Sentences with phrase «on the pit bull as»

The shelter said the staff employee should have placed a special hold on the pit bull as soon as the family came to claim him.

This month we focused on pit bulls as athletes, so we asked our Facebook fans, Do you participate in any canine sports with your dogs, such as weight pull, dock diving, canine disc, flyball, or lure coursing?

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Before the federal court as we write is a case brought by the U.S. Attorney against a co-op building on the Lower East Side for refusing a woman permission to keep a stray pit bull she adopted.

Most recently, he has served as a producer on the New Orleans — shot pilot Shepherd, was the Production Manager on the Animal Planet series Pit Bulls and Parolees.

As fate would have it, recently - widowed Alfredo (Manuel Alexandre) moves in next - door neighbor to naughty Elsa, who pounces on the grieiving geezer the first chance she gets, like a starving pit bull that just found some raw meat.

With the exception of an intriguing scene in which an eager crowd places bets on a dogfight between a pit bull and a smaller MTR, the humans seldom interact directly with these enormous E.T.s. Just imagine how dull «Jurassic Park» would be if the dinosaurs were seen exclusively in the far distance, as the paleontological safari intended, rather than endangering the characters in close proximity.

There may also be bans on breeds considered dangerous such as Staffordshire (Pit) Bull Terrier, Akita, Presa Canario, and others, but these differ from country to country.

It's just the latest breed - specific slap in the face to pit bulls, a breed that once served not just in battle (Stubby saw action in 17), but as corporate mascots (Nipper for RCA Victor) and TV show characters (Petey on «Our Gang»).

The film takes an intimate look at the truth behind these laws and the effect they have on local communities, following Lakewood (a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio) as city council proposes and eventually passes a ban on «pit bulls,» citing the state law as one of their primary reasons.

In an Oregon county, Pit Bulls are killed en masse in a shelter with an avowed No Kill goal by misusing temperament testing as a de facto ban on the breed.

Most recently, he said, the discrimination has centered on the expanding group of dogs that are labeled as pit bulls.

* Breeds most commonly identified as «Pit Bulls» were amongst the highest scoring on a December 2005 ATTS Temperament Test.

When contacting me for your first pitbull puppy, please feel free to be more specific on the type of pit bull puppy you are trying to acquire such as sex, size, coat and personality.

So, yes - the picture on this page IS all of my current pack (as of 2014)- 4 Pit Bulls and 1 Pit Bull / Chihuahua mix.

On top of that, a study last year put out by by Arizona State University found that identifying a dog as a pit bull leads to that dog staying at the shelter three times longer than dogs who look the same but are called Labs or border collies instead.

Prospective pit bull owners can get more information on raising pit bulls on websites such as BadRap.org, PBRC.org and AnimalFarmFoundation.org.

I myself LOVE pit bulls and once when I get one on my own I will be one of the dedicated pit bull owners who pit bull is as loving as it can be.

My teacher actually said that I changed his mind on pit bulls, and I think several kids in class were swayed as well.

If they attack they just get quarantined for a while where as a pit bull who isn't as high up on the aggressive list as a lot of household family dogs, they would get shot on spot.

PETA, the so - called People for Ethical Treatment of Animals, supports the ban: They claim they have rescued many pit bulls from abusive homes where they were badly hurt, kicked, and beaten to the point of aggression for dog fights, or they chain them up on a short chain to make aggressive guard dogs, or drug dealers use them as weapons.

Governments that have adopted BSL — such as the Montreal City Council, led by Mayor Denis Coderre — target specific breeds (primarily «pit bull - type» dogs) by imposing restrictions on owners or simply banning them outright.

These laws focus on breed, not deed, and uniformly ban the various dog breeds that are collectively known as Pit Bulls.

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%20Pit%20Dog%22&pg=RA3-PA13#v=onepage&q&f=false Why would «America's favorite dog» need such articles written about it?

The justification is based on the clear evidence that, as a group, pit bulls, compared to other breeds, generally have a higher propensity to exhibit unique behavioral traits during an attack.

I HAVE INSURANCE ON MY HOUSE AND HONESTLY IT IS GREAT AND VERY AFFORDABLE THAT IS WITH TWO PIT BULLS AND MY STATE ACTUALLY QUIT LABELING THE PIT BULL AS AN AGGRESSIVE DOG AND REMOVED IT FROM THE REDLINE LIST SO TRY TO LOOK AT THE STATE BECAUSE THE CITIES CANT REALLY GO AGAINST THE STATE NOT IN OHIO ANYWAY LOL.

On their «Pit Bull Information» web page, they write: «Sadly, pit bulls have acquired a reputation as unpredictable, dangerous, and vicious.&raqPit Bull Information» web page, they write: «Sadly, pit bulls have acquired a reputation as unpredictable, dangerous, and vicious.&raqpit bulls have acquired a reputation as unpredictable, dangerous, and vicious.»

Curious so i can read that too... Actually, the pit bull began as being used to latch on to a bulls nose when it became aggressive and the pit woukd take a bull down, calming it.

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AS for now, you sound lyk empty vessel with zero experience on Pit - bulls

As for Pit Bull type dogs the relatively low numbers for intake and high variability created an additional challenge to finding a clearly distinguishable impact on intake.

During these classes, pit bulls work on obedience essentials, such as «sit,» «stay,» «look,» and «leave it.»

Recently I have listened to many people with little knowledge of the Pit Bull speak with authority on the breed as if they have been around them for their whole life.

Love - A-Bull was organized to educate and to advocate on behalf of the American Pit Bull Terrier, the American Staffordshire Terrier, and the Staffordshire Bull Terrier (all breeds commonly referred to as «pit bulls») and pit bull miBull was organized to educate and to advocate on behalf of the American Pit Bull Terrier, the American Staffordshire Terrier, and the Staffordshire Bull Terrier (all breeds commonly referred to as «pit bulls») and pit bull mixPit Bull Terrier, the American Staffordshire Terrier, and the Staffordshire Bull Terrier (all breeds commonly referred to as «pit bulls») and pit bull miBull Terrier, the American Staffordshire Terrier, and the Staffordshire Bull Terrier (all breeds commonly referred to as «pit bulls») and pit bull miBull Terrier (all breeds commonly referred to as «pit bulls») and pit bull mixpit bulls») and pit bull mixpit bull mibull mixes.

This was based on consideration of the highest concentrations (hot spots) of Pit Bull type dog and cat intake as well as on local considerations related to the neighborhoods (size and location) and feasibility of implementing a program within any given area.

If you would like to look up more information on the pit bull, or would like to see the statistics for yourself to believe, you can find plenty of information both online and from your local animal shelters in your area as well.

And for at least the past 70 years, most of the American Pit Bull Terriers have been bred by people with the intention of NOT using them for fighting (not that all of them were BEFORE the 1930s, but certainly after that point) as the law, and canine organizations frowned on the activity.

& Texas Unites for Animals, as guest speakers to educate and advocate on behalf of pit bull type dogs.

As we have already hinted in the preceding sections, the nutritional requirements of your pit bull terrier are largely dependent on its activity level as well as general body sizAs we have already hinted in the preceding sections, the nutritional requirements of your pit bull terrier are largely dependent on its activity level as well as general body sizas well as general body sizas general body size.

Lockwood, who has studied wolves in the wild and canine attacks on humans and animals for 15 years, said the recent publicity about dog attacks has put a spotlight on the pit bull, a generic term for several breeds developed in England as fighting animals.

It's assholes that abandon these dogs that give them a bad rap, when they will guard kids with their life, and will never harm them (except maybe as puppies, but only in jest, never on purpose) unless trained very improperly, which I would like to state that Pit bulls, and Rottweilers are extremely intelligent, rottweilers being ranked as one of the top ten intelligent dogs, and train very easily.

While dogs with some pit bull heritage were identified correctly 33 - 75 percent of the time (depending on the staff member making the call), more disturbingly, dogs with no genetic evidence of it were identified as being pit bulls up to 48 percent of the time.

So if you stumble on blue «pit bulls» that have exaggerated features such as wide chest, heavy bone structure, massive bulky body and a blocky head, likely it's an American bully.

The State Farm payout appears to have been nearly twice as much as if State Farm used breed - specific actuarial data on dog attack injuries to exclude covering pit bulls and Rottweilers.

This is photographically documented in Louis Colby's book «Colby's Book Of The American Pit Bull Terrier» as the very first Pit Bull illustrated in the book under the name «Goldie» documented to the year 1922 on page 3.

In the study, when breed labels were not placed on the dogs, potential adopters ranked pit bulls and non-pit-bulls as «equally attractive.»

Golden retrievers for example, which many uninformed folks regard as safer at home and more responsive to training, are frequently out - performed by pit - bull - terrier - like dogs on tests administered by the American Temperament Test Society.

The Real Pitbull website, refers to these dogs as «essentially an American Pit Bull Terrier that is poorly bred» and advocates those searching for a pit bull to avoid American Bully breeders, as ethical breeders should work on preserving the American pit bull terrier breed instead of making their own distorted versions of Pit Bull Terrier that is poorly bred» and advocates those searching for a pit bull to avoid American Bully breeders, as ethical breeders should work on preserving the American pit bull terrier breed instead of making their own distorted versions ofBull Terrier that is poorly bred» and advocates those searching for a pit bull to avoid American Bully breeders, as ethical breeders should work on preserving the American pit bull terrier breed instead of making their own distorted versions of pit bull to avoid American Bully breeders, as ethical breeders should work on preserving the American pit bull terrier breed instead of making their own distorted versions ofbull to avoid American Bully breeders, as ethical breeders should work on preserving the American pit bull terrier breed instead of making their own distorted versions of pit bull terrier breed instead of making their own distorted versions ofbull terrier breed instead of making their own distorted versions of it.

In reviewing statistics on breed bites it is important to understand that the term «Pit Bull» is used as a generic describer and not that of verifiable purebred Pit Bulls.

I worked with a pit bull last year that was purposely taunted, and «sicced» on people, as a puppy.

On April 5th, 2011, the Director of Animal Care and Control for Denver mandated that moving forward, officers «will not immediately impound a pit bull that is identified as a service animal by the owner.»