Pit Bulls are loving dogs but they have picked up the name bully breed because of the way people view them. Pit Bulls were bred for dog fighting, bull and bear baiting. By the 1900s they started to be bred as farm dogs, family dogs, military mascots, …show more content…
According to Lauerman Kerry “many animal experts are quick to point out, the bans usually target the "pit bulls," which is not an exact breed but, rather, a vague classification that loosely targets a wide variety of breeds” (Kerry). If a dog is determined to be both a banned breed and acts to be dangers to the public he is likely to face the death sentence. This kind of testing should be done with a kind heart. If you take your pit bull to a dog park and he gets along with other dogs good but one dog that is a bully and picks a fight with your pit bull your dog is sadly going to be the one to blame.(Bender) when people see a pitbull in a fight they automatically think that it's the pitbulls fault. be cause of people not understanding pit bulls most animal shelters in this country do not even give people the opportunity to be adopt them.(Pisani) To my own knowledge pit bulls have less time in a shelter than any other dog. Pit bulls always forgive and crawl back with such a thirst for acceptance that it almost feels like an apology they shouldn't be giving in the first place said tia …show more content…
Someone asked a reporter “why, out of so many other breeds are pit bulls marked as “bad” or “aggressive” dog’s”. The reporter answered by saying “because they make great news”.The reporter was just telling the truth and it's crazy how they will do whatever it take to make some knows.This is one of the reasons that people do not like pit bulls because the knows lies so the people don't know the truth (Bender).Dr.James Serpell and his colleagues from the university of pennsylvania confirms that chihuahuas, dachshunds, and jack russell terriers, exhibit high tendencies to show aggression toward humans and other dog’s. If you did a study of pit bulls and chihuahuas to see who bit more it would be chihuahuas their bite is not as bad but if everyone went to the hospital every time they bit someone and it would be known to the public then they would have a bad representation (Pisani). Someone did a study on 4 shelters. The staff was to pick out all of the pit bulls out of 120 dog’s the staff identified 62 pit bulls but DNA tests revealed that only 25 of them were pit bulls. This is a prime example of do not judy a book by its cover. This staff could have been juggling them dogs life in their hands just by their looks. Paraic Eo said “ focusing on the breed of the dog ends up ignoring the root