Baxter waiting for his forever home.
Because they’re abused.
There are an abundance of negative and unjustified stereotypes of the Pit Bull breed. Insurance companies often won’t insure Pit Bulls (or other stigmatized bully breeds), and some areas go so far as to ban Pit Bulls from residing in their jurisdictions. We come across too many current and prospective owners that ultimately have their hands tied by breed bans. The recent economic crunch hasn’t helped either; so many families have lost their jobs, and then their homes and found themselves moving to places where their dogs aren’t allowed.
Nationally, 93% of pit pulls in shelters are ultimately put down. Spay and neuter isn’t an accepted practice in many demographic areas, even for people who care about their pets. In addition, the sale of dogs is an income-producing activity for a certain demographic of people, so they are over-bred, inbred, and bred to increase the chances of dog-reactivity. There are too many of them, and people are afraid of them.
Baxter at Montgomery County Humane Society
Pit Bulls have traveled from days of nannying young children and delivering messages on the battle field during the first two World Wars to being discarded as a “menace to society” to the mass media who fail to understand. They are amazing dogs for many reasons, but their traits have left them victim to human exploits. You see, Pit Bulls are scrappy by nature and they’re often high-energy, intense dogs. They’re tenacious and incredibly loyal, too, and so they’re the perfect dog for young urban men to target as fighting dogs; you can abuse them and they remain loyal. They’ve been inbred, abused, neglected and over-bred, and the media has latched on to the negative pomp and circumstance that surrounds them.
Bella & Baxter