You can trust a well trained pit with your life, and your familys. This may be hard to understand if your aren't a "dog person", but they can absolutly be trusted. Pits are un-commonly submissive to humans because of the breeds history. Big ol' scary lookin teddy bears.
Think about it like this; Your dog only knows what you teach it. You are teaching your dog all the time, basicly he/she watches and learns from the things you do. If the dog sees you and mom protecting a child, the dog will join in protecting.
Dogs are not naturally agressive to the point of physical violence, especially with humans. Dogs figuer out the pack order with agressive POSTURE and agressive vocals, rarely fighting. With wolves in the wild you will see a lot of teeth, lots of growling and vocalization, but rarely a physical confrontation.
All a dog wants is a leader, and a mission. With this in mind, even a neglected/abused dog that has had agression problems can eventually be trusted after you form your own trust bond.
Any-hoo, here are the new pics:
Alien Rock Candy sprouts at 35 hours:
That was fast.
Tahoe Aliens chillin:
I'll bury these 3/4 of the way on the next transplant into 1/2 gallon where their training will start.