SheKnows

Meeting the scariest-looking pit bull changed how I feel about the breed

I used to believe the stereotype that pit bulls are dangerous dogs. Whenever there was a dog-on-person attack in the news, it involved a pit bull or pit mix. Why would anyone want these dogs for pets?
MLive

Dog Bite Prevention Week arrives as West Michigan talks pit bull attacks, dangerous dog breeds

GRAND RAPIDS — Charles McDonald remembers he didn’t even shed a tear when, jumping a neighbor’s fence to get a wayward ball, a pit bull sank its teeth into his left leg, refusing to let go until it ...
Dallas Observer

If Pit Bulls Are Not to Blame, Then We Are. So What Do We Do About That?

Another story this week of a Dallas resident viciously mauled by pit bull dogs: This latest victim, a 35-year-old woman, was attacked early Sunday morning by four dogs but saved by good Samaritans on ...
Dallas Observer

If a Pit Bull Attacks My Dogs — Or Me — Will I Be Prosecuted If I Shoot the Damn Thing?

Yeah, Steve Blow definitely got my attention yesterday with his column in The Dallas Morning News about an anti-pitbull organization, maybe because I just got my socks scared off again yesterday ...
WREG

Deadly pit bull attack reignites debate about the breed

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Pit bull is a term used in ...

Adorable Pit Bull-Frenchie Mix Puppy's So Cute the Internet Can’t Handle It

The French Bulldog-Pit Bull Mix, also known as the American French Bull Terrier or French Pit Bull, is a designer breed ...
The Cincinnati Enquirer

Opinion: A dog's breed doesn't predict its propensity to bite

The first dog I adopted was a three-year-old pit bull mix named Millie. She and her five puppies were rescued from a kill shelter in North Carolina where she was on the euthanasia list. Despite being ...
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Pet’s collar raising hackles: Smokey’s no pit bull, owners insist ahead of trial in North Little Rock

Smokey, a short, gray and white dog with a sweet smile and big hazel eyes, is living on borrowed time -- either as a North Little Rock resident or as a living, breathing canine. The dog and his owners ...
Reading Eagle

TATUM: Pit bull perils – How I survived an unprovoked dog attack

I am lying on a cot in the Chester County Hospital emergency room, my right side bruised, bleeding, swollen, and throbbing in pain. In curtained cubicles all around me, people are moaning and groaning ...
Grand Forks Herald

Hillsboro looks at reversing pit bull ban

HILLSBORO, N.D.-Another North Dakota city is trying to decide whether to get rid of its pit bull ban, but at least one leader thinks it should stay in place. The Hillsboro City Commission has asked ...
The Mercury

TATUM: Pit bull perils – How I survived an unprovoked dog attack

I am lying on a cot in the Chester County Hospital emergency room, my right side bruised, bleeding, swollen, and throbbing in pain. In curtained cubicles all around me, people are moaning and groaning ...