Not Monsters

[Eternal Metamorphosis]

I have always supported Pit Bulls and have always known that it is the owners who make them monsters not the dogs being born monsters, but now that we have a Pit Bull I am all the more anti b.s.l (breed specific legislation). The more I research the breed and the more I come to know our little guy Bowser the more I realize how truly great these dogs are. They are depicted as natural born killers, monsters that are bread to be nothing more than vicious fighting/killing machines. And like most everything else the media is shedding the wrong light on these sweet, loving creatures. American Pit Bull Terriers are a wonderful breed, they are very intelligent, loyal, sweet, family dogs who have a very high eagerness and will to please their owners. And it is when that eagerness and determination to please is placed into the wrong hands that they become the fighting, aggressive dogs that most people have come to believe they are. It is not them but the people who own and train them that are the monsters, the dog is only trying it's best to please it's master thus why blame them when it is the persons will that drives the behavior? We as humans are the most intelligent creature on the planet, yet we are also the most ignorant. It's not hard to see that we as a society do not have a Pit Bull problem it seems to me that we have a people problem. Why are we so quick to pass judgment upon a lesser creature, a dog who cannot possibly understand why he is being discriminated against? That which man does not understand man hates; that which he hates he destroys. Does this sound fair to you? Human beings by far are much more vicious that any Pit Bull, out of our cruelty and abuse stems fearful creatures that have learned that man cannot be trusted. Dogs look up to us as their pack leaders, they only do what their leader teaches them to do, it is our responsibility as humans to guide them, yet instead me mistreat them and misuse their abilities and turn them into what people have come to fear. Yet out of all the abuse, the neglect, the torment, the torture and the pain that they endure they can still show love. How many of us could say the same? These dogs are not to be feared, hated, or banned; they are to be helped. This breed and other so called aggressive breeds need us to show the world that they are not monsters; they are just dogs, pets, and family members. We as humans need to step up and take responsibility for our actions and stop passing the blame onto the real victims, the dogs. They are living, breathing creatures just like you and I, so why don't they deserve a second chance? Wouldn't you like one? Even dogs that have been victims, being forced to fight, can be rehabilitated and can turn around to become what they have always wanted to be; loving house pets. Anything placed into the wrong hands can become potentially dangerous, and any dog can be made into a vicious, aggressive creature. And in reality when it came to temperament tests of which dog breeds are most likely to bite the Pit Bull was 4th...from the BOTTOM of the list. Labrador Retrievers and Spaniels were statistically more likely to bite that a Pit was. Isn't that a shocker? There is no such thing as bad dogs only bad owners. And ask yourself this, when a dog dose attack a human dose the news ever say why?? Perhaps it was the way the dog was raised, or perhaps the dog was provoked. But ah I'm forgetting humans never like to stand up and take responsibility for anything wrong that we have done, for any crime that we have committed. So why should I expect us to take the blame for these poor Pit Bulls. It's so much easier to blame the dog, to say oh it's in their nature they are the problem, it's them. Man likes the easy way out and nothing is easier than blaming something that can't stand up and defend its self. *sigh* All this makes me sick! Let's do something about the real problem, the real monsters; let's do something about ourselves!