Pit Bull Movement

I support the Pit Bull Movement to aid in rescue and to educate people about these dogs and how loving they can be. The news and media have made these dogs look like beasts of terror when it was most likely the result of poor ownership. I want to share my story of how I came face to face with said beasts and all I got was a mountain of kisses, never ending love, and constant companionship. I grew up in a house where moving was a constant and the thought of having a dog was forbidden. My father never had animals growing up – this is where the forbidden part came from. As a child all I wanted was a dog. The only animal I had as a child was a tabby cat named Fatty – he weighed over twenty pounds so the name was fitting. We had Fatty until I was …show more content…
I was raised in a family where everyone smoked cigarettes it was normal and accepted. As a child, I was never told it was bad or harmful to my health. Both of my parents smoked cigarettes throughout my childhood. I was frequently exposed to secondhand smoke. As I got older and anti-smoking ads got more popular my parents changed where and how they smoked. In the car they would roll down not just there window, but the others windows as well to help vent. They stopped smoking inside the house. Before the ban on smoking inside restaurants when we would go out to eat we sat in the non- smoking section. Growing up with uncontrolled asthma these changes were well welcomed. Cigarette smoke was one of my most recurring triggers for my asthma attacks. My asthma has affected many aspects in my life. There are many things I cannot do or partake in due to a flair up. I do believe my unwanted exposure to second hand smoke has helped me not become a cigarette smoker. My parents still to this day smoke and every time I see them I try to remind them why they should not do it. My grandmother is probably the most influential reason for me to refrain from smoking. She was a three pack a day smoker, who at times would forget about a lit cigarette and light another. My grandmother smoked for fifty three years until she had her first heart attack. Her arteries were so damaged from smoking and poor diet she had to have a triple bypass surgery to repair it. She quit smoking cold turkey after the surgery and has not smoked a cigarette since that day. I am so proud of her for making the decision for her health. All these reasons are why I am an advocate of the anti-smoking precautions the government has done to try to protect the public’s health even if it is just a lit