Kudos
To KPCL because this is the first time I’ve ever known a reporter to look at both sides with respect to pit bulls:
Despite how you may feel about the American pit bull terrier, you may be surprised to find out that the breed is given more than an 83 % passing rate by the American Temperament Test Society. That is a group that tests how aggressive certain kinds of dogs are. Pit bulls were found to be less aggressive than the popular border collie.
7 News found some warnings about pit bulls, even on a pro-pit bull web site. The warnings included such things as never trusting your pit bull not to fight with other animals, always supervise your dog with small children, and that it is important to start socializing pit bulls while they are still very young. 7 News also found that pit bulls are often used as narcotic and bomb sniffing dogs, as well as in search and rescue efforts.
Pit bull advocates all seem to agree that it is important to punish the “deed, not the breed.” Others feel pit bulls are such naturally powerful animals, they are just too risky to have in neighborhoods.
May 4th, 2006 at 11:09 am
actually, you might like this one: http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/060206fa_fact
(push through the first few paragraphs)
May 4th, 2006 at 6:41 pm
There are NO bad dogs. There are, however, way too many BAD owners!!! It’s all in how you raise a dog, and unfortunately, the puppy in the window is ohh soo cute, but then that puppy grows up to be a dog, and no one has properly trained it, socialized it, worked with it, given it the very time consuming attention it needs, and that puppy – that is now a dog – gets tied to a tree on a chain in the yard… Yeah, that’s how this story almost always goes. And as for dog fighting? The people who engage in this type of behavior, putting two dogs together to fight for pure sport and enjoyment? These people are loathsome, despicable scum – yeah, down there on the very bottom ladder rungs with the pedophiles and Zacarias Moussaoui – none of which deserve to be taking up space on this earth!
May 4th, 2006 at 7:10 pm
Oh, and yes, kudos to KPCL! It is indeed the rarest of occasions that little pit bull terriers are given any credit for being good dogs!!!