My Passion!!

Hey everyone, my name is Michele and I wanted to express my feelings towards what I feel is the most wonderful and loyal companion I have ever had the pleasure of owning! I raised and bred American Pit Bull Terriers for over 8 years and never had one become aggressive. Genetically, they can be aggressive towards other animals, however, I did not tolerate it with mine and occasionally had altercations but learned how to control them. All of my dogs, both male and female coexisted together in harmony throughout a 24-7, 365 period without ever having a problem. Some would say this is impossible, I disagree. I see reports on these dogs alot, and it sickens me. In a city where I used to live there were several dog attacks and police were forced to shoot the dogs on the spot. Somehow they got my name and number and the television stations called and asked to come to my home and meet my dogs. I accepted. The stations were amazed, we took bones from our dogs mouths, put our hands in their food dishes, played rough with them without them ever trying to be "boss", and they stopped playing on comand without so much as a sour look in our direction. We never sent our dogs to obedience training, and I was never trained how to officially train a dog aggressive by nature. In all I have owned about 200 APBT's all purebred. Well, once I went before the public showing the good side of the APBT, I wa**** with a mess of harrassment from the Animal Shelter. It was horrible. Everyone is intimidated by the dogs, I understand why, but don't try ruining my life, and put my dogs to sleep because I stood up for the breed. These dogs do not simply "turn" without prior warning. Period! There are signs of aggression towards humans. People want to own pit bulls because they are a deterent for burgulars and whatnot, or because they make them look tough, for all the wrong reasons. I have taken on several females brought to me by other people who wanted stud service which I would keep for the duration of their heat cycle. Some of these dogs were simply spoiled. Would growl if you did something they did not like or were unfamiliar with. Well, when they left my house it was no longer a problem. I will never tolerate any dog to growl at me or anyone as long as I am around. I guess I should fear them but I do not. Maybe they sense this and don't give me much flack, who knows. All I know is that after all of this I sold all of my dogs, and kept the only male in my life who was ever loyal to me, my pit bull Neo. He will be 5 years old this Sept and the best friend anyone could ever ask for. I swear hes a human inside, you can see his feelings and expressions as if he were human. Against his genetic makeup, he does not chase cats, dogs, squirrels, people, nothing. He walks without fault without a lead in public places. People and children love him. I take him to the nursing homes and they go nuts for him. But anyhow, I wanted to show my boy off, I welcome any questions anytime about this breed or my dogs. I love to talk about them, and educate people who fear them. I would put my pit bull up against any well mannered dog any day, I just wish people would be responsible before getting one and realize they take a strong owner, not an abusive and ignorant one. If I can find a way to post a pic of Neo I will. For the record, I do now own two teacup Chihuahua's & one pit bull. Thanks for listening everyone. Have a great day and love your dogs. Here is a site owned by my friend Chris where you can see Neo and pics of his puppies. Neo sired puppies to Chris's female Madelyn. http://www.worldwidepitbulls.com/ -Michele

I have an aussie (14 yrs old) and 2 pits(male 2yrs and female 1 yr) They are great dogs. And so smart. Although they play rough together they never cross the line w/ my old girl(she wont have it) ther are soooo smart . My aussie recently went deaf and without any training or little boy retrieves her from the yard when we call them in. He goes back down the starins gently grabs her collar and leads her to the house. I love them so. Pitties ROCK!