My parents have a rottweiler named Athena, we are not sure she is purebred since we found her at the pound. She is less aggressive towards anything than my 8 pound schnauzer. Every once in a while she will growl for a very short instance at Heidi (my dog) mainly when she feels Heidi is taking too much ownership of my parents house. Usually she just tries to be an oversized lap dog.

My opinion of pits was swayed some when I met the race promoter of the Abilene mountain bike race's pit. She is a certified service dog focusing mostly on elder service at the state hospital. The chaos and crowds weren't bothering her at all, she walked right up and stood next to me. I asked her owner if I could pet her and he said of course she would love it. Bad breeding has really brought a lot of negative traits forward but they are not a hopeless breed.