I was looking through the pit thread and I find myself really wishing I could keep Magee. Magee is currently living with my husband's co-worker and our future roommate. She wants to find him a home but I find myself falling in love with him. Last night we went over to hang out and he kept coming over to me for a scratch. He seems very trainable. He has a mouthing problem but she is working with him on that with training. He's a very playful, lovable dog. My husband and I had plans to get a doberman from a friend that shows and breeds them and we still might sometime in the next year. And its all well and fine bringing in a puppy with our dachshund and the puppy can grow up with Bailey, but if we were to keep Magee, how do pitbulls do with small dogs. Bailey is small. He's only around 12-13lbs. He's playful, bouncy, and full of energy, but he doesn't understand personal space. He WILL get in Magee's face and he will jump on/around him.

Now I don't like stereotypes but Pit bulls were bred for fighting and I have read on a few sites to be cautious when bringing a pit bull into your home when you have dogs or cats. He seems to be fine with cats as she has 2, and Magee does just fine with the other dogs (all medium to large breeds), but Bailey will be the first small dog in the house and I'm just wondering if people have successfully kept both pits and small breed dogs together without issues.

I mentioned to my husband that I really like Magee, and he seemed a little surprised. I've had a slight fear of large dogs for a few years now. I was bitten (not attacked, just bitten) by a rottweiler (we found him as a puppy. He may have been abused as a puppy because he had an intense fear of water and african american men). That dog was my best friend and still was after being bitten. But ever since getting bitten, I get very anxious and nervous around large breed dogs. Once I meet them of course I'm absolutely fine and I'm not even the slightest bit nervous or anxious. This is one of the main reasons we got a small dog (who is completely unwilling to be trained ugh!)

So anyone have any advice or experience with keeping pits with small breed dogs and cats?