I'm going to share some positive stories
about the pit bull dog and show how truly heroic they can be.
Pitbull - l is a forum where people can ask questions
about pit bull dogs.
I also point folks who are nervous / uneducated
about pit bull dogs to your website.
Not exact matches
With that many dangerous, unruly
dogs roaming our neighborhoods and streets, if
pit bulls were really a public health threat we would be hearing
about dog maulings on a daily basis in every city in America.
Jonny, now
about eight years old, lives in San Francisco with Cris Cohen and Jennifer Long, longtime
pit bull rescue volunteers, who quickly recognized his way with children and had him certified as a therapy
dog within a year of taking him in.
«The Drop» plays like a seriocomic shaggy -
dog story with a hairy man and a baby
pit bull at the center of it and ponderous lines
about loneliness tacked on to lend it gravity.
«I know there are people who are hesitant
about pit bulls, but Maverick has been a great
dog.
But to imply that a
dog bit just because or out of malice sends the wrong message
about dogs — especially American
Pit Bull Terriers — to the community.
The only
Pit Bull rescue in the Tulsa area, Amoré is dedicated to changing the conversation
about Pit Bulls, educating the community
about the breed and finding homes for their rescued
dogs.
And a distinction that will shift to another breed if we ban
Pit Bulls but do not bring
about an end to the scourge of
dog fighting.
My buddy said that a Cocker Spaniel would bite you quicker than a
Pit Bull or Rottweiler would, i find that very... [Read more...]
about Are Cocker Spaniels known to be a
dog breed that bites?
When Philadelphia - based animal rescue Operation Ava took in a pair of 8 - month - old
pit bull mixes, shelter workers noticed something strange
about the
dogs.
When people think
about dog bites, they have a tendency to think in terms of
pit bull terriers, when in reality, any
dog that feels threatened may bite.
BAD RAP (Bay Area Doglovers Responsible
About Pit Bulls), a nonprofit pit bull group, extensively evaluated all 49 dogs from the Vick property and found that 48 of them were safe with peop
Pit Bulls), a nonprofit
pit bull group, extensively evaluated all 49 dogs from the Vick property and found that 48 of them were safe with peop
pit bull group, extensively evaluated all 49
dogs from the Vick property and found that 48 of them were safe with people.
Claims
about the «unique damage that «
pit bull»
dogs inflict» are made by individuals or special interest groups with no experience in analyzing
dog bite - related injuries or knowledge of
dog physiology or behavior.
While the primary focus of the American
Pit Bull Registry (APBR) is to register pure bred
Pit Bulls, we are a comprehensive resource for the
Pit Bull dog breed, owners, rescues, shelters and those wishing to learn more
about the American
Pit Bull Terrier
dog breed and its unique history.
Unfounded claims persist
about the severity and nature of incidents involving «
pit bull»
dogs versus other types of
dogs.
Sterilized
pit bulls have over the past 32 years accounted for
about two - thirds of all human fatalities inflicted by sterilized
dogs.
Part of our advocacy efforts includes educating the public on various aspects of living with
dogs, with or without disabilities, to encourage adoption, especially of these ostracized breeds that are in great numbers in shelters everywhere due to overpopulation and the bans on
pit bulls (read more
about Breed - Specific Legislation and other BS discrimination).
With a strong desire to work with and help his community, Griffin hopes to help educate others
about the realities of
Pit Bulls and help others build lasting relationships with their own
dogs.
Offering an assist to
dogs who are
dogged by discrimination, NHL star Bryan Bickell of the Chicago Blackhawks has teamed up with two non-profits that have made changing the misguided perception
about Pit Bulls their goal.
It's always the
pit bulls, you never hear
about the other
dogs.»
Currently, with more than 70 % of the U.S.
dog population sterilized, we are averaging
about 35
dog attack fatalities per year, 30 of them by
pit bulls.
There are several articles from the early 80s
about attacks by
pit bulls and other
dogs.
This is
about a quarter of the rate of sterilization of all other
dog breeds combined, and is fairly obviously the leading reason why the numbers of
pit bull born each year and the numbers surrendered to shelters or impounded are approximately equal, amounting to
about a third of the total
pit bull population.
Stop being so ignorant people, so I can take my
Pit Bull out to the
dog park without having to worry
about him being taken away from me.
«Despite these limitations and concerns (
about identifying the exact «breed» of
pit bull type
dog responsible for a killing), the data indicate that Rottweilers and
pit bull - type
dogs accounted for 67 % of human DBRF in the United States between 1997 and 1998.
When one does actual research on the subject, it is revealed that
pit bulls were never very popular in the past: http://www.animalpeoplenews.org/06/03/howpopularwerepitBulls03.06.htm Here's an article written in 1911 by a
pit bull breeder urging people to see the
pit bull as more than killing machines: http://books.google.com/books?id=T57mAAAAMAAJ&vq=%22A%20Good%20Word%20for%20the%20
Pit%20
Dog%22&pg=RA3-PA13#v=onepage&q&f=false Why would «America's favorite
dog» need such articles written
about it?
In the sections above we have tried to cover all the basic information
about the Amerrican
Pit Bull Terrier (APBT)
dog breed.
WILLIAM M HOEVELER, US DISTRICT JUDGE, ADOA v Dade County, Florida Despite plaintiffs» contention that there is no such animal as a
pit bull, plaintiffs» own experts have written articles
about their pedigreed
dogs referring to them by the common nickname of
pit bull.
Hart said
pit bulls are responsible for
about 60 percent of
dog attack fatalities each year, which is «way out of proportion» compared with other breeds.
pit bulls cause
about 75 - 80 % of deaths from
dog attacks, and kill
about one person every 12 days, that doesn't even count all the maulings.
Just because
pit bulls look like
dogs, they do not have to be thought of like we think
about dogs such as golden retrievers and Yorkshire terriers.
The other article is
about a 2 year old
pit bull that rescued a 7 year old boy that was being mauled by 2 100 pound Akita's, the
pit bull worked tirelessly for 15 minutes to pull both
dogs off the boy; likely saving his life.
Obviously the grossly undereducated bandwagon
pit bull haters on this website know more
about these
dogs than the experts.
The funny thing
about it properly trained sporting
pit bulls can not be human aggressive in the old days if your
dog came to scratch and attacked someone they immediately lost.
Nevermind what the AKC, the
dog experts, say
about pit bulls.
A note
about Pit Bull types (American Staffordshire Terrier, Staffordshire
Bull Terrier,
Pit mixes)-- We do not recommend these breeds for service
dog training for several reasons: 1).
The San Bernardino County ordinance said
pit bull breeds account for
about 20 percent of the
dogs at animal shelters and are put down more often than any other breed.
Indeed,
pit bull advocacy, because it erodes public trust in
dogs and people who care
about dogs, stands a good chance of superseding rabies as the single greatest threat to the health, well - being, and human appreciation of all
dogs worldwide.
DAVID E. BLOCKER, BS, MD,
Dog Bite Rates and Biting
Dog Breeds in Texas, 1995 - 1997 Bite Rates by Breed page 23 One out of every 40
Pit Bulls (2.5 %) and
about one out of 75 Chow Chows (1.4 %) generated a reported human bite each year (Table 29; Figure 7).
Landlords and private owners will always have the right to discriminate, but if more people work to advocate and educate on the danger of BSL and the truths
about pit bulls and other bully breeds, more
dogs can be saved.
After many conversations with people
about her
dog, she realized she wanted to dedicate her rescue efforts to
pit bulls.
The
pit bulls involved in these cases were identified as
pit bulls or
pit bull - mixes by animal control, law enforcement, owners, victims, neighbors, etc. and they know more
about what the
dogs were than YOU do because YOU weren \» t there.
The desire to address dangerous animals came
about several years ago after a Lake County resident was bitten by a
pit bull dog, Swartz said.
Q: Why would a news source run a story
about a
pit bull attack when the breed of
dog involved wasn't even a
pit bull?
When we are talking
about the best
dog food to build muscle, we can't ignore Muscle Bully — the muscle builder for some strong breeds like bullies,
pit bulls, or the other
bull breeds.
Ginny Bazelak of Chepachet, R.I., president of the American
Pit Bull Terrier Club of New England, feels the same way
about the
dogs that she has bred.
about 1 in 40
pit bulls have attacked another
dog.
Television has people brainwashed
about these
dogs... little house
dogs attack an bite people everyday but the American
Pit Bull Terrier always makes headlines and is demonized... I am against dog fighting to the fullest I hate it with a passion pit bulls are not fighting dogs if you did research the Staffordshire Terrier are the original dogs bred to fight did ya know that??? Makes me sick when people stereotype an 9 times out of 10 they never even owned the b
Pit Bull Terrier always makes headlines and is demonized... I am against
dog fighting to the fullest I hate it with a passion
pit bulls are not fighting dogs if you did research the Staffordshire Terrier are the original dogs bred to fight did ya know that??? Makes me sick when people stereotype an 9 times out of 10 they never even owned the b
pit bulls are not fighting
dogs if you did research the Staffordshire Terrier are the original
dogs bred to fight did ya know that??? Makes me sick when people stereotype an 9 times out of 10 they never even owned the bred