What is your reaction when you see a pit bull? Do you run in fear? Do you cross over to the other side of the road to get away? Well, you are not alone – but you are wrong about the breed! Pit bulls are not aggressive unless they are trained to be – just …
One look at this poor pup and you can tell he isn’t happy. I will never understand why people think it is a good idea to abandon a dog. Some people take them to remote locations and leave. Other people tie them up in public and just walk away. The dog looks scared and sad …
Dog fighting is illegal in many states – but that hasn’t stopped dog fighting from happening, and it seems to be getting more and more popular. Not only are the dogs that fight mistreated, so are the dogs they use for training. They are called bait dogs, and they are attacked over and over again …
When the kids found the lifeless dog, they called for help. Humane Police Officer, Russ Harper, who works for Justice Rescue answered the call. The pit bull he found was cold, not a good sign for any living creature – Harper actually thought the dog had died. The poor thing was barely clinging to life. …
Austin spent 66 days waiting. He was waiting for someone to come and take him home. He was living at the Saving Carson Shelter Dogs shelter and had just about given up hope. Dogs have no sense of time, but they do know loneliness and despair. Austin wasn’t quite sure what to do with himself …
Dog trainers all have their tricks. Some use clickers to train dogs. Some us treats, others use force. Then there is training that is positive, and doesn’t use force – this type of training is called positive reinforcement, which means you praise the dog for doing the behavior properly. Veronica-Lynn, the dog you see in …
Do you see the dog in this picture? The pit bull had gotten itself stuck on this pile of sticks in the Salinas River in California. A group of people was out looking for a missing person when they found the poor pup. The dog seemed friendly (and happy to be found). It is believed …
In dogfighting, a common practice is to wrap rubber bands around the ears of the dogs. Once the tissue dies – the ears easier to cut off. Why would someone want to cut off a dog’s ears? So the dog is harder to grab by an opponent. The puppy you see here was found in …
When Kasey Boggs first adopted Jake the dog, she didn’t know much about him – just that he had been an unwanted gift who had, as a result, spent his entire life up to that point locked up inside. Boggs was used to rescues, as she’d had experience caring for animals from the age of …
It is hard not to have heard all the bad press that pit bulls have gotten lately. They are being billed as an aggressive breed. Some cities have even banned them. Even this those laws in place, the number of dog attacks has not changed – because it isn’t the dogs that are the problem. …