There have also been articles about how dog attacks are sometimes misrepresented as pit bull attacks, even when they're other breeds.

I would Google, but frankly, I don't want to deal with the results.

For all of my nervousness at leaving this job, there are certainly some people I'm not going to miss being on the same team with. Even some of the people that I don't hate are irritating me. Trying to make sure I don't get assigned any of this team's work is funtimes, since I'm not allowed to transition before the announcement, apparently. Or announce before the announcement.

Yeah, I know someone who has a pitbull who is the sweetest most patient dog ever. This dog will let several toddlers play with her somewhat roughly (they're not so good at remembering "be gentle" yet), and she doesn't seem to mind at all. A few weeks ago, one of the toddlers stuck her fingers up the dog's butt (no idea what she thought she was doing), and the dog looked rather startled, but didn't even snap at her.

A few weeks ago, one of the toddlers stuck her fingers up the dog's butt (no idea what she thought she was doing), and the dog looked rather startled, but didn't even snap at her.

Yeowch.

That list is really disturbing.

There have also been articles about how dog attacks are sometimes misrepresented as pit bull attacks, even when they're other breeds.

My understanding is that "pitt bull" is a pretty fuzzy breed to begin with, so it wouldn't surprise me if mutts who bite people are frequently identified as pitts regardless of actual parentage.

This is an article I read.

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Breed misidentification plays a significant role in the stigma attached to pit bulls. It’s difficult even for experts to properly identify a breed of dog. A study published in the Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science ($$) found that “87.5% of the dogs identified by an adoption agency as having specific breeds in their ancestry did not have all of those breeds detected by DNA analysis.”

That problem is compounded by media sensationalism. Karen Delise studied every fatal dog bite reported in the years between 2002-2005, and found that “eleven dogs involved in fatal attacks with no Pitbull characteristics were counted as Pitbulls, while their ‘true’ breeds were not reported, and three dogs that were clearly not Rottweilers were identified as Rottweilers.”

I finally caught up on Scandal. The very end has me on board for next season, I think, that was good.

I am losing my zen with my job, a little bit, in that I seem to be feeling responsible about whether there will be enough inventory for July orders. I don't know if I will even still be there in July, I should not be responsible for anything!

But one pair of my new glasses came in and they are cute AND I can see more clearly, so the day is ending up pretty good, all things considered.

Isn't the Little Rascals' dog a pit?

Isn't the Little Rascals' dog a pit?

Yep.

Also, I spent some time in the vet's waiting room with a Presa Canario who was the most scared dog I've ever seen. Enormous, and kind of terrifying looking, until you looked at how she was trying to hide behind her mom's legs. I can see where dogs with bad reputations get into trouble because of other people acting badly.