Comments on: 10 Ways to Be a Powerful Pit Bull Ambassador

By: sharon

sharon — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 18:02:07 +0000

This is wonderful! Education, education, education! When humans whom are supposed to have superior knowledge above the animal kingdom blame their behavior on the animal says a lot. We are responsible for t them, but when we fail some how the dog is at fault. Take responsibility people and stop the madness!

By: Lori Turner

Lori Turner — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 14:30:49 +0000

This is awesome info!!! Thank you ASPCA!!! I just wish people would listen and learn… It’s not the dog that’s evil and dangerous, it’s those that teach the dog to be that way… In all my 8 years of volunteering with animals, Pitties are some of the biggest loves of all… Here’s my quote of the day, “IMAGINE A WORLD WHERE DOGS TOOK BAD OWNERS TO THE POUND”… NOW THAT MAKES SENSE!!!

By: Marilyn Marks

Marilyn Marks — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:10:07 +0000

I have been a pet dog trainer, dog day care owner and dog rescue volunteer, each for various parts of time over the past 25 years. I had a wonderful student who taught me about her favorite breed, pit bulls and while I’m not authority on the breed, I have been sympathetic to their cause — both how wonderful and loyal they can be as well as how unwanted. I am all for pit bull promotions as you’ve identified here, but I face pit bulls adopted out by “save the pitties” types who have not been appropriately screened or placed and by people who think killing small animals is ok and normal for the breed. Until there are some standards for testing and placing them I cannot openly promote how safe they are. I am all for temperament testing standards for all breeds, all rescues, and you know how hard that is too – with people who think they can all be fixed. But anyway, I’m wanting to use my comments here to put into your pit advocate minds that until YOU all state publicly that they can be very bad dogs if not professionally temperament tested, there can be no real change. It takes an admission that bully breeds can be too much dog for the average owner, that they won’t all, even with great training or upbringing, be ok around other dogs or small animals, that they will likely bite/fight with a certain style should they decide to use aggression, that they have high-arousal issues like most terriers, and they the ones that don’t have those aspects causing major problems are the only ones that make good average pets. It takes people like you telling the public that the Vick dogs were able to be rehabbed to such a large degree BECAUSE they were such poor fighters, while that won’t be the case with all fighting ring rescues, so that people can learn that even professionals discern between the good ones and the bad ones (for lack of better wording and time to go into it here).

By: Debi Welle

Debi Welle — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 01:16:54 +0000

The local pet “Barkery” and Pet Boutique held a pet parade in our town. All of the profits went to our animal shelter. We had Emery (a pit mix)lead the parade as the grand marshall. She did an excellent job and really let people see how sweet and well behaved a Pit Bull can be. P.S. Emery got adopted after being in our shelter for almost a year (thank you Pet Finder)

By: Joan Hellandsjo

Joan Hellandsjo — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 23:51:15 +0000

Great blog!! As a Pit parent and fan, many thanks. Also don’t forget Animal Farm Foundation, they and their subsidiary, National Canine Research Council offer a wealth of information, programs and grants to help Pitbull type dogs.