A pit bull perception problem: What's a dog owner to do?
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(MNN. com) -- On any given Saturday, you'll find a motley crew assembled outside the nondescript gray building on Hollywood Road, west of downtown Atlanta. An elderly couple walks tentatively behind a large black Labrador, a kid with chubby cheeks totes a feisty Chihuahua, and a trio of teens bound out of their parent's minivan with a brindle pit bull named Kola in tow. They join at least a dozen other pet owners for free obedience classes offered by the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) through its Pets for Life program. Designed to support people and pets in underserved communities, Pets for Life welcomes all breeds. But an overwhelming majority of the four-legged students that arrive each week are pit bulls or pit mixes.
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Mike Upshur
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| 0 | "I see it all the time while I'm on patrol," Upshur says. ... |
| -0.127395 | "I see it all the time while I'm on patrol," Upshur says. "It's a shame, it really is. But there are other dogs out there attacking people. They just don't get publicity." |
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Erin Sullivan
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| 0 | "I don't think pit bull owners should be locked out of the rental market," says Sullivan, ... |
| 0 | "I don't think pit bull owners should be locked out of the rental market," says Sullivan, who has two pit bulls and one pit mix. "I don't believe a pit bull as a breed is any more dangerous. I will judge each dog as an individual. If a person comes with a small white mutt and I think they won't be responsible, they aren't getting in." |
| 0 | "When you bring a dog into your life, you're making a connection with that animal and it does become a part of your family," says Sullivan, ... |
| 0.135329 | "When you bring a dog into your life, you're making a connection with that animal and it does become a part of your family," says Sullivan, who will continue leasing her Maryland home to pit bull owners. "As a landlord, I feel even more responsible than if I lived in the house. I tend to be maybe a little more diligent. As a pit bull owner, I have to go above and beyond to show that I am responsible. I don't ever want my neighbors, my friends, my family to think, 'Here comes Erin again with her dogs.'" |
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| 0.0219149 | "I want to make sure that whomever I adopt to is educated about the breed," she says. ... |
| -0.343406 | "I want to make sure that whomever I adopt to is educated about the breed," she says. "We want to make sure they understand the stigma about the breed and that they are held to a higher standard. I tell people right off the bat, if you want a dog park type dog, a dog you can just run off-leash, please do not get a pit bull." |
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| -0.610783 | "It will have a really devastating impact on folks in Maryland," says Stacy Wolf, ... |
| -0.210859 | "It will have a really devastating impact on folks in Maryland," says Stacy Wolf, vice president and chief counsel of the legal advocacy department. "It's bad in a whole lot of ways, but maybe most importantly, it doesn't do a lot to protect people from dogs of all breeds, it doesn't put the onus on owners and it judges the dog." |
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A pit bull perception problem: What's a dog owner to do?
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On any given Saturday, you'll find a motley crew assembled outside the nondescript gray building on Hollywood Road, west of downtown Atlanta. An elderly couple walks tentatively behind a large black Labrador, a kid with chubby cheeks totes a feisty Chihuahua, and a trio of teens bound out of their parent's minivan with a brindle pit bull named Kola in tow.
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