THANK YOU all for your responses to PET+BLOGSPOT's Pit Bull Awareness Week which was launched last week.
It followed a powerful video in YouTube (Scroll Below To Watch) by some unflinching activists who are trying to separate truth from fiction about the real character of the breed.
I would especially like to thank SREBRENICA GENOCIDE Blog Editor Daniel Zeljkovic from Canada to our post: "PIT BULLS ARE ALSO VICTIMS IN DOG BITES":
The gentleman commented on Friday, February 29 at 02:56:00 PM 2008:
"The photo of a baby and a pit bull is not something I would support. You never know what could happen when you leave [a] pit bull to sleep with a baby, do you? It could bite the baby easily."
aNt's response:
Daniel, first did you watch the video? Because if you did, it would put to rest at once your reservations about pit bull terriers - and probably many other so-called "killer breeds" as the video did with me in my case.
I too once thought that pits were nasty and extremely ferocious creatures that were born to kill any living thing in its way.
Until, I pleasantly discovered recently, and more so with the amazing YouTube video, how terribly mistaken I was.
This is the same with bulls, I understand, in Spain where they are taught to charge at a waving cloth (the colour is immaterial). This is all for the cruel and greedy sport of bull-fighting.
Rottweiler's are also branded as devil dogs. I believed that once totally owing to the TV and movies where these dogs are portrayed.
My view change a 190 degrees, however when I started living with a Rottie for over 10 years. They are the most gentlest and long-suffering dogs that I have worked with as a service dog trainer in Malaysia in a wheelchair.
He could suddenly wake up and bite and kill me too, if going by your argument with babies. But his only "mistake" is that he always lavishes me with endless licks.
Back to pits, the fact that the breeds are used as service and therapy dogs surely must speak volumes about their capabilities and especially how some people try to deliberately spread disinformation against such animals.
Only this evening I caught an episode of the famous US TV show Smallville where two rogue canines, a Rottie and Golden Retriever were portrayed.
Although the TV series eventually put the blame on the laboratory that turned the dogs into killers through scientific guises, the Rottie was shown as the evil dog whilst the Golden was eventually rehabilitated.
Why not the other way around for a change? For people who don't have Rottweilers this may feed into their fears. However, for those of us who share our lives daily with them, it was completely ridiculous.
I was extremely disappointed by this portrayal as once again the powerful media had succeeded to give a totally distorted picture of the true character of a Rottie. This will only promulgate negative reactions to the breeds rather than positive ones.
The only point I will agree with you Daniel is that all dogs, no matter what breeds, need some form of supervision especially when they are with small children before one can fully leave them to care for infants.
Thank you for sharing your views Daniel.
I leave you with a statement Our Soceity issued on Pit Bulls sometime ago which was printed in our local English newspapers:
Wednesday, August 30 2006 NSTP Papers . Letter: Dogs are victims too -by Anthony Thanasayan, President, Petpositive -
Dear Editor, WE strongly regret the incident where a man was bitten in the leg by a pit bull terrier at a workshop in Kuala Lumpur.
Dog owners have an obligation to ensure that their pets pose no threat to the public. They must be conscientious and stringent about where and how they keep their dogs.
Canines with a strong tendency to be protective of their masters should be managed with extra care, especially when people unfamiliar to the animals are around. Overly aggressive dogs require therapy and training.
Contrary to some opinion, pit bull terriers should not be classified in any ‘banned breeds list’. They are not only regarded in many countries as wonderful family companions but some groups have even set up rescue and rehabilitation services for such dogs – with tremendous success.
Pit bulls, however, are not for everyone. They require owners who are intelligent, responsible, dedicated and understanding.
In every case of a dog attack, dogs are as much victims as the humans they turn on. Pit bulls are no exception.
The Government should review the ‘banned dogs list’ and remove pit bulls from the list.
As for the pit bull that bit the man, the Veterinary Services Department should try and rehabilitate the dog and only euthanise it when there is no other choice.
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aNt
PET+BLOGSPOT
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