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Dog attack report - 2018 final

North America closed out 2018 with 40 fatalities from dog attacks, 31 of which were committed by pit bulls. (status updated due to corrections of old cases)In addition to the fatal maulings, 623 North...

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Ode to a beloved pet, murdered by a pit bull

There's a little movie that plays 'round and 'round,Replays every scream, each and every sound,Not always in order: surreal, Kafkaesque,The three weeks I spent waiting for death.Spanning two Mondays,...

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Today is International Akita day

Mourning Hachi at the train stationToday, March 8th, is the anniversary of the death of Hachi, the faithful Akita who became a symbol of loyalty worldwide. Hachi had a happy life from the time he was...

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Pit bull propaganda, victim ridicule, and a horrific death

In a typical example of victim-ridicule, pit activist Mark Biancofiore wrote, in a post with pictures of his pit bull to the "I love Staffies" Facebook group:"This is my boy Junior. absolutely vicious...

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Pit bull activism - unpacking the lies

Unraveling a typical example of the deception peddled by pit bull activistsMy attention was recently directed to a study from a site called pitbullinfo.org which claimed that pit bulls were much less...

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Yet another pit activist gets an education

The pain, terror and suffering inflicted by pit bull activists continues to escalate, as they ramp up their activism in denial of history and genetic science.Inevitably, a number of these pit activists...

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Canine genetics are real

When we brought home our 8 week old Akita puppy, a meek little 16 pound ball of fur, our senior chihuahua mixes ran out, barking, to investigate. The Akita pup hid under the car from them.For her first...

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Voices of the victims - one family's story

About three years after being attacked by a pit bull, our Poodle died. After the attack, she was never the same. She experienced seizures and never jumped or ran and played again.The night of the...

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The Akita experiment so far

Our Akita just turned 3 years old. She came from a line bred "for mass and temperament", and she is calm and good natured. I've been told that she's "really nice for an Akita". She's a big baby with...

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Ten best personal protection dog breeds

Found this discussion of 10 best personal protection dogs, and felt it was worth passing along.Not a lot of surprises, and lots of meaningful discussion of the reasons for inclusion in the list.For...

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The promise of a puppy

Who doesn't love pit bull puppies? It's easy to be convinced, when you're looking at your cute 6 week old puppy, that everything's going to be OK, because you're going to raise him right. What could...

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Ten years of dog attack data: 2013-2023

 The pit bull problem is only getting worsePit bulls: 83.2%All others: 16.8%We've crunched the numbers and the results are in. The data for the 10 year period from the end of 2013 through the end of...

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