Looking through the posts I see that the people who hate the pit bulls seem to WANT to hate them, despite all the information showing these dogs are not all bad.
I am ashamed to say I used to be one of those people who was afraid of them until I came accross a backyard breeder who had 60 pit bull breed mixes all in depolrable condition. He was the worst of the worst. When I first met him I was terrified that he had so many all unfixed chained one right next to the other… All ages, were talking 3 month old babies on HUGE chains next to pregnant females..next to unfixed adult males.. It was a nightmare for ANY dog. Most didnt have hair, were emaciated, and had sores and wounds all over them. I had to get over my predjudice if any of them were to get help. Our local “animal cops” didnt care as long as they were fed and had houses!! I started reading everything I could about the breeds (American Staffordshire Terriers, Staffordshire Bull Terriers, and American Pit Bull Terriers). I networked with rescues, shelters, and pit bull groups and EDUCATED MYSELF on everything I could sponge into my brain during that year. While going out there and tending to these dogs wounds and giving them shots and taking some to the vet when he let me. It took me a year (and a bad outbreak of sarcoptic mange) to get any of those dogs out of there. In the end I could only save 8. 15 had to be pts due to the severity of thier illnesses and some were aggressive. (The rest of the 60 were “gone” by the time I was in a position to help them.)
I work with dogs on chains. I rehabilitate them. I have for years and love what I do.
These pit bull dogs were by far the easiest to rehabilitate. I have worked with numerous dogs and I have been bitten countless times by just 2 breeds- german shepherds and chow chows. Do I hate those breeds? No. Pit bull breeds are only DOG AGGRESSIVE unless taught otherwise and not all Pit bull breeds have that dog aggressive gene. Usually it takes up to 3 years for that gene to be “triggered”. If you have a pit bull who has not shown any aggression towards any dogs by that time you most likely have one that doesnt have the gene. Pit Bulls were originally bred for 2 reasons: working farm dogs and fighting dogs. They lived with the farm animals and protected them! Many breeds are dog aggressive and that is not a reason to wipe out the whole breed. I am glad I educated myself and evovled past the hate and ignorance.
By the way, one of those chained pit bulls was in the Dayton Daily News titled “A Pit Bull Goes to the Library”. Pearl is a pit bull and she survived 5 years at that place. Now she teaches humane education in schools and libraries! I think people need to be educated or better yet, EDUCATE YOURSELF. Theres no excuse for ignorance when library books are free to use.
Another thing, 2 of the pit mixes are going to Vermont Saturday and this couple know everything about them and love them dearly. When I took them to the vet on the way out a senior upper class lady getting into a late model Lexis asked me if they were pits. I said yes and she told me she loved pits and she was sad that people hated them so much. She grew up with them and they were loving family pets and thier family never wanted any other breed. I wanted to scoop her up and hug her. She petted HOneybear and Precious and smiled at them and got in her car. We need more people like that!
