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btw.. as far as pitbull events go... where are you located at?

and again: keep in mind that, even if you are working on your fear issues, your family will have zero motivation to do the same. Are you prepared to be shunned by your immediate family for this choice? A lot of people deal with this to crazy extremes and I wouldn't be surprised if you'd have the same problem.

Bites going up or down .. or any bite-statistics are unreliable and tainted by a myriad of issues. Even the CDC report so often quoted, says explicitly that the data can not be used to conclude that one breed is more aggressive than the next. The data does not account for mistakes in breed identification, does not account for prevalence of the breed in the canine population and does not account for the many, many, many bites that never get reported. When you look at fatal attacks, it has to be considered that small dogs will automatically rarely be in the mix.. because they are small. Yes, even some tiny little dogs have killed infants..but in the end, a 15 pound dog is much less likely to kill somebody, than a dog weighing 45 pounds or more.
As far as wondering why so many pitbull type dogs end up in the news, injuring humans... there have been many articles about the role of the media in this issue. Do thing happen? Sure.. does it happen with other breeds as well, even though it is hardly ever reported? You betcha. Check this one out, just for kicks: Denver Columnist confirms media bias in over-reporting stories about 'pit bulls' - KC DOG BLOG