LOL your dog "missy" definately looks like the kind of dog you have to be fearful of..... 
When i was younger my sister got mauled by a labrador, and she ended up needing 15 stitches in her arm, so when i was young i always had a natural fear of any medium/large dog.
Then i moved in with a buddy of mine, and the first time i walked into his house he had 2 pitbulls who would bark when you first came in, but they were just doing what any dog would, and they were actually well behaved, just very energetic. I remember being scared shitless of those 2 dogs at first because i had that preconcieved notion that pitbulls are agressive.
Within like 10 minutes i was comfortable rolling around on the floor and wrestling with them, and all the fear was gone. We even got a kitten shortly after and these pitbulls naturally knew not to bite even though the kitten would claw the shit out of them, our pitbulls would just kind of "gum" the kitten without ever biting, there were times when they would have the kittens entire head buried in their mouth, and it would worry me a bit, but they always knew not to bite. They would chase each other all over the house, it was hilarious because the kitten was probably only like 2 pounds, but she basically bossed our pitbulls around. By the time i moved out of my buddies house, i was letting the dogs sleep in my bed every night when my girlfriend wasnt there. They were my 2 favourite dogs ever. I now am willing to go up to any big dog i see, provided i can tell that they are nice, so the pit bulls were rehab for me, as they helped get rid of my fear of big dogs.
Anyways, it is sad that so many people have this preconcieved notion that pit bulls are agressive. Sadly until most people meet a pitbull for the first time, they will always hold onto the false belief that pit bulls are agressive dogs.
When i was younger my sister got mauled by a labrador, and she ended up needing 15 stitches in her arm, so when i was young i always had a natural fear of any medium/large dog.
Then i moved in with a buddy of mine, and the first time i walked into his house he had 2 pitbulls who would bark when you first came in, but they were just doing what any dog would, and they were actually well behaved, just very energetic. I remember being scared shitless of those 2 dogs at first because i had that preconcieved notion that pitbulls are agressive.
Within like 10 minutes i was comfortable rolling around on the floor and wrestling with them, and all the fear was gone. We even got a kitten shortly after and these pitbulls naturally knew not to bite even though the kitten would claw the shit out of them, our pitbulls would just kind of "gum" the kitten without ever biting, there were times when they would have the kittens entire head buried in their mouth, and it would worry me a bit, but they always knew not to bite. They would chase each other all over the house, it was hilarious because the kitten was probably only like 2 pounds, but she basically bossed our pitbulls around. By the time i moved out of my buddies house, i was letting the dogs sleep in my bed every night when my girlfriend wasnt there. They were my 2 favourite dogs ever. I now am willing to go up to any big dog i see, provided i can tell that they are nice, so the pit bulls were rehab for me, as they helped get rid of my fear of big dogs.
Anyways, it is sad that so many people have this preconcieved notion that pit bulls are agressive. Sadly until most people meet a pitbull for the first time, they will always hold onto the false belief that pit bulls are agressive dogs.
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Agreed! The majority of what I'll get involved with a (dog) rescue with is a pitbull. It's BRUTAL how these VERY faithful, and loving dogs are treated by drug dealer thug trash!
I've seen and heard it all...
And the female pitbull I rescued from a kill shelter was bred at 6-8 months (TOO young!), and two other times by some... Well, "inner city" trash that wanted to profit from selling fighting dogs so they can gamble vs. work a REAL job. The problem was, her puppies didn't want to fight, nor did she. She was put in the shelter by the local police after her "owners" were jailed for animal abuse, cruelty, posession of crack cocaine, etc., When I got her they were 2 days from putting her down as they had kept her up to the point where if not adopted, they have to be destroyed.I guess dogs who aren't wanted are sent to death row which is sad as they didn't do anything to deserve to die for.
Our female takes over my LEATHER, SOFT suede couch when I'm at work, and my Wife will send me a pic now and then saying, "how's that 'off the couch' dog training coming along?":eek:
Here's a pic of her partly sleeping on MY couch. I couldn't say anything to her for that after seeing this pic. Lol!
