- Contact: Kathy Kear
- Email: katkear@sbcglobal.net
- Telephone: 510.918.0380
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Pit Bull 101
An All-American Dog
Breed Information and History
Breed Specific Legislation
What is BSL and why it doesn't work
All Dogs Bite
Dog bites/maulings by other breeds, that just don't make National news.
Troublemakers. What pit bulls can teach us about profiling.
A New Yorker article by Malcolm Gladwell (author of "The Tipping Point", "Blink" and "Outliers") on stereotyping.
Find the Pit Bull
Breed misidentification is extremely common. Can you spot a pit bull? Test yourself!
My Passion
I love Pit Bull breeds. I love them for many reasons: their
tenaciousness, their exuberant joy in play and affection, their
intense desire to please and work , and perhaps most of all-their
vulnerability. They are simply the most abused and neglected
dog in this country, used by ignorant people as a way to make
themselves look more powerful.
These dogs only want
connection with their owners and the ignorant prey on this trait.
I believe in very strong animal abuse laws for dog fighting and
any other forms of neglect or abuse. The Pit Bull breeds are
begging for our protection and I will not rest until there is a deep
shift in consciousness in our country - where these dogs no longer
misused and abused.
The other aspect of Pit Bull protection that is vital to their cause is the mass prejudice that happens in the media and with the
public. They are continually misrepresented in the news and
in advertising. Every time there is a dog attack in the news - if it
happens to be a Pit Bull type dog, the media races to the scene
and makes it the top news of the day. This does not happen if
the dog is any other breed - a Shepherd, a Lab, a Chow etc.
The
media loves to sensationalize any attack involving this breed
so that the myth perpetuates that this breed is more dangerous
than others. I experience this again and again in my daily life
when I walk my own Pit Bulls - the looks, the comments, the stares- for no reason other than the type of dog I guide and love.
I am here to educate anyone with an open mind about the
joys of living and working with these magnificent dogs. And for those that remain closed, I am sorry that you remain in ignorance, may you one day explore with an open heart and mind.
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