Pit bull Confession

I own a rottweiler and have encountered many people of whom you may feel dislike your dog because of its bad reputation of the breed it belongs to.  I would only offer you this piece of advice.  It sounds like you have a lovable friendly pup that is a great representation of its breed.  As do I, be proud of your dog, especially to the people who frown on the breed, and show them by having your baby around them, that pit bulls are infact, a wonderful breed, with kind hearts and lovable personalities, and hopefully you can be an owner that changes a person's stereotype about the wonderful pit bulls!

As bas as it may sound, without those dogs that spent time in those pits, you and I wouldn't have OUR Pit Bull babies. I'm very gracious for mine, and have no problemts anymore telling people that.

You're not the only one who feels this way though, which is why a lot of people have reverted to calling their Pit Bulls "Pet Bulls". It's just a term of endearment, and not a shift to try and cover up what was once there, but it can also make a lot of people realize that these "dangerous vicious" Pit Bulls are really just big couch potatoes of lovin.[]

Personally, I have ALWAYS been proud to say my Pit bull is an American Pit Bull Terrier. The reason, because mine have always been extreme representatives of the breed for their posative traits. If your dog is the same then be proud and stand up and educate those around you that this IS a good breed and the majority of the problems are due to irresponsible breeders and owners

ORIGINAL: amstaffy

Personally, I have ALWAYS been proud to say my Pit bull is an American Pit Bull Terrier. The reason, because mine have always been extreme representatives of the breed for their posative traits. If your dog is the same then be proud and stand up and educate those around you that this IS a good breed and the majority of the problems are due to irresponsible breeders and owners

I am a beginer pit person. I am fostering my first bully ever. I as Jamie said am also proud. I make it a POINT to tell everyone I meet that I have a pit bull foster and he is a superb dog. I tell this to people who seem a little apprehensive about them or if someone says something negative about them. I want them to understand that pits are wonderful dogs, and I am proud that he is a pit bull. They are a spectacular breed & I doubt I will ever foster another breed...

I like Pet Bull - it's cute. []  I may use that line in class...

I think the biggst problem is the people that are CONVINCED that no matter how wonderful a pit bull is, it WILL "snap" and turn into a vicious monster at any time [:@]

A man who I work with was attacked and nearly killed by his dog (had to have an arm amputated, the other was dislocated + 11 hours of plastic surgury on his face). Everyone I work with is *convinced* that the dog must have had pit in him to do all that damage. I tried to tell them that dog was probably more mastiff/lab/chessie than anything else. There are no 140 lb pit bulls, but nobody here will believe me. Had to be a pit bull. Couldn't have been the fact that the dog was on a 12 foot chain hooked to the garage for his entire life with nothing but a bowl of food thrown to him every day. [:@]

Pit Bull is a term used to lump a bunch of dogs together.
Call her an APBT she is an American Pit Bull Terrier.
They have a proud heritage here in the states.
Calling them a pit bull does them no justice.

I can say that I feel you pain.  It gets really old having to justify my dog's existance to people.  Lately I have had a couple of people tell me how much they hate pit bulls after I tell them that I have one.  I'm actually never quite sure what to call Sally as we don't know for sure what she is.  I usually call her a mix.

ORIGINAL: Kika

OK I have confession to make, I don't like calling Kika a Pit Bull. I know, I know that's what she is and that's totally fine and I understand where the name comes from. HOWEVER she's never been in a PIT...the only thing pit about her is her arm PITs stink when she gets sweaty. She spends most of her time on the couch or on my lap....why not a couch bull or a lap bull or a bed bull if your going to name a dog after where they spend time.
None of the other dogs are named after where their ancestors spent time...ok maybe one or two.

I know this is a weird post and ya'll don't know me well enough to not think I'm weird after this confessional.

Thanks for reading the strange ramblings from my head. I just realized every time someone asks me what she is and I say Pit Bull, part of me has an aversion to it just because she's never been in a pit and I feel horrible for the ones that have.

Hun what you need to do is stand up straight and say "This is Kika, a American Pit Bull Terrier, would you like to meet her"?
You need to redirect your thinking, be proud you own one and that you can educate people on how nice they are. Your girl would stand up for you anyday, and to the death I would be willing to bet on.
These dogs are honorable, prideful dogs who need us to stand up for them.
"THE PRIDE IS WORTH THE PREJUDICE"!
You are doing what other cowardly Americans are failing to do, which is taking responsibilty for what us humans have let this breed become. Humans are so selfish as to breed these dogs for their won purpose and have the audacity to dispose of them or let their reputation turn to crap becuase they have no use for them in modern day society? Shall we banish them from the earth because we made them this way but couldnt save them and now ignorants people think they are killers? NO, thats very unamerican!
A abn on the American Pit Bull Terrier? How American is that?
Hellen Keller owned a pit bull and loved it.
A American Pit Bull Terrier used to be one of the nations top dog breeds, come on now your gonna let some gangsta thugs ruin our dogs?

I think if you read up on them you will be surpirsed. Pit Bulls are not human aggressive, who had to pull tehm away from prey? Their trainers!

Go here, read all of this, tke a look at your girl and try and see what pride her ancestors carried, what great working dogs they were and what they have become. Read Diane Jessup's book, The Dog Who Spoke To Gods

[linkhttp://www.workingpitbull.com/truthaboutpeta.htm]http://www.workingpitbull.com/truthaboutpeta.htm[/link]

[linkhttp://www.happypitbull.com/]http://www.happypitbull.com/[/link]

[linkhttp://www.paw-rescue.org/petbulls.html]http://www.paw-rescue.org/petbulls.html[/link]

and go watch this IF NOTHING ELSE

[linkhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYGFvWTgeEI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYGFvWTgeEI[/link]

If we start naming our dogs after their favorite pastimes then I'm not the owner of a presa canario...
I am infact a proud owner of a Perro de Couch Potato and I'll even sign the petition

It's sad that there is so much generalized hatred too.  I've met pit bulls I didn't trust.  I've been around some that are the best dogs I've ever known. 
 
I realize now that my friends grandmother had a black/white male pit bull when we were growing up.  His name was Bandit and at the time I had no idea what he was.  I wasn't afraid of him and I often wonder if I did know what he was if I would of been able to be around him.  Remember, at the time, I didn't know much about different breeds of dogs and would of definately heard to stay away from him from my mom. 
 
 

I strive to make my pits good ambasadors of the breed and it makes me proud to tell someone what they are.  But you are always going to run into those people who are terrified of them no matter what.  I just try to avoid those people and show them from a distance (lol) that my dogs aren't frenzied, crazy animals.  I could think of tons of funny stories from walking my dogs, and some of the neighbors love em and others hate them.  Nothing I can really do - it just makes me so happy when someone pulls over in their car to admire my dogs and I can proudly tell them they are pit bulls 

Chows..now those are scary dogs! []

Yikes! What I meant by my original post is actually more literal than has been perceived.
I have no qualms with Kika being a Pitbull, I tell people who ask with pride because she is a great ambassador for her breed.  Even though there is no denying her ancestors were in a pit, responsible owners no longer take part in such a "sport".  The word "Pit" has such negative connotations as the imagery of a pit only brings up mental images of abuse and bloody fighting. 

I just wish sometimes I could call such wonderful dogs something with more positive connotations and indicative to what these dogs do for us now.  LoveBull, cuddlebull, lickabull, kissabull, Pet Bull (nice one), Irrisistabull.  []