That’s an interesting scenario about pit bulls especially because I own, breed and show a rare breed and am often invited to dog shows were pit bulls are participating. Many times I have sat and talked to responsible pit bull owners and have discovered I face a lot of the same types of problems. Many people have never seen my breed and often ask me if they are a giant white pit bull. No, they are the fiercest hunting dog one could even imagine and I have seen one take down a mountain lion by his self, but they have a great reputation of coming home from the hunt and snuggling with children. Anyway let me tell you a little about the pit bull bred and owners.
1. About 95% of pit bulls are not even registered and cannot be distinguished between a purebred and a mutt on paper; registration of this breed is the worst in the nation but yet scores of people say they own a pit bull. Sorry, oh don’t make me laugh, no papers, no pit bull, they usually don’t even come close to fitting the correct standard!
2. To the trained eye many of the dogs that are called pit bulls do not fit the standard at all. The owners/breeders have often crossbred them to a larger dog to make them bigger and yet still call them a pit bull. As a matter of fact the people that are doing this wouldn’t know the correct standard, conformation and gait of a pit bull if their life depended on it and have no business breeding powerful dogs that are mutts and putting them out in the world.
3. Another trait of this breed is the type of people looking to own it. The typical would be owners are looking for a tough, mean, fighting dog to scare off intruders and protect their property and family. In their ignorance they do not want to pay for a purebred so they go to irresponsible backyard breeders looking for the biggest and badest they can get. These same people don’t have a clue how to raise a dominant and power dog responsibly and along with their dog become a menace to society, hence the bad reputation of the breed.
4. The root of the problem is not that the dog is a bad breed it is with the owners who are not educated properly in system of raising a powerful dog and will go right out and produce more mutts and pass them on to more ignorant people.
5. Typically, the bigger and tougher the dog looks the more proud the owner.
It seems to me the IFB has a powerful system to follow the commands of God, but with such power there is a lot of room for abuse and neglect. Maybe the odds are that you will get a lot of would be owners that are attracted to the strengths but do not know how to responsibly handle it and do not even have a good perception of what a good standard would even look like.
Now that I am into this scenario and rambling let me make a comparison to show how I protect my breed keep it from falling into the type of reputation a pit bull has.
1. People see my dogs and are really impressed with their stature. But, they typically ask little more than what they are and how much? They are a pure breed and this comes with papers, they are not to be mixed with other breeds, they have a good disposition but are very powerful and this requires a lot of responsibility in raising them to be social, a consideration few even ponder.
2. They are expensive ($2,500) for a reason, I health test them, I prove them in the show rings, and I very selectively breed for the proper standard; that’s why they are so impressive. I do not sell them to just anyone; if someone comes to purchase a dog asking about something like jaw strength they are immediately red flagged. I do not care if they come flashing the money, I am not obligated to sell to anyone. People have gotten very angry that I will not place such a responsibility on them before I see that they understand what is involved.
3. My dogs come with a lengthy contract. If I sell it as a pet (not to be bred to) it must be spayed or neutered before 8 months or I can take the dog back and you must legally agree these conditions. Further, I do not even provide registration papers until I have evidence of compliance in case someone disappears on me. I am always available and I expect you to keep in contact with me and let me know if you are having any issues with disposition. You must agree to properly socialize this dog, if you do not know how to do this you must take classes, and this dog is not to end up in a dog pound and I have it micro-chipped in my name and will be notified in this happens.
4. If you want to become a breeder and I sell this dog as breed/show quality you must health test it before breeding it, you must compare it to others in the breed by showing it, and you must understand the standard and choose an appropriate mate which will improve the quality of the breed. My kennel name will be on this dog and non-compliance to these rules can damage my reputation and gives me the right to take back ownership of the dog.
At first some might look at me as a legalist dog owner but I only want people to be able to live happily and responsibly with what I consider the best breed there is. The people who do purchase from me are lead down a good path of responsible dog ownership and respect my reasons for following the guidelines that I do. They end up appreciating that they own and live with a great dog that is held to higher standards.
NE is "ridiculing IFB", nor SBC , nor Catholic churches, for that matter. 
