Astoundingly, for most of history America's nickname for Pit Bulls was 'The Nanny Dog.' For generations if you had children and wanted to keep them safe you wanted a pit bull, the dog that was the most reliable of any breed with children or adults.
The Nanny Dog is now vilified by a media that always wants a demon dog breed to frighten people. Before pit bulls it was Rottweilers, before Rottweilers it was Dobermans, and before them German Shepherds. Each breed in it's order were deemed too vicious and unpredictable to be around people.
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Thank you for posting this. One of my granddogs is a pit bull, and he's the sweetest dog you could imagine. There was one in the meighborhood when I was a kid (many, many years ago), and he let the little kids ride on him.
What is sad is in many places Pitt Bulls have become illegal. They are trying to make that change in the next city over. I think any politician that votes for it should be the one that goes door to door and has to tell a small child that they are killing his beloved pet just because it's the wrong breed.
LOVE those pics. So sweet.
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