*pixy*

phanatic

i'm catching up for the day and i just wanted to thank you for jumping in and defending pitties. badrap.org is a great resource and i wish more people would read it before making assumptions about the breed.

i worked with a pit program here in delaware - it supports breed ambassadors and the women who run it were trained by badrap to look for signs of aggression in the dogs they chose (i worked at a no kill shelter for a while) and trained to be ambassadors. 

i literally went off on someone last week because she made an assumption on the breed based on her sister's poor handling of their pits. her one year old niece was bitten by one of the dogs and the family ended up putting BOTH of them down because "there was no reason for the dog to bite." come to find out, the little one had been near the dog's food, and that may have been a bite threshold for it and the family had no idea. 

i tend to think if the news educated people about the bite rates for other dogs (and pointed out that labs fail temperament tests more often than pitties), the mass hysteria that exists over these dogs wouldn't be quite as bad. 

sorry for the long post, but it's awesome to see that you were able to help educate someone about this.  

pixy_stix

You're welcome! 

This is one of my hot button issues so I just couldn't shut up.  I know she didn't mean it the way it came out, and she took the time to read the information.  I just wish more people would do that.

phanatic

it's a major hot button issue for me. i changed DH's mind on the breed after i told him about an adorable pittie we had at the shelter. i wanted to bring her home so badly, and i would have, but he's allergic to all things with fur. harump.

 

pixy_stix

I want a pittie too, but DH said no more animals to our zoo.