Pit Bull News<\/a><\/p>\nIt was noted on WJZ news\u00a0on Tuesday\u00a0morning\/evening that there is a “pit bull problem” and that there is currently a pit bull overpopulation. A local\u00a0“Pit Fix” program was also noted as a solution to overpopulation and abuse.\u00a0The fact that the breed is, unfortunately, notoriously popular at the moment is true. That does not make our current situation a “pit bull” problem any more than there was a “cocker spaniel” problem in the 70’s or a “dalmatian” problem in the 80’s. The problem is people!\u00a0The pit bull\u00a0is just as abused and overbred as any other breed in history right now. It is probably more publicized than any other breed in history in part because of the internet- something that wasn’t in existence (or popular) when other breeds were under attack.<\/p>\n
While spaying and neutering of pets is important and can certainly help overpopulation and homeless animals, breed specific clinics have the potential to give the wrong message.\u00a0Much like this news report indicated, the message given is that pit bulls need to be spayed\/neutered more than any other breed. This is simply not true. Keep in mind- spay and neuter programs are used by RESPONSIBLE dog owners. Individuals abusing dogs do not spay\/neuter regardless of cost- it’s a completely different mindset. Promoting the spay\/neuter of an individual breed will not prevent animal abuse any more than banning a breed will provide public safety. This is an effort that needs to be directed to individuals and it goes much deeper than spay\/neuter.<\/p>\n
We have created and bred dogs for companionship and service. It is our responsibility to care for them. Please do spay and neuter your pets, and encourage all to treat companion animals with love and respect. . .regardless of breed!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
. . .and I am not a “pit bull” person.\u00a0I am a “dog” person. \u00a0 Pit Bull News It was noted on WJZ news\u00a0on Tuesday\u00a0morning\/evening that there is a “pit bull problem” and that there is currently a pit bull overpopulation. A local\u00a0“Pit Fix” program…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[65,18,16,11,58,66,62,4,39,60,59,3,51,67,34,42,68,6,36],"class_list":["post-64","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog_posts","tag-abuse","tag-aja-harris","tag-amber-stacy","tag-baltimore-humane","tag-barcs","tag-breed-popularity","tag-breeding","tag-crate-escape","tag-enrichment","tag-humane-society-of-harford-county","tag-maryland-spca","tag-mutt-magic","tag-obedience","tag-pit-bull","tag-productivity","tag-social","tag-spayneuter","tag-training","tag-work"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/muttmagic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/muttmagic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/muttmagic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/muttmagic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/muttmagic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/muttmagic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72,"href":"https:\/\/muttmagic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64\/revisions\/72"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/muttmagic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/muttmagic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/muttmagic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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