I truly believe it is the way the dog is raised that defines it’s character (just like us people eh?)… the website brought me to tears, seeing the inhumanity to other animals and knowing some *person* did that, well, breaks your heart.

My bf and I have raised our girl from 2 months old, she’ll be 3 yrs next month and is the sweetest dog. We always brought her around other dogs as a puppy (spaniels, boxers and a poodle) and she loves other dogs (doesn't like snakes tho haha). We avoid the dog park not because we think she will try to fight but only because of other people’s misconceptions.

I think a big problem is that fact that when a dog attack occurs, simply because of what pits were bred and created for, their attacks are more viscous than a simple bite and they inflict so much more damage because they hold on and tear (my hypothesis). Rarely do you hear of a mauling that is not from a pit, there was that mastiff attack in SF a while back but it always seems to be a pit.

I was always a cat person, never cared for dogs, but now that I have one and I see that smile she always has for me when I come home from work I swell with love. Any one who’s seen a pit bull pull back it’s teeth with the ears back, all hunched up and tail-a-waggin’ grinning up at you knows what I am talking about.


-april

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