mean dog

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we have a female pitbull got her at 3 months of age. she is 1 now as of june 13th -06.
well her and my other dog have got in many fights, i have a female australin sheperd who is almost 3 and they used to get along until the pit got older. they have fought about 6 times. like the pit always got her by her neck and my ausi would bite her back, well the last fight my ausi's neck was bleeding horrible had 4 large holes but heeled, the pit had  1 by 1 inch cut on her eye, 2 holes in ear about 1/2" deep.
okay well we had got 2 kittens about 6 weeks old.

katie my ausi loves cats she loved them, the pit used to play with an outside stray so we figured it would be alright, well sugar the pit tried to bite the kitten so we kept them seperated.

today i took the kittens outside to live b/c they stink b/c we had to keep them locked in a room where sugar wouldnt get them. my mother accidently let sugar outside and she killed my kitten. she went straight for the cat with no hesitation.

she also barks at everyone, and we cant hand feed her b/c she bites us.

should we get rid of her or have her put down? she is vicouse right?

right now she is pregnant and she is an american rednose pitbull so we definatly want the puppies the father has great bloodlines, but i have a 1 year old son and im afraid shell hurt him one day.
i am afraid to be alone with her, because she looks at me weird and i always think shes gonna attack. she only has about 2 weeks of pregnancy to go.

what should i do after the pups are gone? i dont want her and neither does my husband. but i would hate to give her to someone and her hurt them?
help!!

Answer
Hello, thank you for your question in advance.

When i signed up as an expert for this site, these were the questions i was expecting to get about pits.

You my friend are in a real pickle. Your dog has some issues. The fighting with the aussie, i bet is to become top dog in the house. They are probably both unspayed? am i right? Second, the kittens is her natural preydrive, to attack anything that runs and is smaller. The fighting with the aussie is also instinctive, as that is what pits were made to do, and i guess she doesnt know that its wrong, thus she will continue.

First things first, for future references you should never breed a female dog until her 5th or 6th heat. At 1 year of age she is still much to young. Thus there is a chance that you might find yourself caring for the pups more then she does. Second, never assume that your dog is good with kittens, unless you are sure. You should have her muzzled and see how she reacts to kittens/cats, before you bring them in.

She definately sounds like an aggressive dog, if she tries to bite others, and will not eat from your hands, cuz she might bite you. Obviously if you are scared of her, you shouldnt have her as she can do grave damage to you, or your child.

As for after the pups, you will have to wait until they are 8 weeks old. And watch her carefully as to how she reacts to them. You must makesure she is feeding, caring, and cleaning after them. Next, i assume that if you give her to the local pound, or w/e, depending on where you are she will be put down almost immediately. If you want what is best for her, you should have her examined, by a pitbull breeder in person, or someone that knows a lot about pits to tell you about her temperment problem. Makesure she doesnt fall into the wrong hands, because someone that fights dogs, may be all over this type of dog. People like that are out there and you must be careful.

Good luck, and keep me posted as to what you do.