I have only had one pit, and I only had him for 4 months (he was a foster dog). Yet I understand 100% what you all are saying. Like you could look at him and tell, this dog’s whole life was devoted to his owner.
Jet & my dogs didn’t get along; he was NOT dog aggressive in any way. (He is the one pictured laying down in my sig; his new mom just sent me that pic.) MY dogs actually took an instant dislike to him. The couple of times they met, 2 of MY dogs would gang up on Jet when outside. Jet would take it every time and never fought back. They were always supervised, but my dogs were so mean, I ended up having to crate & rotate because of MY dogs. Jet was by far the most difficult foster, in his 4 months he learned how to the climb fence, he chewed up everything I own (even when crated, he still managed to reach a jacket) even though he had plenty of toys, he harassed my cats (didn’t try to hurt them, he just wanted to play and my cats weren’t too happy about it), he cried & whined every time I crated him. The list goes on & on. Despite all of this, he is still my favorite foster, and had my dogs not been so hateful toward him, he would have stayed.
I do know what you all are talking about. In 4 short months, I felt the same way you were describing. There is no way to explain it… I plan on my next dog being a pit. I don’t want to foster any other breed of dog (although I have a foster Dal now). There’s just something about them, their love for their owner is beyond comparison. I know other dogs are devoted as well but there is something more loving about pits. With Jet it was like I was his entire world, and now his lucky new mom is. Nothing was as important as I was to him, not treats, not toys, nothing, not even for a second during the 4 months I had him. My GSD is very devoted as well but he gets distracted by toys, other dogs, and people walking by the house, exc. But with Jet, his attention was ALWAYS on me. I have never met a dog who would do a trick 100% of the time, but every single time I told Jet to sit, no matter what else was going on, or how excited he was, that dog would sit, every single time. My dogs do well, but sometimes they are too distracted, or they are too excited.