As an avid pittbull lover and owner I have to disagree with negative comments toward the breed. My husband and I own a 4 year old pittbull that we have raised since Diesel was 6 weeks old. Diesel has been raised with our 4 children ages 14, 12, 11, and 2. He loves children, other dogs, and has been raised with cats and kittens. Our Diesel has never known a stranger... he loves anyone that he has ever met. he has never attempted to bite or growl at anyone. it is the owner that decides how a dog is raised. It is the owner that determines the personality of an animal in their possession. We have raised and shown our pittbull with nothing but love and kindness. It is horrible that the child was injured. Maybe we need to look at what type of person was raising this animal and not at what kind of dog this animal was.