The Cult of The Pit Bull

Awareness is spreading.

“Let the pit bulls come to me, for dogs such as these frolic in the kingdom of heaven!”

Jen Clyde argues in this blog entry for  the Episcopal Cafe that Jesus would probably love pit bulls.   We find it strange she didn't use a single Bible Verse that mentioned dogs specifically, because it seems like the kinds of dogs that are used as metaphors in the Bible, appear to be pit bulls. 

We also find it strange, there is no consideration for the people who have been victims of pit bulls.





The people who hate American Bullies the most, would be the crowd that feels that American Pit Bull Terriers are the only true pit bulls. 
Jesus loves e-coli, fleas and mosquitoes too.  

Judging a Book by it's Cover: A look at Bronwen Dickey's PIT BULL

I have a confession to make.I broke down, and yes, I purchased that book Pit Bull by Bronwen Dickey. 

What will follow on this blog will be some thoughts, my own review, and I invite a discussion on this book, what was included, what was left out.   I smell a regurgitation of the "Proof of Assertion"  tactics employed by the well organized and funded pit bull apologia.  If we create a thousand memes and say the same myths and all out lies a thousand times, it must be true.  People so want it to be true, hose off the bloody sidewalks,  say it again and again, and make it true. 


The author claims,  it took seven years of research, interviews of 350 people including pet owners, dog breeders, dog trainers, animal control officers, dog bite victims (the rumor is, one) , as well as other experts in veterinary medicine, animal behavior, canine genetics, constitutional and criminal law, public policy, risk analysis, and health epidemiology. Like a good researcher, she looked at archival materials that spanned more than 250 years.  And yes, it looks to be well organized, she has a table contents of 13 chapters I have yet to read, and I took a look at the bibliography, flipped through it and it has all of the trappings of a scholarly, scientific book.  What little writing I have read, she has admirable skill.   However, I'm not reading ahead, so I'm not going to pick her research apart just yet.  My plan is to REALLY take it slow with this, and I'm going to grab on and chew over any of her concepts, each and every little word chosen, kind of like a pit bull.

The choice of color for her cover was really well chosen.  It's the the exact shade of red I call "Life Force"  that stained my pants and my walls that night my dog was attacked by my neighbor's beast.    It brings up that little movie again.

As for the dog on the cover, it looks like a Stafforshire.  This will surely upset the crowd who think that only purebred American Pit Bull Terriers are pit bulls.  Had dogsbite.org chosen this image, there would be comments a mile long about how that isn't a real pit bull.  It's ugly, and it gives me the heeby-jeebies.

So let's talk about the title, and what it suggests.  Pit bull, the Battle over an American Icon. 

I wasn't aware of pit bulls, never thought about them once, remembered anyone mentioning them or seeing them portrayed as symbols that represented the United States of America. This, until my dog was attacked by one at a dog park.  He wasn't killed that time, but was killed about a year later by a different pit bull type thing that lived down the block.    I'm pretty old too.  I've been around and I've noticed things, especially thing of an iconic American nature.  I'm pretty much red white and blue, patriotic as can be.  I used to march in parades, and as a young thing, could wield that iconic piccolo solo in "Stars and Stripes forever" and put people on their feet.   What icons do I think of when I think of America?   Eagles, the Liberty Bell, Uncle Sam, The Statue of Liberty, an American Bison, perhaps Mickey Mouse.  I googled away, and found a good ten lists, and looked at the images conjured by my query, "American Icons".  There wasn't even one dog among them, no less a pit bull. I'm not convinced it was ever an American Icon.  Who called it "America's Dog" in the first place, and when did this happen?  Does the pit bull as "America's Dog" have an official trademark@?    Maybe Ms. Dickey will explain the origins of this moniker.  I am suspect they came from the very source who named them "Nanny Dogs".  As it is, weren't they created in Merry Olde England for the purpose of Blood Sport?  If you were to look for British icons, perhaps we may find an image of a grumpy faced Bulldog with a stiff upper lip. 

On the back, goody goody, the daughter of a well respected writer,  managed to get some praise from some really big wigs.  I suspect she had some help from some insiders in the publishing industry, I suspect she may have been cherry picked for this writing and that it would make lots of money, CACHING! 

If this is the thesis statement of her book, what should follow is her explanation of how this dog is an American Icon, of which, I'm not convinced, and how there is some "battle" over it.   I'm opening the to the inside jacket, perhaps there is more explanation. 

"The "pit bull" is a legend, a fear, an exaggeration, a  bête noire.   Bronwen Dickey does this misunderstood animal a great service of looking beyond the myth.  What she finds are dogs who deserve better than we've been giving them."  Alexandra Horowitz, author of Inside a Dog.   (She's a scholar and also the author of a No. New York Time's Best Seller.  Great marketing, give this cute little lady some credibility.)   

The hugely illuminated story of how a popular breed of dog becomes the most demonized and supposedly most dangerous of dogs, and what role humans have played in the transformation.  BD

How can we prove that the pit bull was ever a popular breed of dog? 

According to the very well respected Christian Science Monitor, it was the Boston Terrier that is America's Dog and the darling of the turn of the century.  

The American Kennel Club has been tracking the popularity of purebred dogs for 128 years as the number of recognized breeds grew from nine to 177. Here's of the country's most popular dog breeds by the decade, according to data released by the AKC.  The Labrador Retriever has been no. 1 for over twenty years.  Pit bulls are not even on the top ten.


I know there are other bloggers and researchers who have covered this same material, the claim that the pit bull has been an American Favorite at one time.  Until they became the politically correct statement du jour,   pit bulls have only been popular as fighting dogs.   It's currently estimated that pit bull types represent 6 % of the population, but represent over 60 % of serious and fatal dog attacks.    If dog attacks, especially serious and fatal attacks were represented by popularity, then the majority of these attacks would be by dogs that are equals to pit bulls in size: Labrador Retrievers, German Shepherds, and Golden Retrievers.  This is not the case. 



I'm now stuck on this phrase:  "The dog has become the most demonized and supposedly the most dangerous of dogs". 

Supposedly.  Ask your insurance agent.  They have a number for the "supposedly most dangerous of dogs" figure.  Ask the surgeons who sew up survivors.   I inquire too, if being supposedly dangerous is something that can demonize it.  Horses are dangerous,  are they demonized?  Wild animals, Bears, Sharks, and Tigers, all dangerous, but also not demonized.  We expect wild animals to be dangerous, we don't invite them to live with us as pets.  Pit bulls kill more people in the U.S. than Sharks do, they kill their owners, without warning.  Dogs that were bred to take down the inherently dangerous bull, supposedly dangerous.  Dogs bred for blood sport, to kill their own kind, supposedly dangerous.   They maul and maim countless others, humans and other animals alike.   Consumer products are pulled for less injury and death, is it due to supposed danger?  

Since the release of Ms. Dickey's book,  in May 2016, the following people have been killed by the supposedly most dangerous breed of dog.   Supposing all of these people, now in repose, what would they say about supposedly dangerous pit bulls?
Adonis Reddick - 45yrs old - St Louis, MO. - Pit Bulls - [5.9.16]

Antoinette Brown - 52yrs old - Dallas, Texas - Attacked by approximately 4 to 5 dogs including 2 pit bulls - [5.9.16]
Hunter Bragg - 7yrs old - Corinna, Maine - Pit Bull - [6.6.16]
Earl Wayne Stephens Jr. - 43yrs old - Stockton, Calif. - Pit Bull - [6.6.16]

Jocelyn Winfrey - 53yrs old - New Haven, CT. - Pit Bull Mixes - [6.27.16]
Susie Kirby - 3days old - Fresno, Calif. - Pit Bull/Shar Pei Mixes - [6.27.16]
Elizabeth Rivera. 71 years , killed by family pit bull(s) Detroit, MI.  (7. 16.16) 

During this same time, there were many serious attacks on people.  There were also many serious and fatal attacks on other animals.   Supposedly, they should count too.

The Devil's Dog

Woe to the Bloody City! It is all full of LIES! Sunday School Scriptures for Pit Bull Advocates and you got to see this to believe it!--Nahum 3:1

photo sources from Yahoo Images

Here is a MUST SEE Documentary.  I should really be called A LIE A MINUTE.   In fairness, there is also so much good about this documentary.  Some of the good,  is that the images that go along with what is being said at the very moment, are ironically disproving what these advocates are saying.  But there is redemption...The last five minutes, we find the liars and even some of the ridiculous essentially regurgitating what those of us  haters  have been screaming for something to be done with regards to these dogs:  REGULATION!  AMEN AND GLORY HALLELUJAH!  When we on the other side say these same exact things, we are called racists (and that it's too bad the pit bull didn't maul us to death, or something very like it.)  These pit bull advocates need to work more spreading this concept, less trying to bully and silence us.   

 The maker of this film did not interview ONE victim, and obviously didn't do some fact checking.  At the end, I will provide links to the participant's affiliations and you can contemplate for yourself, and explore if there is some kind of agenda.   Perhaps we can take the night (and broad daylight)  back from the dogs, and heal the wounds of this and every bloody city around the world, and even find a way for people who truly understand pit bulls and can afford the liability to own them with out risking the rest of us.        

An annotated guide of lies, ridiculousness, hoots, hubris, and Hallelujahs!
 
 00:44   Old time pit bull breeders around the turn of the century...if a pit bull showed man aggression, they curled (culled) the dog....LIE

00:55    The love this dog has for people is unparalleled.  (4)Hubris and racist

1: 00   There's a lot of hard work it takes to make one of these guys bad.  LIE

1:12  I don't apologize for having a politically incorrect dog.  I don't apologize for telling my bloody pit bull experience either, that shouldn't be politically incorrect to do so. 

1:24  Bad people make bad dogs, regardless of breed. LIE, and saying it again won't make it true.  However, if you want to interpret this that the  bad people are the dogmen who bred this dob to be bad, then you are right!

2:05  The pit bull was the first dog to  ever live in OUR White house. (1) LIE

2:13 They get a bad rap on T.V.  Boo hoo hoo...They have Animal Planet, Tia,  Shorty, Racheal Ray, and Cesar Milan

3:28 Our duty, if we are to have them, is to understand the way their minds work.  (4.) AMEN!

 3:48  Dogs are really wolves in dog's clothing.  (4) Hubris

5:12  This is a dog you have to MAKE aggressive towards people (4) 3rd time LIE

5:18  They take a dog that is so BEAUTIFUL...(4) BARF! SAYETH Meals on Wheels

5:37  With  the pit bulls there was a time when you could jump into a back yard, I don't care what age the pit bull was, you could just pick him up and take him.  That's how docile the pit bull was.  (4) Hubris, look at the next comment... 

6:15  Pit bulls have a problem in the way they have been bred in the last 400 years... (2) see the above comment.  I want some 'splaining. 

 6:47  It's not normal for any dog to fight it's own kind to the death....it's anti survival as far as a species is concerned. (3)  Yes, don't think it's normal  for our subtle dogs to become bait dogs or curs, or a snack for pit bulls.  

10:50  We want to be able to say we would like to save these dogs and we're going to turn them around.  And that's human nature,  You can't do it and there is no happy ending.  This is a situation where nobody can tell if one of these dogs is going to turn around and bite somebody, and when they do,  every agency associated with that is going to be sued.....and the kindest  thing we can do is to put them down.  AMEN!

11:37  Animal Aggression and people aggression are two separate things, and they generally don't mesh together, you usually have one or the other, particularly in this breed.  (5) Hubris

12:12  They have a lot of go, and a LOT of power... (5) Hubris...listen to this lady's enthusiasm and tone here , she's the perky gripping dog cheerleader! 

12:28  I don't want to vilify these animals, I'm not saying the breed is vicious and dangerous by nature or by genetics, but we all do agree that they have the physiological strength if they are aggressive, that they can cause serious injury and death.  (6) AMEN!

13:19 Yes, right now we are having a problem with pit bulls. (6) AMEN!

13:43  The statistics of dog attacks reflect the popularity of the breed at the time. (2) LIE

13: 50 The top three are Chihuahuas, Daschunds and Cocker Spaniels. (2)Hubris

14: 01  Pit bulls account for a VERY VERY small amount of the serious attacks over the country. (2) LIE

14:14  If you look behind the facts, most of the injuries most people have suffered from pit bulls, are breaking up fights between a pit bull and another dog. (2)   Hubris and Lie. Kind City Attorney in charge of animal cruelty, don't you see the problem this causes for both people and the subtle dogs being attacked by dogs purposely bred to be aggressive?

14:16 Now let the congregation rise and stand for a call and responsive reading of the "Dobie was the bad dog of the 60's"....blah blah blah and GLORY HALLELUJAH! (7)  Such a blasted lie it is categorized as a hoot.

  
14:57  A pit bull breeder of 25 years calls concern for the lack of regulation of breeding.  He also suggest that not every one should own one and that they "are a problem in the wrong hands". (8)   I've said the same things and I get called a hater.

16:47  Take a peek inside the sanctuary of the First Church of Pit Bulls.  Hoot and Hallelujah!

16: 49 There are some of the most intelligent and responsible people who have this breed. (4.) Hubris.   Now brace yourself for the next  comments.

17:00 I hate hearing someone’s down this breed of dog. (9)  Hoot
    
17:12  That's my boy Atom Bomb there. (9) Hoot

18:05 I can not read a dog like Larry Hill can read a dog. (9) Hoot

19:08  Just to hand over the dog, that's an accident just waiting to happen. (10)  Highly ironic Hootin' Hubris when you look at the set up in this trainer's back yard.

 

We certainly hope there are no unintended CANINE THRILLS at LARRY HILL's or accidents just waiting to happen due to any ramps or other equipment being a bit too close to the fence.

  
19:18  I'm looked at like an outlaw just like the dog is. (11)  I'll play the race card for a buck. 

20:20  God created every creature, every entity everything that's here. (10) Hubris, God created e. coli, fleas, mange and hurricanes too.
20:22  Somewhere along in scripture, I read where you shouldn't add anything, nor take anything away.  (10)  Take a look at this scripture too.

20:35  This animal is not detrimental to society.  Society is detrimental to this animal. (10)  Hubris.  Since you like to use the Bible as a guide, recall that Satan refused to bow to Adam too....

21:50  Benny Hinn moment! Can we get ourselves some church in here!

22: 27  I think it was so racially motivated.  (12) Hubris and playing the race card for pit bulls.

23: 59  If anyone every debates with you that American Pit Bull Terriers and American Staffordshire Terriers are completely different breeds, please show them this section, and you can hear it debated by breed experts and fanciers (13.)  who own pit bulls.  If you try to do this, you will be called a "hater". 

23:44 - 26:32 Why the need for renaming pit bulls, in the words of pit bull advocates.  If you try to do this, you will be called a "hater" and be told that you need to be "educated"  (13. 14)

27:39  As you can see, this line (The American Bully) is not a fighting line. (16.)  Hubris

28:02  WE GOT GRILLZ FO YO DAWG TOO! HOOT!

28:25  I'd much rather have a dog that is dog aggressive, than a dog that is people aggressive. (18.)  HOOT! Stop dissin' those subtle dogs, racist!

28:32  I have a problem with people that try to sugar coat what they (pit bulls)  are.   (5.) Thank you and AMEN!

30:10  YOU TOO CAN LEARN SOME MAD LION TAMER SKILLS from this perky lady! (5.)

30:44 If I go to a yard and there are multiple pit bulls, that's a red flag for me. Because they were bred to be aggressive towards other dogs, If they are not aggressive towards dogs, I go hmmmm.  Every situation I've been in, where a pit bull  did bite somebody, it was side by side with another pit bull dog. (5.) Hubris
  
 31:19  I don't think people even realize, that it's their actions and motions that often trigger the attacks in the first place. Hubris and blatant LIE

33:16  I've always liked doing it (personal protection sports with dogs)  with the alternate breeds, because people say they can't. Hubris
 
35:46.  I've had my Malinois snap, I've had Rottweilers snap, I've had Shepherds snap,  but the pit bulls are stable. (5.)  Hubris, and epic fail with those subtle dogs.  You have henceforth lost the right to ever say "it's all how you raise 'em" and "blame the breed and not the deed". 

35:55  They were once called the Nanny dog because they were so good with children.  (5) LIE

38:07   Downtown Dog Rescue is set up to help the VERY low income people get their dogs spayed and neutered... GLORY HALLELUJAH! Thanks, what we need is people with VERY low income to have the type of dog that requires the most responsibility and needs people who can afford the liability.  Perhaps Downtown Dog Rescue can help pay for the helicopters, emergency teams,  medical procedures and rehabilitation of survivors,  set up a fund to pay for putting together the subtle dogs and cats back together when the pit bull belonging to the VERY low income people attacks. 

39:07  Why does this remind me of when Bubba told Forrest about all of the different kinds of shrimp? (7)

39:33 subtle neighborhoods and subtle dogs? ALERT:  NEW TERM!  Subtle dogs= regular dogs, that often become bait dogs and curs, and dinner for the AGGRESSIVE dogs.  All that it takes for a SUBTLE neighborhood to become an AGGRESSIVE neighborhood is to add some pit bulls.  It happens. 

  41:46  "Oh we're not making him mean", (20.)  to Mr. LAPD on the other side of the chain link.  He he he.    
    
42:10  Pit bull throat singing
   
43:50  But if you socialize him, he's just like ANY OTHER dog.  (20.) LIE to be refuted by the Karma Trainer....

44:05  "Their needs, what's required,  all of it is so much more than owning a REGULAR dog." (21.) OoohmmmmMEN!


44:52  With pit bulls, much more so than other dogs, I immediately have a bond with them. (21.) He doesn't bond with subtle dogs.  Racist.  

45:11 Now, just because I believe in Karma, I'm not against regulations for pit bull owners, people who want to own powerful breeds.  I think it's very irresponsible to just  hand over the keys to a pit bull.  The consequences are just too drastic. (21) OoohmmmmMEN!


 45: 30  Now, when a pit bull attacks a human being to me that's just totally unnatural. (21)
That's what we think too! 

45:38  They are better with people than any breed I know. (21) Hubris and racist against subtle dogs.

45: 53  ..when you are talking about a pit bull with another dog, that's part of the huge responsibility. (21) Amen! Those subtle dogs don't stand a chance.

46:19  There are too many rescuing organizations out there that shouldn't be rescuing this breed.   They don't know the breed. They don't understand them, they don't recognize them.  (5)  Uh hum 22 & 23


46:32  I think a lot of people are adopting the bully breed, because they just want to help something that is in need.  (4)  Can we get ourselves some church up in here, 22 & 23!

46:40  First of all they would need to be a home owner, they would need to have a secure fence, and also a kennel with a top and a bottom.... (5) Amen, but when we suggest such a thing, we are called haters.

47:03  O.K., I became a little nuts and adopted my fourth dog (all pit bulls).  Oompa.....three fights have already broken out. (Why she has security gates. )  Both my DAUGHTER and I made sure that we are going to be safe..... (22)  Glory Glory Hallelujah!


48:28  I decided to get a pit bull because they have such a bad reputation.... (23) Hoot!

48:32   ....even though a hundred years ago, they used to be the number one family dog. (23)  LIE!

48:43  They have such a high pain threshold that kids could ride 'em, pull their tails and poke their eyes,  the dog was neutral to that, it just didn't matter. (5) LIE!

48:55 ...and they were bred to be gentle. LIE!  You can't have it both ways!
 

This dog looks so happy

39:27  They (American Bullies)  are actually bred for temperament, to be a loyal family pet. (25)  More Nanny LIE!


49:39  Pit Bull Pax Hominibus and Kum By Yah! (25) 

These dogs are bred for temperament...

50:15  A lot of (hard core urban street)  people are using these dogs, you know, to better their lifestyle..... realizing they can use these dogs to make money in a positive way.... (7)  Hubris...how can it be positive to breed more and more dogs, while millions are ending up in shelters?

 50:24 Ugly lookin', mean lookin' dogs.... (7) AMEN TO THAT!

51:38  And WHITE people see us and our dogs the way they do. (26)   Hoot...I'm sure he meant to say, WHY, but it could also be a little Freudian slip.

51:50  We got a dog ministry here at Set Free! GLORY HALLELUJAH!

52:11 We're not into poodles or any of that kind of stuff. (27)  Hoot!  Anti-subtle dog racist!

52:21 Get them (pit bulls)  to be obedient...get 'em behavin'....like we like our women to be. (27)  You can't make this stuff up.   Subtle dog racist and misogynist in the service of the Lord!

52: 54 We like to go where the pizza man won't deliver. (27) Knee slappin' Hoot!

 53:24   Some of these Bully shows, are not the crowd we really want to be in.... (28) 
 Ironic Criticism of Bully Show scene, while pit bull plays on spring pole and wearing a curious historical insignia with some rather unsavory connotations....but we subtle folks don't really like encountering the entire spectrum of the Bully scene in our subtle neighborhoods especially when you can't seem to control your non-subtle dogs.

53:50  At some of these shows, there are some of these dogs that are acting aggressive, I don't think they should be allowed to be brought in public at all, and in some aspects, maybe that dog shouldn't even be allowed to be alive. (28) AMEN, but if we say that, we are called racists and haters.  


54:42  Any breed of dog, when they start breeding for specifics...specific size, specific color, specific heads,  I'm afraid we are missing the point... (5) Hubris...I think YOU are missing the point of animal husbandry, and what do you think about breeding dogs for a specific purpose, Miss Perky lady?

57:45  This guy, he won't stop. (29)  Very True! We've noticed when they go after one of our subtle dogs, our cats, our horses, grandma, and the kids. AMEN!

1:00:45  There's a lot of hard work it takes making one of these guys bad. (29) Lie

 REDEMPTION:  GLORY GLORY HALLELUJIA!
 
 1:01  I'd rather see the counties and cities require anyone who is going to own a pit bull to be held to a kind of higher standard to own one of these types of dogs and obtain a license.  That's just smart. (28) AMEN!

1:01:19  Even if I had to get some kind of "rare/exotic" license, I'd do that. (5) AMEN!

1:01:33  I think there should be careful screening of who owns this animal...(10) AMEN!

1:01: 42  There's an extra responsibility involved.  AMEN!

1:02  Do your Homework.... AMEN!


And even with training and with socialization and all that good stuff, you are silly to think you can ever trust these guys not to fight. That's the nature of the beast, and if you have a problem with that, you probably shouldn't have 'em. (5)  CAN I HAVE A PERKY AMEN!
  
 
  Meet the pit bull advocates in this documentary: 

1. John Booker:  Breeder

He appears to be affiliated with some kind of breed registery

2. Bob Ferber: L.A. Deputy DistrictAttorney 
 Meet Bob's pit bull Amy!


3.  Eric Sakach: Humane Society


4. Brandon Fouche:  Dog Rehabilitator
webpage

5.  Leri Henson:  Dog Trainer and Dog bite prevention advocate, she has a pit bull named Capone, and she speaks French Beautifully too!

Here is the perky one's web page for her training and breeding service, California K9 Services. 

6. Carl Friedman:  San Francisco Animal Control
 A wonderful interview with this wise man. 

7.  Richard Patterson: Bully T.V. Producer   In his own words, from his my space page...
 

 WHATS GOOD ON THE BLOCK MY NAME IS BIG RICH IAM THE PRODUCER OF BULLY TV. VIDEO MAGAZINE AND ONE OF THE OWNERS CORNERSTONE BLOODLINES . WE BREED AND SHOW SOME OF THE WORLDS BEST AMERICAN BULLIES AND PIT BULL TERRIERS IN THE WORLD.AND THE OWNER OF GAMEDOG,PIT BULL AND BULLYDOG CLOTHING COMPANIES I ALSO PHATKAT RECORDS ALONG WITH FRESHWAVE ENT. IAM A ABKC JUDGE AND A *WRITIER FOR A COUPLE MAGAZINES THE BULLY BREEDS FLAG SHIP MAGAZINE THE ONE AND ONLY ATOMIC DOGG MAGAZINE. I HAVE BEEN BREEDING&TRAINING PIT BULLS SINCE MY TEENAGE YEARS AND PRODUCED SOME REAL GOOD DOGS. I HAVE BEEN IN FILMS AND VIDEOS ABOUT THE PIT BULL/AMERICAN BULLY. HAVE OVER 15 YEARS IN THE ENTERTAINMENT FIELD BUT MY HEART BELONGS TO GOD,MY FAMILY,BBQ COOKING AND THE AMERICAN PIT BULL TERRIER IN ALL ITS FORMS NO MATTER WHAT WE CALL THE BREED.IAM COSULTANT AND AMBASSADOR FOR THE AMERICAN PIT BULL.I HAVE WORKED WITH SOME OF THE TOP BREEDERS IN THE COUNTRY Who I'd like to meet: PEOPLE WHO KNOW HOW TO HANDLE THIER BUSINESS DOG BREEDER &TRAINIERS, MODELS,RAPPERS,BOXERS,MMA FIGHTERS,GRAPHIC ARTIST,SPORTS FIGURES,ARTIST,CLOTHING COMPANIES AND DESIGNERS,PEOPLE OF ALL RACES WHO IS ABOUT THEY BUSINESS AND MONEY

* he he he 

8: Ray Certified: Pit Bull Breeder of 25 years.
Certified House of Blue Pits, be sure to click on the mission video, it's a hoot!
 I wonder what he means by the words "respect" and "game" on the sleeves of his jacket?

9. Big Dane: "Pimp my Ride" and West Coast Custom 

10. Larry Hill: Dog Trainer (Personal Protection)   Larry Hill's Training Thrills

 Puppy Imprinter

11. Tyrone Myvett:  Protection Dog Decoy and sweet kid

12. Michelle Blackowl: Pit Bull Advocate
 President of the South Bay Pit Bull Club, UKC APBT
Breeder
Radio Show Host

13. Hermine Stover: Pit bull and tattoo fancier and fashionista extraordinaire!

 Artist & horticulturist

14. Byron Chambliss:  Dog Competition Decoy and Schutzhund Trainer

15. Jake Schaeffer: High School Teacher and owner of Red Jack ADBA, gamebred dog


16. Shawn Mullins: Bully Breeder at Blue Force Kennels


17. Luis Villagomez: Wolfpack Kennels and manufacturing of merchandize for pit bulls  and Hustler (according to myspace) 

He likes to go to events like this.

18. Dude who likes dog aggressive dogs at the Claremont Bully Barbecue...yeah, we can never find that dude after his aggressive dog attacks one of our subtle dogs.

19. Lori Weiss: Founder of Downtown DogRescue and the Pimp you Pit! event!

She has 30 pit bulls!

Downtown Dog Rescue receives a grant
 
20. Malcolm Lazenby: protection dog trainer from South Central LA Master Canine

21. Jeffery Brian: Karma Dog Trainer and Actor


22. Ciddy Fonteboa:  Animal Rights Activist, founder of The Cruelty Free Latina

I wonder if her pit bulls are also vegan? 

Apparently, this pit bull isn't a vegan...she likes to eat cats and children, but she will make a great pet for the right person!


23. Shiggy Ichinomiya:  Love on 4Paws, and professional photographer

24. Debbie Jury: Pain Management Nurse, Children's Hospital L.A. 

25. Clayton Goo:  Pit Bull Owner

26. Larry Duran:   Super Bully Pit Bull Expo, Pomona  Organizer

RRRRR...he's a Pit Bull Pirate, check out his breeding website!

unhappy campers
 
27. Chief Aguilar: Set Free Soldiers Pit Bull Ministry

All rise and sing hymn no. 666
 
28.Roman Vaughn:  Iron Cross Kennels, can't seem to find the website of his kennel

And reality T.V. co-star, 909 (Inland Empire vs. Orange County) dates the daughter of one of the Real Housewives of Orange County.

Some nutter tattle
   
An unhappy camper

29. Steve Lewis: Weight Pull Trainer and breeder of American Bulldogs 
in Rough and Ready,  California.  That town doesn't sound like it is subtle at all!

30. Chuck and Marilyn Braverman:  Producers, film makers and photographers. 
 Marilyn shows Pugs, and "likes" The Stubby Dog Project and Back to the Bullies Radio.  Take a listen, just love that Dr. Dre!

GLOSSARY:

UKC:  United Kennel Club,  This club registers American Pit Bull Terriers and Staffordshire Terriers, as well as American Bull Dogs and Dogo Argentinos, but not the American Bully.


AKC:  American Kennel Club, they recognize the American Staffordshire Terrier, which is the same thing as an American Pit Bull Terrier. This organization also does not recognize some  manufactured breeds such as the American Bulldog or the American Bully, but they do recognize others such as the Dogo Argentino. 

ADBA: American Dog Breeders Association, This registry  promotes  American Pit Bull Terriers  that display the original working type of pit bull, notably, their gameness.

ABKC:   American Bully Kennel Club,  orginizations to register the new pit bull mixes that have been emerging since the mid 2000's.  They strive to breed non- (human) aggressive dogs out of aggressive stock .   

^{There are other Bully Registry clubs as well.}  

• American Bully Kennel Club (ABKC)
• United Bully Kennel Club (UBKC)
• Bully Breed Kennel Club (BBKC)
• United Canine Association (UCA)
• OREBA Registry Kennel Clubs Inc. (OREBA)

Bully Barbecue:  An event to promote the American Bully and other pit bull types of dogs, and an opportunity for vendors and breeders to sell merchandise, as well as informal dog shows and competitions.  They often support anti-BSL, while ironically receive harsh criticism for the breeding of their exaggerated version of the pit bull by American Pit Bull Terrier breeders and enthusiasts.  
 
French Ring Sport: a sport that promotes personal protection training for dogs, similar to 

Shutzhund: (German for protection dog)  a dog sport  that was developed in Germany  in the early 1900s as a breed suitability test for German Shepherd Dogs.  Today, other breeds compete.  
 
Playing the Race card:  a ploy to get empathy, scare haters into silence, but a horrible bastardization of the concept and a the worse abuse of anthropomorphism for the sake of rhetoric. 

hater:  a person who has had, witnessed, or experienced  a bloodletting ceremony performed on them or a loved one,  human or non human,   by a pit bull, and has the opinion that pit bulls are more risky and dangerous and say the same exact things as the above pit bull advocates did the last three minutes of this documentary....that these dogs require experts, should have licenses, insurance,  and minimum standards of containment to own.  

NEW TERM


Subtle dog:  a non-pit bull or a normal dog. This term coined by Richard Patterson of Bully T.V.

For dogs have surrounded me: Sunday School Scriptures for Pit Bull Enthusiasts--Psalm 22:16

Once upon a time I knew nothing of pit bulls.  I suspect, most people are like that, they don't know, and they don't care.  I'm sure, even after reading media reports of a mauling, or seeing coverage of a death, most people may be curious, but don't come up with judgements about a breed of dog.    Once upon a time I myself may have looked upon on them as the kind of calamities that happen by chance and of which we have no control...like tornadoes, and cougars that somehow end up in city limits and attack, and semis that loose their breaks on mountain passes, or somebody goes off the deep end at a basketball game and beats someone within an inch of their life.  Unless it happens to you or someone you love, then it's just the sad chance game with the fates. 

Then there are acts of violence and needless death and injury that happen to a family member, and in their memory, someone takes up a torch in effort that such a senseless happening never happen again, or is at least reduced, or that greater consequences are given to those who are reckless with precious, sacred life.  I'm called to mind the creation of MADD by an outraged Candice Lightner, after her 13 year old daughter was killed by a drunk driver.  I'm reminded of Judy Shepard who started a foundation to help combat hate crimes against gay, lesbian, and transgendered people, and  in the memory of her slain son Mathew.   She continues to fight for legislation for hate crimes and human rights.

Then, once upon a time, a woman who was jogging down a street was savagely attacked by a pit bull.  She may not known a great deal about pit bulls at the time, but she certainly received a first hand kind of education that nobody really wants. Painful, life changing.  She found she was not the first, and that something should be done about spreading the awareness about the dangers, about needing new laws to protect the best interest of the public, about advocating for victim's rights.  She found that these are not rare happenings.   These attacks may not always be fatal, and they happen nearly every day. 

I'm sure Candice Lighter and Judy Shepard had their share of critics, had their personal lives torn upside down. Today, there are critics of MADD's "19th century" views on alcoholic consumption, and Judy Shepard met with opposition from the Westboro Baptist Church.  But neither of these founders have had their personal lives raked over the coals like the woman who created dogsbite.org..

Type dogsbite.org into a search engine, and you are likely to find many blogs and social media organizations dedicated to discrediting the site itself, the cause of BSL, and go on to muse about the founder's personal life and whether or not she was ever attacked at all.  The "dogs" will surround her and bark: this person is not an expert in dog genetics or behavior, how DARE she.   They will maul to death moot points in her testimony...did she break her arm as a result of the dog's attack , or did her arm break because she fell?   Well, Candice Lighter was not an expert in alcohol, cars, roads, and the multitudes of issues about drunk driving.  Judy Shepard, not an expert on laws. These woman were expert in the human condition, that's what counts. There are plenty of other people who are voicing their opinions about these dogs being dangerous, and none of them are experts in dog genetics or behavior:  Surgeons, the insurance industry, and City Hall.  We know, one photograph like the one above must speak more volumes than the thousands of photos of children using Pibble for a pillow and personal accounts of how wonderful they are....and it's all how you raise 'em!  Those of us who dared to share our story are bullied and threatened. How they hate those photos and the testimony of yet one more pit bull attack.   There are petitions to shut dogsbite.org down. This, by people who fight for the right to own whatever breed of dog they wish,  they would like to shut down the freedom of speech.  She bears the bullying and parodies with grace.   

If there were as much effort in self scrutiny of their own advocacy....are the mantras and memes working to reduce the  attacks from pit bulls?   

Leashes.  Better Fences.  Liability insurance.  Tougher punitive consequences for those who fail.  Prevention.  Stop promoting these dogs as family pets and stop  putting them in situations where they fail. Ensure that only capable experts own these dogs.  There will come a day, when a critical number is reached that equals ENOUGH.  BANS and BSL.  Your choice.

HEY PIT BULL ADVOCATES...there would be no need for dogsbite.org if you would do your job and tell the truth about these dogs.  Very likely, people like me and that nice lady who founded dogsbite.org  wouldn't care very much about pit bulls, because we never heard of another attack, because an attack didn't happen in our lives or touch the lives of anyone we knew personally. They wouldn't think of these dogs... if at all.....like I did.....once upon a time.

Thanks Colleen Lynn for all you do.

The Dogs will Eat Jezebel: Sunday School Scriptures for Pit Bull Enthusiasts-- 2 Kings 9:10

We can only hope this scripture is prophetic.

The Dogs would come and lick his sores: Sunday School Scriptures for Pit Bull Enthusiasts--Luke 16:21

All of you who find it ironic that Mr. Alpha, Leader of the Pack comes out that he tried to commit suicide, can we have an "AMEN"!!!!

"Daddy was my Tibet, my Himalaya, my Gouda, my Buddha, my source of calmness," Millan told the Associated Press.

The Parable of Lazarus brought to mind the mighty Dog Whisperer, all 5'2 of him. I find much about him to be admired, his rising of status from one who was "begging for crumbs from the rich man's table", a poor illegal immigrant who spoke no English, to become a man of considerable wealth and influence. 

It is said that Millan's most important tool in both his success with dogs and business has sometimes been attributed to a personal sense of balance, what The New York Times called "a sort of über-balanced mien".  Now how many people commit suicide over the death of a dog who dies of NATURAL CAUSES at age 16? It's lucky he didn't see Daddy or one of his children ripped to shreds by another pit bull. We on the other side, who think pit bulls shouldn't be promoted as family pets because we have seen them on action on a being we love, don't think he would have survived what we saw....yet we are told time and again that we are "just supposed to get over it". 

Sigh....I'm sure the public will only love him more, suicide, sensitive new age men, and pit bulls must be a very lucrative combination.  Nick Santino, any one?  Perhaps Mr. Milan would like Sainthood status?   I'm sure like the other Lazarus,  el Perrero will raise from the grips of this spiritual tomb.  We would just like to remind him, that when you promote a specific breed of dog that puts more people and animals in a real tomb, there will be no resurrection for them. 

I also am rather suspect, of pit bulls meaning something more akin to Samson's hair, call it mojo,  to Mr. Milan.  I'm sure they do more for this man than to lick his wounds. He also cites another source of his great angst to be the divorce of his wife, Illusion.  Maybe after 16 years, this woman would tire of of giving  "affection before discipline".  We wonder if the "calm and assertive" divorce papers came to a surprise to Cesar......it must have been a great big SHHHHH, dominance grab around his ego.   Perhaps she didn't like a dog collar being named after her.


Hail to the guru pit bull, may he rest in peace.  There was even vigil for him, but alas, I can not find any photographs or video footage.   Hail to the pit bull guru, and may the incarnate of "Alpha, Leader of the Pack" be released from his torments. 

Dip your finger in the water come and cool my tongue, 'cause I'm tormented by the flame.

It's time for Cesar Milan to whisper the truth!

Scandalize My Name! The PIT - falls of Playing the Race-card

Surely by now, we have all heard of the tragic shooting of Trayvon Martin by vigilante Neighborhood Watch member, George Zimmerman. Very quickly, before there could be an investigation or even a trail, before we knew any background about Zimmerman, outraged people were already calling for Zimmerman’s head on a platter. President Obama was even moved to make a statement, “If I had a son, he’d look like Treyvon”. As it turns out, he could have said the same exact thing about George Zimmerman, who also has African blood running in his veins.

The seventeen-year-old Treyvon was wearing a "hoodie" at the time of his shooting, which may or may not be “gansta” attire, but in truth, it is often the uniform of thugs. As a sign of protest, “Million Hoodie Marchers” or “hundred hoodie marches” were staged. Professional athletes and celebrities tweeted photos of themselves wearing hoodies. Several “Walk Outs” were staged in high schools. Black Civil Rights leaders such as Al Sharpton and the Reverend Jesse Jackson climbed on a pulpit that has become very dusty since America elected an African American to the highest office in the land, the most powerful position in the world and Jesse said, at least I THINK this is what he said…”Treyvon Martin is a Martyr, and Martyrs have POWER!”

I’m not discounting that racism still exists, it certainly does. I have heard of disturbing horror stories from my non-Anglo friends, especially what life was like in the 1950’s when Jim Crow laws still ruled in the south. My husband is biracial, he has stories of his own, especially that of his parents who had a very difficult time moving out of East L.A. to a better neighborhood. My own husband remembers the famous Latino “walk out” of Garfield High School in 1969. However, even I have been denied jobs because of my ethnicity. Being Anglo-American is not a part of multiculturalism, as it turns out. I have suffered perceptions of being a certain way, just because of the color of my skin. I think there is something very deep and primitive that comes to play in being part of our tribe, and racism will never be eradicated. It’s often first ploy when there’s nothing to use as the expression of outrage, to play that race card. Many times, that ploy of playing the race card is the first move of a racist! However, as a society, we should continue to try, and teach our children to be more enlightened and accepting of different races, but also in all expressions of diversity…. sexuality, religion, political views, or those who just march to a different drum. I also have to say, humans in all of the multitudes of flavors we come in should not be tolerated, as in one would tolerate old stale bread, but CELEBRATED.!

Still, I see there is fervor when the cause of racism is incited, that we don’t often see in churches, whose attendance seems to be waning. This indicates a strong need for fellowship, for rituals, for coming together for a cause that is “bigger than ourselves”. This “racism” business is a big thing, a multi-billion dollar industry. I suggest that by their very existence, these institutions create more harm and hinder the great work that was already accomplished by the likes of Dr. Martin Luther King and Cesar Chavez. I personally think there is more harm than good that comes from these race specific and exclusive clubs. After “racism” was incited in the O.J. Simpson murder case, it seems that racism may be a worse crime than murder. Karma came to the rescue for at least O.J. Simpson.

So why discuss the issue of “racism” on a blog about pit bulls? Because the pit bull advocacy knowsthat this is a word that will incite this very passion and fervor...which translates into plenty of donated money and stirs hearts into wanting to help the poor maligned, even enough to adopt one of these dogs. There are more points awarded if the pit bull came from atrocious circumstances like a dog fighting ring, a horrible abuse case, or maybe even a dog that attacked somebody and is now “rehabilitated”. The same sort of “vigils” and marches are being held for pit bulls as were for Treyvon Martin, namely the suicide of Nick Santino, and the case of Lennox the “lab mix” in Ireland. The pit bull advocacy incites “racism” and “racial profiling” and collects over a billion annually. No money ever goes to victims. Most of the victims, by the way, are African American children.

There is also a real power in displaying oneself as a compassionate person, and for advocating for the maligned. The pit bull advocacy has been successful in casting itself in the role as the compassionate, and those who favor regulations, often because they or a loved one have suffered in the jaws of one of these dogs, are the big meanies. This is commonly witnessed in statements such as this posted in the reader’s comments on an incident involving a pit bull:

”You just hate pit bulls because of ONE incident. That’s like hating all blacks because you had your purse stolen one time by a black person. You are a RACIST!”

Using the word “racism”, and calling those that favor some controls, Breed Specific Legislation, or

even bans, racist and even HITLER is very repugnant. To equate DOGS with people in the first place is the worst misuse of anthropomorphism. Educated people know there is a real difference between natural selection and propagation through selective breeding. If mankind had been satisfied with the original version of “dog”, there wouldn’t be so many to choose from, each kind created for a specific purpose, some just for the sake of appearance. There is no creature on the face of the earth that shows such diversity in form, and this is all the handiwork of what can be accomplished from manipulating D.N.A.. Having a preference or disdain for a particular breed of dog is no difference nor is it morally corruptible as preferring one cultivar of roses or tomato to another. Some savvy pit bull advocates have recently changed the word to “breedist” or “breedism”, but it’s a manipulation, the connotation is there, and they know it works. Dogs are not people, dogs are property, and since the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 in the U.S.A., people cannot own people.

The advocacy not only knows the power of inciting racism, but also using the appeal of the concept of FREEDOM, and civil liberties. Owning a dog is not a right, it’s subject to licensing and regulation. Speaking of plants…it turns out that we Americans cannot just have any plant we desire, there are certain plants that are illegal. Certainly, Cannabis and Papaver somniferum for their illegal narcotic use, but many others such as Salvinia molesta is federally prohibited, for environmental reasons. As for animals, it is usually against municipal codes to keep any livestock, from goats to honeybees in city limits, even though it’s been quite a while since I last heard of a goat mauling someone to death. If one desires to keep an exotic pet such as a lion or a tiger, there are certain kinds of permits and liabilities that are in place to safeguard the public. These safeguards are in place to protect our civil liberties: the right to life. This trumps one’s personal freedoms to keep whatever animal one desires.

The pit bull advocacy has however, been successful in passing some state laws that prohibits labeling of certain breeds of dogs as "dangerous", but local municipalities are finding ways around it. Coming soon to a city near you, will be laws in response to the pit bull advocacy's failure to educate owners of these nonetheless DANGEROUS dogs (2008-2011, roughly 64% of fatalities were caused by pit bulls) in their cause of needless and preventable injury and death. This is in response to the public outrage of the frequency of these events, and due to the fact the owners of these dogs either refuse to pay restitutions; they are not able to afford the liability, if an owner can be found at all. Note, that the pit bull advocacy is in unity in opposing any regulation with the likes of dog fighters and criminals who use these dogs to guard their drugs.

Just as folks who fancy wearing “hoodies” don’t like to be classified as gang members, pit bull owners
apparently do not like the negative connotations of many of the stereotypes of pit bull ownership, which usually goes with “hoodies” and wearing one’s waist band below the curve of the buttocks, thereby exposing the undergarments. Not in the twentieth century has such a cultivated fashion “look” had such an enduring presence, although I note that many young folks are wearing much tighter pants these days, crotch still at the knees, and now they waddle like penguins. This is often accompanied with the team mascot, Buster the pit bull, pulling their hoodie wearing teen owner on an extremely large chain, large enough to hold an anchor of a sizable sailboat. I’ve never seen such a large chain used on so much as a horse or a bull. I used to really hate them, but these days, I’m seeing the wisdom of such a large chain when it comes to controlling a pit bull. I digress. In any case, pit bull advocates will insist that THEY are responsible, and not to JUDGE them, how dare you! I think judgment is a good thing, a gift; it can save your life! I’m staying away from that hoodie and saggy pants wearing kid and his dog, as if it were a highly contagious disease, thank you very much.

This ties into a common outrage expressed by pit bull owners, that they detest being "judged", being lumped in together with all of the thug pit bull owners, or that their sweet precious dog is being prejudged to be "dangerous". Well, it is! There are some definitions of judgment that appeal to me as a concept, although, by this crowd the term has been maligned:

1. an act or instance of judging.
2. the ability to judge, make a decision, or form an opinion objectively, authoritatively, and wisely, especially in matters affecting action; good sense; discretion: a man of sound judgment.
3. the demonstration or exercise of such ability or capacity: The major was decorated for the judgment he showed under fire.
4. the forming of an opinion, estimate, notion, or conclusion, as from circumstances presented to the mind: Our judgment as to the cause of his failure must rest on the evidence.

In response to these negative perceptions, pit bull owners and advocates spend much of their energy in vain to repair reputation of the dog, which is just a dog and isn’t aware of their negative reputation. In actuality, it's about their owner's self esteem, when they should be helping the rest of us pass laws to get the dogs out of thug hands in the first place. It would be a win win situation for everybody included.


”Pit bull owners have been dehumanized. On Internet message boards, in news articles, and in political speeches, pit bull owners are routinely disparaged as nothing more than criminals, drug dealers, “trailer trash,” liars, lunatics, or social deviants. Consequently, pit bull owners find themselves struggling against both legal discrimination and social discrimination—and the majority group (non-pit bull owners) isn’t bothered by this discrimination. In fact, the majority group may even endorse it, or worse, fight for it, as in the case of breed-specific legislation. Such discrimination is only possible because of the dehumanization of pit bull owners and the decanine-ization of pit bulls. By making both the owners and the dogs seem abnormal, frightening, and even dangerous, society easily endorses inhuman policies like breed-specific legislation and other forms of discrimination.”


Another article that does a wonderful job of exploring this self-preservation of esteem in pit bull owners can be found in the Scientific American.

However, try as they may, these good owners often have bad experiences with their pit bulls. Sometimes, it’s a next-door neighbor, or their children, or themselves…all of those good intentions for naught.

If you delight in the ironic as I do, you will find many apologists so outraged in “racism” and “breedism” will quickly show their true colors, should they learn that the dog injured was a Chow Chow, Daschund, Lab, Chihuahua, or _____ insert breed of dog that was injured or killed in the attack. The same crowd that blames the media for the “bad rap”, will use media reports to show that children have been killed by other breeds as well, and of course they do, just not as frequently. They will often “rejoice”, when there is a report of the mauling perpetrated by another breed, as in the case of a recent mauling of a child by a Lab mix. What the media didn’t report, as they didn’t know, was that the "mix" was pit.

They will also engage in a dishonest tactic I have seen used in the very hallowed ivory towers of higher education, so desiring of finding "positive" history to promote self esteem, "historians" use conjecture to the point of turning history into fairy tales. The pit bull apologia uses revisionist history as well, in their creation of the "nanny dog" myth. Another example can be found in their oft quoted falsehood that "in the 19th century, bloodhounds were the feared breed of dog", when easily we find that what used to be called a "bloodhound" was a pit bull type of dog, and not the floppy-eared and wrinkled scent hound we currently call the "bloodhound".




And like Obama, so quick to “judge” without knowing all the facts, we later learn that Treyvon had his

troubles, as did Mr. Zimmerman. As it turns out, Zimmerman was going through many of the challenges of so many in these hard economic times, had aspirations of joining law enforcement, had been the victim of crime, felt as if law enforcement couldn’t do the job. I bet he was tired of feeling powerless.  

He had recently purchased a handgun for his wife and himself
due to frequent run-ins with pit bulls.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/04/26/encounters-with-pit-bull-reportedly-led-zimmerman-wife-to-get-guns/

I’m looking in the mirror; I look a lot like George Zimmerman.


Since writing this, I learned of other "vigilantes" who took public safety into their own hands, due to the non-response of animal control.

Case 1, Sacramento, CA, August 2011.

Case 2,  Phoenix, AZ, May 2012.

Case 3, Oregon, 2008.




Other good articles, essays, blogs,  that explore this bastardization of the term "racism" as applied to dogs.

Lee, Alcia.  New York Times, 2003: Discriminating? Yes.  Discriminatory? No
17 Barks: Thoughts on "Canine Racism".