A word on Pit Bull myths:

Their jaws don’t ‘lock’. Their jaws are no different from any other breed. Nor do they ‘bite down until their teeth meet’. They grab on and hold on, as all terriers do. Terriers as a group are stubborn and tenacious.

A note about dog bites: A lot of dog bite statistics are skewed, sometimes because people don’t know what type of dog attacked them, or because they don’t want to admit what type of dog attacked them. There was a recent story in my town about a man’s Rottweiler attacking his neighbour, nearly tearing his ear off. The Rott was picked up and destroyed, and only after did the victim admit that it wasn’t the Rottweiler that attacked him, but his own West Highland White terrer. (westie.)

In eleven years of being a dog groomer, I have encountered many ‘dangerous’ breeds; rottweilers, dobermanns, pit bulls, amstaffs, and so on. Have I ever been bitten by one? Nope, never. Not once. And I handle dogs in ways their ownsers never do. I pick up their feet, I trim their nails, I clean out their ears and brush their teeth. One of the worst bites I ever got, resulting in a logn deep scar on my forearm and twelve stitches, was from a toy poodle. The only large dog I have ever been bitten by was standing on the table, so his head was level with my neck. With no warning whatever, he grabbed on to the curge between my neck and my shoulder and started ‘kill-shaking’ me, jerking me off my feet. He wouldn’t let go of me. I oculd feel blood trickling down my back and chest. My boss came to the rescue, spraying water up the dog’s nose to make it let me go. What type of dog was this?

A Golden Retriever. America’s ideal family dog.

My point is, you can’t judge a dog by the breed. All dogs have teeth, all dogs have the propensity to bite, and there are far more larger and stronger dogs out there than the Pitty. They can do just as much. if not more, damage.

Punish the deed, not the breed.

When I saw this I was waiting for the bite to come. I admit it…I was scared the pit was gonna get his nose pecked and run off.

I think its awesome i had 7 adult pits and all were gentle and nothin but big babies. thank you for showin this side of them

Stop your whining about cosmetic “mutilation”. We do it to ourselves all the time and nobody says a word. Lets not even mention MUTILATING the poor animals reproductive organs and taking away its natural ability to have offspring. Thats as bad as any ear being clipped!! Those “poor” dogs live perfectly happy lives either way.

Cute! I’m more scared of Chiuahuas and cats than I am of Pits. Those little suckers bite, scratch and draw blood all day long!! Pits are amazingly loving dogs. Just so happens they are the dogs of choice for every thug, gangsta and irresponsible home owner across the country. Of course they are going to be misbehaved!!

texasgirly1979:

Sharky is hilarious. THe best is how he doesn’t seem to know the power of his licks. Everytime ke kisses a chick and it moves a few inches, he looks like, “Dude, where’d my new homie go.” Too cute.

that’s the cutest thing ive ever seen..more guys should be more sensitive like this

Lexi-

To be fair, a lot of people who adopt animals through a shelter don’t have a choice in whether or not their animal has it’s ears docked. Or even after they buy an animal from a breeder. I’m not saying this owner, did or did not get the ears docked, just that she may have not had a choice in it.

Awww… puppy-wuppy is acting like momma chicken! So cute!

In Australia it is now officially illegal to dock the tails of animals for anything other than medical necessity. I wish the rest of the world woud wake up and see just how awful cosmetic mutilation is.