Pit Bulls are like mayonnaise. Either people love them or hate them; there doesn’t seem to be any in between. Either they believe them to be saints, or they’re convinced that they are all maniacal, blood-thirsty killers. I’m not pro-pit bull. I’m not anti-pit bull either. I’m pro-dog and anti-discrimination.
It seems like the only news we hear about pit bulls are the few that injure/maim/kill humans, are part of dogfighting rings, or on the opposite side of the spectrum, the therapy dogs, the service dogs, and the exceptionally talented.
But what about all those middle-class pit bulls? What about the millions of pit bulls who are living life like every other dog in the country? Too often, pit bulls are distinguished from other dogs as if they're not even canines, and so many people believe that they are only owned by less-than-ideal members of society. But that's the not case. There's millions of them out there, and most live in homes like yours.
As for personality, not all dogs are heroes, and not all dogs are murderers either, regardless of similarity in appearance.
This website isn’t about a miraculous pit bull that rose from adversity, nor is it about a service dog, or an extreme athlete.
It’s about rescue—our adventures helping homeless animals, and my mission of saving animals through story.
It’s about a television show that needs to be produced to make widespread change in our shelter system.
It’s about reviewing toys that can hold up to any strong, tenacious, obsessive canine toy-annihalator.
And above all, it’s about a middle-class dog and his travels with his middle-class human: the discrimination we face, the joy we have together, and the simple pleasures we experience as we travel the nation on this journey through life.
Because a pit bull is a dog, and being a dog is extraordinary.
It seems like the only news we hear about pit bulls are the few that injure/maim/kill humans, are part of dogfighting rings, or on the opposite side of the spectrum, the therapy dogs, the service dogs, and the exceptionally talented.
But what about all those middle-class pit bulls? What about the millions of pit bulls who are living life like every other dog in the country? Too often, pit bulls are distinguished from other dogs as if they're not even canines, and so many people believe that they are only owned by less-than-ideal members of society. But that's the not case. There's millions of them out there, and most live in homes like yours.
As for personality, not all dogs are heroes, and not all dogs are murderers either, regardless of similarity in appearance.
This website isn’t about a miraculous pit bull that rose from adversity, nor is it about a service dog, or an extreme athlete.
It’s about rescue—our adventures helping homeless animals, and my mission of saving animals through story.
It’s about a television show that needs to be produced to make widespread change in our shelter system.
It’s about reviewing toys that can hold up to any strong, tenacious, obsessive canine toy-annihalator.
And above all, it’s about a middle-class dog and his travels with his middle-class human: the discrimination we face, the joy we have together, and the simple pleasures we experience as we travel the nation on this journey through life.
Because a pit bull is a dog, and being a dog is extraordinary.