No, I don't want your pit bull to say hello to my babies.

In the part of London where I live, dogs are part pet, part weapon. Pit bulls are the prevalent breed and their owners range from middle age dad's in vests and slightly scary grannies to, well, the kind of person you'd probably avoid getting into a spat over the odd unscooped poop with. Now, I'm a dog lover but I do not want these muts anywhere near my darling boys. Yesterday when one lunged for S in his pram I made a rather dramatic swerve to get S out of drooling distance. And, for the umpteenth time the owners response was to look at me as if I was a laughably neurotic Mum and mutter, 'he just wants to say hello'. Yes, well I'm sure that's what the owners of those Staffies that savaged a three year old down the road from us thought and I'm not going to take the chance. Pit bulls aren't breed to 'just say hello'. If you want one of those, I'd recommend a labrador.