It can be a wonderful experience to adopt blue pit bull puppies and make them a part of a family home, but some people might be interested in whether they can safely adopt an older pit bull that may have been in a shelter. Interestingly, despite the breed's love for an ordered life, they do not respond well to being kept cooped up in a kennel setting. They behave much better and are generally much happier in a home situation and this is why fostering pit bulls is often a very successful way to introduce them into a new home.