Sunday, June 05, 2011

Pit Bulls Were Viewed Very Differently 100 Years Ago

Astoundingly, for most of our 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.



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2 comments:

  1. I love pits. We had two when my sister and I were babies, and they protected and watched us like their own pups.

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  2. The owners of pit bulls are the real problem. They became a status symbol for people who should never be allowed to own pets and some of them became vicious as a result.

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