[Nedusa]

A friend of mine inherited a Pit/Staff Bull terrier when her daughter emigrated to Australia. He was a very friendly loyal pet...BUT so big and so very strong he could climb trees and jump literally up in the air about 4/5 feet.

My friend tried to keep him as a pet but he demanded so much time and exercise, without which he became more and more excitable. I was sitting in her house one day when my i-phone rang with the duck ring tone and straight away Ben (the Dog) jumped at me to get to my phone. I can assure you having a 5 stone Pitbull jumping on you is quite frightening although Ben meant no harm.

My friend struggled to control Ben and eventually one day he broke away jumped over a 5ft wall and caught and killed a cat. We were all shocked as this cat was playing in its own garden and could just as easily been a young child or baby. The Police got involved and to cut a long story short my friend had to have Ben destroyed.

My view on all of this is that a Dog should never be allowed as a pet if it has the physical strength to overpower an average adult male or female. Now I know many types of Dogs could attack a young child or baby but they should have an adult present to protect them when dogs are present.

But Pitbulls,Staff Bulls, and other Big powerful dogs that can probably overpower an adult should NEVER BE KEPT AS PETS...........

Why take the risk....????