This is Hercules. He was an Eli/ McCoy Pit Bull. He was a pure bred pit and the nicest dog you would of ever met if he were still around. Unfortunately he got an unknown skin disease over a year ago, that the vets had never seen before, I won't go into all the details because it is discusting, but I decided to put him down instead of having him suffer like he was.
My reason for writing the post today is because on a post about my other dog, Chloey who is a Boxer/ Pit mix a fellow AR member mentioned a pit that visits his office and how it was the nicest dog he ever met. I got to thinking to myself, alot of people would probably be shocked to read, or hear that. However Pitbulls are actually really good dogs. They are not the vicious killers many try to make them out to be. When I got Hercules I was a senior in high school. My mother believed all of the rumors and bad news about pitbulls in the news but since I really wanted one she said "If you can research and write me a 5 page report and convince me they are not bad dogs I will let you get one." So I researched and researched, and in a few short days I was on my way to pick Hercules up :-D. The main thing that convinced my mother was a list of dog bite cases for the top 100 most popular dog breeds... Pitbulls were ranked #84... yes 16 from the bottom, meaning there were 83 other breeds that had more dog bite cases than pitbulls. The #1 and #2 were actually Golden Retrievers and Labs. Pitbulls were also genetically breed to not attack humans because of their use as pit fighters, and bull leaders, as the trainers had to get in there and break them apart and be able to handle them. Like any breed, they need proper training and are only "bad dogs" when people make them that way. There is really in my opinion no such thing as a "bad dog" only bad owners. Team a pitbull and a repsonsible owner together and you will get one of the nicest, friendliest, caring, loving, and loyal animals you will ever get the chance to meet. Hercules was such a nice dog he would actually let the squirrells come and eat out of his food bowl when he was outside, in exchange for them cracking open the black walnuts for him from the tree over his dog house of course. Me and him would wrestle and play fight (like we are doing in the picture above) all the time and he was always good, even when playing with my dad's german shepard he was great. The shepard would put Hercules' head in her mouth playing and he would just pull his head out and headbutt her, he wouldn't even open his mouth to her while playing. He also loved children, the only things he didn't like were my weed wacker, and 4 wheelers lol.
To anyone who thinks they are or has ever met one that was "bad" take a good look at the owner, more than likely thats the bad one. I have met tons and tons of pitbulls and the only ones that were mean were the ones trained to be mean, just like pretty much any other dog, teach it good and it will be good.
Don't get me wrong, never trust a dog you don't know. However before you judge the dog as being a bad dog if it is mean, look at the owner because more often than not that is where the meaness truely comes from.
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