[diemeareendup]

My husband loves pits, my mom loves powerful breed dogs and is fully supportive of me rescuing "my" dog (it's complicated). My dad and step-mom. They're kinda unpredictable with their opinions. My husbands dad will probably think it's awesome. But his mom has paranoid schizophrena & bipolar, sooo her opinion will prob change between extremes often. Husbands aunt has a 2 yr old pit that attacks all w/ slobbery kisses! She makes sure everyone knows how great pits are! Her fav humans are kids! She's careful when she plays

[8IhGpvH0]

Well Paul had Roxy when we were first dating and my dads first reaction to her was of pure fear. But then a day trip to a nearby lake changed my parents thoughts as Roxy went to sit on my mom while in a lawn chair lol. After that it was love. But when I told them that we were getting another dog and looking into pitbulls my dad went on the "they will rip your face off, locking jaw, they are only made to kill blah blah blah". And then we brought over our new addition and he said he wouldn't judge the dog on the breed and just judge him on the dog himself and they love him. They consistently ask for me to bring them over. And they love telling the family outside of our province about them and being advocates about them. Completely changed their minds. Even my brother, who had a run in with a "pitbull" while being a door to door gas meter reader and swore off them, loves them.

Pauls family is good as they had Roxy as she grew up, except for a few held judgements. When we got Rex, Pauls uncle told Pauls grandma that we were stupid to get him and we should get rid of him right now because of the danger that we are in with him. But as time has gone on he's realized he makes judgments too quickly. Just a few weeks ago he even told me that he thought we were silly for getting him at first but he's turned out pretty good.

[r5YOPDyk]

My mom loves him.

My dad says he is a whimp who whines too much, and he doesn't have as pretty of ears as his bird dogs...

[stoneeZef]

for all of you with puppies, NOT FAIR!!! there are very people who can resist a puppy, and anyone who can must not be wired quite right!!!

[domeffire]

My children love Reina..as do my grandson. As a single parent, with no living parents herself, those are the votes that really count. My siblings and extended family have accepted my philosophy that "to love me means to love my dog." So, they're all cool. Now, if I could just get my neighbors on board .

[catarleriarly]

The only family I really have left is my mother and she LOVES my pit bull, Lenny. She used to think they are unpredictable like the media wants you to believe, especially when they've been fought. I spend months educating her and then adopted Lenny. My Lenny is an ex-fighter and 100% friendly (just not to new dogs of course). She even said she might want one of her own, but not right now because of money and space. Now when she sees the media protraying pit bulls in a bad light, she gets just about as angry as I do!

[hiedeemom]

My family thought I was insane for getting an APBT. I heard every stupid question/comment/concern about the breed that you can think of. I just kept my cool and re-assured all of them that once I had him trained a little and once they met him, they'd all have a different outlook on Buddy and the breed in general. Guess what, I was right! Every family member and all of my friends love my big guy now.

[arindiruppyr]

Everyone in my family loves Bransen and was very sad to see him go (I moved out and took him with me) my aunt is slightly afraid of him and sometimes says a negative thing or two. Besides that everyone thinks he is great.

[DexOnenlyCymn]

My mom was thrilled. She had APBTs when she was younger.

My dad...not so much. I was raised to hate "pit bulls" and my dad would get so mad because no matter how many stories he told me of how vicious these dogs were, I still loved them when I was a kid. When I saw them out I would always say I wanted one. So when I got older and could actually have one I said nothing. I adopted the dog without telling him, brought it over and told him it was an Amstaf (and of course he had no idea what the hell that was), and he wrestled with it for an hour. He didn't have a bad thing to say about the dog--in fact, he fell in love with him. I threw the word "pit bull" in a few days later and he whined for about 2 minutes and then got over it.

Most of my family hasn't met my dog because they are afraid to and I really don't care. I educate them on the breed but I'm not going to force them to snuggle with him...their loss. Maybe one day they will have the experience my dad had.

[Trotoleterm]

My family doesn't have a problem with my dogs...only my Mom seems to have a problem with Brutus. Most likely because he makes me happy and she hates to see me happy. My Dad calls Brutus "The Mean Dog" and that's more than likely because Brutus ate his lawn mower. My Grandmother LOVES all of my dogs and just tells me to watch my son closely when he's around any of my dogs. She owned a beautiful pit bull when she was younger that she had to put down when a neighbor's kid pushed my Aunt down and she screamed bloody murder. Needless to say, the dog bit the kid that pushed my Aunt down.

[jacknates]

My Grams is pretty much the only faimly i have, and she always believed pit bulls will turn on you, they snap,yadayada, but when she had to move in witth me Ace changed her mind , Ace is now the "Best dog ever" in her eyes....

[PickEmUp]

When I adopted Cooper, my pit bull mix, my family was appalled. They are from the Detroit area and all they heard was the media hype. They worried for my sons and my husband and I. They feared for my other dogs. My neighbors made sure they checked with me that my fence was secure. My friends shook their heads and thought I was ridiculous to bring such a dangerous dog in to my home. Cooper changed all that. He changed what everyone thought the words "pit bull" meant. He softened the hearts of my family, my neighbors, my friends. People begged for me to find them " a dog just like Cooper" He was the greatest ambassador of his mix. He showed them all what a delight he was.
He knew no strangers. He loved children and many nights they used him as a pillow if the adults stayed up way too long. He made no enemies and loved people. Sadly, he passed last year.....
My new boy has had a rough start since I adopted him and I haven't mentioned to many people that I am mom to yet, another, pit bull. But I am confident, if need, Emmett will have his slew of fans as well.

[Jannet.K]

I am very lucky, we great up with an APBT and she was wonderful. My family is very open to my dog. They love him to pieces. How about yours?

[ChrisGoldstein]

My family was leary when I said I was getting a pit but they all know Im pretty knowledgable about dogs and once they all met him they all instantly fell in love and he has changed all their minds on the breed. Im from a major animal loving family so they werent to close minded on the subject and judged him as a dog and not a 'pit bull'.
I actually feel pretty lucky after some of the stuff Ive read about comments family members make to some people and just people in general. I have had all nice things said about my dog and the fact that I have a 22 month old. The worst I got was a lady whos eyes were about to pop out of her head in shock at the fact that my son and dog were in the petsmart shopping cart together (you can imagine what she was thinking, but all she said was 'is that a pit bull' and left it at that, I thought about saying 'blink' cuz her eyes literally looked like they were about to pop out of her head)

[Geetiill]

I'm pretty lucky that my family in Australia adore the breed and have them as pets now so i dont have any problems with them. As far as my hubby's family here in Cali, my inlaws had seen how great my 1st pit bull was and how well trained she was so that basically showed them that pit bulls are not a bad breed just bad owners that are out there. My hubby's aunt is a different story. She's supposedly an animal lover and all for pit bulls but apparently pit bulls have a lot of issues and are very aggressive to humans. She dont understand that its the actual owners anyways whats funny about her is that she owns a black Shepard and he has bitten people, chased people down the street and is aggressive to other dogs but pit bulls have the problem.She has not met my pup Precious as yet she wants to but if she dont meet her now apparently she wont meet her at all just because Precious will be older and might attack her.

[AricGoffgog]

My family grew up with dogs..expecally my dad. My dad didn't see him as a pit but just as a dog, but he loves there trait. My uncle doesn't like my dog, he is always telling me to get rid of that trash(as he calls him). He is one of those ignorant people who believe the media and don't want to be educated.

[Dyerryjex]

my family always loved the bulldog breeds. (APBTs, ASTs, SBTs, AMbulldogs, etc)
my parents grew up with ASTs and APBTs when they were kids

[zlopikanikanzax]

MY family Loves my dogs

[Slonopotam845]

My mom was not the happiest camper, but not because she's a 'pit bull', but because she didn't think it was the right time for me to be getting another dog. A word to the wise- listen to your mother. Raising a puppy by yourself while working and being a fulltime college student is not usually the best course of action. But honestly, I wouldn't do anything different, I can't imagine not having Lily.
HOWEVER, I have received nothing but praises from my family. They all adore her and think she is the cutest and sweetest thing in the entire world. I consider my family rather intelligent and open-minded, and they never saw her as a 'pit bull', they just saw her as another member of the family.

[Dyerryjex]

i grew up with bulldog mixes (AST mix, SBT mix)

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so yes i've always love the bulldog breeds and bulldog mixes ever since i was a little girl now everytime my mom sees my doggies, she loves all over them, kisses and spoiles their asses.