any, game bred dogs today...the term game bred infers that the sire and dam of the dog were proven game...there is no legal way to do that. What we have today is dogs being produced from game bred lines. What's more, an old gamedog man once said..."don't be surprised when they quit, be surprised when they don't". That quote speaks to how elusive the trait of being game was.
