Pit bulls are thought to be vicious dogs by nature. These animals have been tested by the American Temperament Testing Association and were proved to have a better temper than golden retrievers, Labradors, and poodles. The same association proved that these animals do not have an inherent behavior to be violent toward humans. The size of the human does not matter either. Any dog will nip at a child pulling the dogs tail, but pit bulls will not attack by their nature. People think that these animals have locking jaws, but this is false information. To have a locking jaw, the animal would need two thousand pounds of pressure per square inch. Pit bulls were proved to not have the necessary force to have the locking jaw. The viciousness behind