Thanks, Patterdale Lover.

In case anyone else stumbles upon this thread, I'd like to say that while I was very excited to have learned about Patterdales and thought Kimba was one (and hope to rescue/adopt a Patterdale in a couple of years from now), I've been very encouraged by our dog, Kimba.

Her first Puppy Manners class had the trainer counselling us that she just might not ever be able to be off leash and play nice. Tonight was our second class -- one week, over 20 meetings with other dogs, lots of other positive reinforcement training, and a whole lotta love and SHAZAM! Her behavior is now completely different. The aggession has faded completely and now she plays with all other dogs just as puppies should do. My gosh, she's even gone completely mellow with our cats!

I found a lot of folks on a lot of forums, and met in person and even now know a few friends how have/have had lab/pit mixes and they are swear that they are great dogs.