OK, Flame away this is MY opinion....but I do believe ever animals should have a second chance at life. I do alot of rescue with large animals (horses and donkeys) I have had some with horrible behavior problems. The majority of the time it is NOT the animals fault but the original owner or the breeder not correcting any problems right in the start. With work , knowledge, and alot of patience MOST problems can be corrected. I too have had alot of rescue dogs in the past, all with problems. I also had one Great Dane, not one of our homebreds..but someone that knew we had danes..Thor was a sweetheart..until I corrected him once too often and he attacked to kill me..found out a few days afterwards this dog had attacked before, and should of been euthanisied, a large breed aggressive dog is not one to play around with. This particular dog never got corrected..they were afraid of him! So called me, never bothering to mention he had attacked. I was just lucky my hubby was home and seen him. Believe me I am no small person and he was wipping me around like a wet washcloth. This dog was not a shelter dog, but started out as pick of the litter, thru a well respected breeder of danes. So, I am trying to say, it isnt just shelter dogs who can be problems. For a long time..a local human society would call me with any large breed dogs who were ready to be euthanisied, offering them to me to give them a last chance at life. I usually took the dogs and found homes with owners who knew the breed (S) and would be knowledegable if a problem did happen, usually it was just a older dog, and no one seemed to want to adopt the older fellows, the majorty of them went on to be loyal companions, for the rest of there years. Thanks to so many backyard breeders/puppy mills...dogs have become throwaway objects. Thru no fault of there own. I am not saying everyone is capable of handling alot of the aggressive type behaviors some breeds have and are found in HS, but for every bad dog in the human society there is probably another 10 that will be good. IMO, it takes a special person to give a home to a unwanted shelter dog. I know ASPCA just did a raid in Penn, and took in around 250 dogs, most were purebreds, including poodles.. I say kudos to those who have stepped up and offered a loving home, where they will work with these dogs. I am also finding alot of people would rather adopt, and give that second chance at life..