Sentences with phrase «because pit bull type dogs»

Because pit bull type dogs tend to form very strong bonds with their people, their favorite reward for good behavior is ultimately, your affection and praise.

Not exact matches

Because the term has become associated with such a genetically diverse group of canines, Mr. Cleary demonstrated that there is no basis for making behavioral predictions that could consistently to apply to every pit bull - type dog.

Because «pit bull» is not a breed of dog but a type of dog, a number of breed terms and their mixes were included as «pit bull types» for purposes of the study.

Because of the disproportionate damage they cause to other animals and humans, especially children, some 600 communities across North America have chosen breed selective legislation to ban pit - bull - type dogs.

However, just because blue nose pit bulls aren't a special or rare type of pit bull, doesn't make these dogs less special!

They were in recent history known as the «nanny dog» because they are so good with children.There are countless instances of pit bulls saving people, and yet they are reviled because a dog that looked like «the type» was reported to have hurt someone or someone's dog.

The authors note that the prevalence of «pit bull - type dogs» in «the... number of cases that resulted in very severe injuries or fatalities» may be accounted for in large part because of «the popularity of the breed in the victim's community, reporting biases and the dog's treatment by its owner (e.g., use as fighting dogs — note 21).»

The most important thing people should be prepared to do when they adopt a Pit Bull is to be responsible dog guardians - with any breed, training and public representation are very important but this is especially so for Pit Bull type dogs because of the burdens put upon them by ridiculous myths and media misrepresentation.

This was at a time when euthanasia for all non-pit bull type dogs was decreasing, yet more than 1100 additional pit bulls lost their lives in the next 3 years mostly because their owners were low income or on fixed incomes and simply unable to comply with the law.

But the appeals court decided to declare pit bull - type dogs inherently dangerous because of their «vicious nature» and ability to inflict harm.

You may think this doesn't apply to you, because the dogs most likely to be banned are typically the guarding breeds like Rottweilers and Dobermans (or the «pit bull» types of dogs) and you own a Golden Retriever, but honey, once the door is opened to breed bans, who says yours won't be next?

In July, the County prohibited a polio survivor from living with her mobility assistance service dog because her service dog, named Storm, happens to be a pit bull type dog.

Heredity studies would be a great way to approach answering this question, because such a study would also take into account the increased likelihood of pit bull - type dogs being subjected to abusive environments or simply poor socialization.

It seems to me that because they are pit bulls and not another type of dog they are considered to be fair game for persecution.

Hundreds of thousands of pit bull - type dogs languish in shelters around the world, because of our prejudice.

Because Pit - Bull type dogs are so difficult to properly identify (the «bully breed» category being composed of more than 40 different types of individual breeds), they often get lumped together under this umbrella term.

Myth: It's unsafe to get a Pit Bull - type dog from a shelter because you don't know his or her background.

And here is a fact we probably already know: many establishments and places ban pit bulls and bulldogs, simply because they are often the ones publicized in dog attacks, which is not generally true, as not all of those types of breeds are vicious.

There is a reason she doesn't know that it's a «pit bull» because the facts are that even professionals can't identify a dog as a pit bull breed type simply by looking at it.

In Kansas City, MO, the city passed a law requiring all «pit bulls» to be spayed or neutered in 2006, and because of increased impounds for non-compliance, the city killed 38 % more «pit bull» type dogs in 2006 than in 2005 (with the ordinance in affect for only 5 months) and 75 % in 2007 with a full year of the ordinance.

Gang members, for example, are attracted to pit bulls because of their status as a vicious dog, and these types of people tend to treat (or neglect) their dogs in a way that generates aggression.

There many who don't believe Pit Bull type dogs can do any such thing just because of how they look, and I love the idea that he will demonstrate otherwise.