Pit Bulls?

[mr.spooky]

be prepaired,,,, pitbulls PULL! atleast mine does and any other person that i have talked to does as well. these are strong dogs.. if your interested, look up pitbull pull compititions on youtube.. my dog is perfect to a T,, but he pulls. iv tried every collar and harness on the market and none worked until i tried a prong/pinch collar. some people say that these collers are inhumane, but do the research,,, they will inflict less damage that a choke chain. they apply pressure evenly around the whole neck instead of just the throat. i have a 2.5" lether collar that i will sometimes use, and when the walk is done, my hand will be blue and numd fron the leash. when i put the prong collar on, hees a different dog, there is zero pull. you seem like the type of person that dosent mind doing research and making educated decisions, so i would definateally look into one of these. if you do decide to use one, there are propper ways to use them, and if youd like i can go into that later on. remember a collar is a tool, and with each tool,, theres a right, and a wrong way to use one.
i would still be enclined to get a puppy,,,that way, the child and the dog could grow together.. im pretty sure that when they do these "tests" on shelter dogs, they dont bait them with a child to see how they will act.. they do food agression tests, and socializing tests (with dogs and people).
im not trying to turn you away from anything, im just trying to give you as much info i can that i have picked up along the way.
hope iv helped some
Spooky