Adventures with Pit Bulls

Many people have a misguided perception that all pit bulls are deadly, child eaters, that are untrainable, and will turn on their owners without reason. That's just not true, they are very intelligent, friendly and easily trainable, they want to please their owners, and are really good with kids and many are really good with cats too.

I once spent like 3 weeks working at a house that had two full grown pit bulls, one male and one female, and one little foofy dog, like a 10-15 pound lap dog. These guys are super friendly, they just want attention. Each day when we would show up they barked in recognition, they knew who we were and were excited.

These dogs are smart. One day "J" was playing with them and showed the female how to run up the kids slide, now she does it on command. Another day "J" was showing them how the lock to the gate worked (not the best idea seeing how smart these dogs are), he went back to work and about ten minutes later a neighbor comes by to let him know one of the dogs was out. This was kind of a normal thing because the little dog had figured out a couple ways to get out of the yard. But when he went outside he saw that it was the male pit bull that had gotten out, he had figured out how to open the gate lock in about ten minutes, that's pretty smart.

One day when I can actually have a dog, mine will probably be a pit bull, and I will do everything I can to socialize and train my dog really well. I can't stand untrained dogs.

Oh yeah, screw PETA.