All Fired UP and Ready to Go.

Recently, a friend of mine, posted on Facebook that the city we live in had banned Pit Bulls. She said she had received a phone call from someone saying that she needed to get rid of her dog because they could come and take him any time they want and he could be euthanized. So we started a page about it and received 100's of supporters wanting to sign a petition to overturn this "alleged" law. Thankfully, the phone call she received turned out to be a prank call.

Then a story broke out on the news about an elderly man, who's Pit Bull named Snoopy had been taken away because while he was walking his dog on a leash, another much smaller dog came running up to him, barking at Snoopy and aggressively biting at him which caused Snoopy to bite back in self-defense. The owner of the smaller dog, took it too far and called authorities. So someone on Snoopy's side, started a petition to bring Snoopy home to his owner. They got about $7,000 signatures online and Snoopy finally came home.

Well, with all of that going on, it got me all fired up again. And I wanted to do something that might help even if it's in a small way. And I cannot stand the fact that these dogs are still being abused over and over again. If they are not being physically abused, then they are being unfairly treated by ignorant misinformed people who claim to be animal lovers.
I have not owned a Pit Bull since I was a kid. I would love to have one again but with raising a family and financial difficulties, I always thought it would not be fair to anyone including the dog. They are like having children and I cannot be a responsible owner without the right amount of time and money it takes to take care of them.

However, I had a female Pit Bull puppy when I was about 13. We found her wandering around. She had no collar, full of fleas and ticks and it looked like someone had literally taken an ax and chopped of her tail. At the time, my step mother was a deputy sherif and an animal lover. She took her, cleaned her up and took her to the vet. My parents let her be my dog and I named her Bandit cuz of her mask like feature. She soon became close buddies with our Beagle. Later, my step mom rescued a male Pit Bull we named Bubba. He had been left to starve by drug dealers. It became evident that he prefered women and that he really did not like African-Americans but we were able to bring him into the condo where we lived and he got along very well with the other 2 dogs and a cat who used to hide and swat him when he came by. He would do nothing but look at the cat curiously.

Anyhow, we were constantly seeing News reports about Pit Bulls and how they were vicious killers. It was outrageous to us, knowing how well-mannered, loveable and silly the ones we knew were. And ours were not the only dogs that we came to know. I started doing research on them and I even wrote a school report about them. Ever since then, I have defended these dogs whenever there was an occasion to.

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