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candy was rescued from a really violent
situation back in 2009 by my aap Rachel
but now she's in a much better situation
and doing great many people think that a
pitbull is a specific breed of dog but
actually the term pitbull encompasses a
variety of different breeds like the
American Bulldog the American Pit Bull
Terrier and the American Staffordshire
Terrier unfortunately pit bull-type dogs
seem to fall victim to negative
stereotypes arguably more than any other
type of dog out there but I've had the
privilege of working with hundreds of
these guys over the years and overall
they're wonderful dogs one of the many
reasons for the perpetuation of the myth
that pit bulls are generally aggressive
dogs is that oftentimes when someone
does experience a dog bite and they go
to the emergency room they either report
that a dog victim or a pitbull bit them
and this causes emergency room medical
records to be very biased against pit
bull-type dogs sketchy data like this
has led to local even national
governments attempting to ban pit
bull-type dogs almost entirely this is
what's known as breed specific
legislation a study in the Journal of
the American Veterinary Medical
Association examined dog bite related
fatalities and found that breed was not
a factor for such reasons the Center for
Disease Control and Prevention the
American Veterinary Society of animal
and many other organizations have
publicly opposed breed-specific
legislation as it doesn't help reduce
dog bite incidents and deaths in light
of these studies many countries such as
Italy and the Netherlands
have reversed their breed specific
legislation pitbulls were originally
created by breeding terrier dogs with
Bulldogs in order to combine the agility
of the terrier with the strength of the
Bulldog these dogs were used for such
sports as bull baiting and bear baiting
and then when those sports were outlawed
many people turned to underground
dogfighting competitions because they
were easier to conceal from law
enforcement while this certainly is a
violent history it's important to
remember that just because a dog can be
trained to be violent does not mean a
dog is inherently violent by Nature
as far as we can tell pit bulls are no
more likely to be born with an
instinctive desire to fight than a
Maltese or a Labrador is more accurately
pit bulls are very often highly
trainable athletic dogs making them
prime candidates to be exploited for
nefarious activities today pitbulls are
used for so many positive things they
help law enforcement they can make great
therapy dogs and of course they make
wonderful pets so with the violent image
that people think of when they think of
pitbulls
isn't due to their natural temperament
then why does this image persist well a
study in the Journal of interpersonal
violence found that those who have high
risk breeds like pit bulls Rottweilers
German Shepherds Chow Chows and Doberman
Pinschers have on average 10 times as
many criminal convictions as those with
lower risk breeds a more accurate
correlation would be that those who are
more likely to participate in criminal
activity are also attracted to the
negative stereotype of pit bull type
dogs it turns out that people are the
problem not the dogs and this is where
the debate really needs to center around
the fact is some people are going to
exploit pitbulls either to be attack
dogs or to have them as a status symbol
but a loving person like you isn't going
to do that pit bulls are often very
strong hyper powerful dogs and in many
cases that can be really overwhelming
even frightening for some it can be easy
to mistake this exuberance for
potentially dangerous behavior and it is
true that pent up energy can sometimes
lead to aggressive outbursts with some
dogs but this is
true for all dogs regardless of their
breed with these types of dogs regular
exercise especially in the morning can
make an enormous difference in their
overall quality of life happiness and
teachability
and remember pit bull-type dogs are
really common in town shelters and
rescue organizations all over the place
so if you're considering one for your
next dog this should be the first place
you look I could not get the message out
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