Today is National Pit Bull Awareness Day but the whole month of October has been National Pit Bull Awareness Month and Adopt a Pit Bull Month.
I'm probably not the right person to talk about Pit Bulls seeing as it is illegal to own one in the UK under the Dangerous dogs act but I will try my best.
A list of dogs illegal to own in the UK.
Pit Bull Terrier.
Japanese Tosa.
Fila Brasileiro.
Dogo Argentino.
I found this paragraph on the
ASPCA website which has got lots of useful information on Pit Bulls.
Pit bulls were genetically selected for their fighting ability. What does this mean? It doesn’t mean that they can’t be around other dogs, that they’re unpredictably aggressive or that they will always fight to the death. These are all common myths about pit bulls. It does mean that they may be easily encouraged to fight with other dogs.
I think that says it all really may be easily encouraged to fight you could probably say the same about other breeds in the wrong hands.
Who encourages them to fight Morons, Idiots definitely not normal human beings, so why should the dogs suffer is it because they haven't got a voice and can't speak up for themselves so the authorities think they're an easy target instead of getting to the root of the problem and going after the gangs or would that mean to much paperwork, it winds me up when healthy, innocent dogs get euthanized through no fault of there own, the next time the vet sticks that needle in the dogs leg they should question themselves and ask the question am I putting the right one to sleep.
I don't know how the authorities determine dangerous, but there have been unconfirmed reports of Pit Bulls licking people to death and stealing there heart BOL
Since I've been blogging I've been fortunate enough to of met some lovely people, and a lot of them own Pit Bulls and can't sing there praises enough for being faithful, loving, caring dogs not once have I heard the words evil, monster, aggressive, out of control mentioned and why not because they've been brought up to love and not fight.
My good friend Ann from
Pawsitively Pets has very kindly gave me permission to use her photo of her and her Pit Bull Shiner.
As you can see Ann is really scared of her big scary Pit Bull BOL
Pit Bulls where used during World War 1
Sergeant Stubby (1916 or 1917 – April 4, 1926), was the most decorated
war dog of
World War I and the only dog to be promoted to
sergeant through combat.
America's first war dog, Stubby served for 18 months and participated in seventeen battles on the Western Front. He saved his regiment from surprise mustard gas attacks, found and comforted the wounded, and even once caught a German spy by the seat of his pants, holding him there until American soldiers found him. Back home his exploits were front page news of every major newspaper. Excerpt taken
from Wikipedia.
Pit Bulls used to be America’s darlings? Before the mid-80s, stories of
pit bull attacks are practically non-existent. There is even some confusion over exactly which breed of dog is a pit bull — the definition includes the American pit bull terrier, the Staffordshire terrier and, at times, the bulldog. This confusion seems to have dogged the breed from the beginning, as there is some disagreement over the origin of pit bulls. Excerpt taken from
Cesarsway.
In the 1980s it all went wrong for the Pit Bull before then there where hardly any reports of dog attacks by Pit Bulls until dog fighting made a come back and the Pit Bull was the dog of choice, It is also the preferred guard dog for drug dealers and gangs.
I think it's safe to say BSL ( Breed Specific Legislation ) isn't working and it's time for change, it's time to stand up and be counted and be there voice. There's lots of Pit Bulls in shelters looking for there forever homes and finding it hard because of there reputation and unfortunately not all shelters are no kill shelters with the senior dogs being euthanized to make way for puppies who are easier to re home.
Amazing Parkour Pit Bull TreT.
