The local SPCA is full of Pit Bulls. I would never take one of those dogs. Even though I have gotten all my dogs from the Humane League or the SPCA. I have two and a half Cocker Spaniels, four previous Cockers have long ago passed away. Like Forrest said," Life is like a box of chocolates you never know what your gonna get." This is true of a rescue dogs. We have a Cocker that came from Georgia, and she was abused. We have her over three years and she has really changed for the good, she finally has a good home. I always talk to and pet the Pit Bulls and only a couple over the past years were not friendly to me. My uneducated opion is get a puppy if you want a Pit Bull.