rataliekendall:

mosshut:

just a friendly reminder that for over a hundred years, pit bulls used to be referred to as “the nanny dog” and their main job was as babysitters.

• in temperance tests (the equivalent of how many times your kid can poke your dog in the eye before it bites him) of all breeds the most tolerant was the golden retriever. the second most tolerant was the pit bull. temperament evaluations by the american temperament test society give american pit bull terriers a very high passing rate of 82.6%, while the average passing rate for the other 121 dog breeds tested was only 77%.
• pit bulls are not naturally human aggressive. in fact pit bull puppies prefer human company to their mother’s two weeks before all other dogs.
• no spayed/neutered, indoor pit bull has ever killed a person.
• contrary to the popular myth, pit bulls DO NOT have locking jaws.
• approximately 6000 pit bulls are put to death every day, by far the highest number of any breed euthanized.

This message is so important.

Pit Bulls and their children from days gone by. I have to take issue with a few things, like the “nanny dog” comment. While the pit bull did have  reputation as a stalwart companion to children, which was the basis for them being the mascot of Buster Brown Shoes and RCA, and the Little Rascals’ dog Petey, and other roles from turn of the century pop-culture, there is no evidence of that being an actual nick-name of the breed. It certainly had that role and reputation, there just are no recorded instances of that term being applied to them. Also  the “no spayed/neutered pit ever killing someone”. I don’t  know where that “factoid” came from how it was determined, but even if true, it is irrelevant.  And the “pit bull puppies prefer human company to their mother’s two weeks before all other dogs.” Total bullshit. There has never been a study done to determine this, as it would largely be impossible to quantify. This was something that someone who knows nothing of canine psychology pulled out of their ass and others repeat. 

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