Should people be allowed to keep pit-bull dogs?

SHOULD PEOPLE BE ALLOWED TO KEEP PIT-BULL DOGS? Name Institution Affiliation Course Date of Submission Should people be allowed to keep pit-bull dogs? Incredibly, for a great deal of our American history, the nick name for pit bull was "The Nanny Dog". For many years, if you had children and wanted to keep them safe all you needed was a pit bull, the dog that was the most reliable breed with children and children alike. The Nanny Dog has now been maligned by the media which seem to have been on a mission to create a demon dog to frighten people and as it is LHASA-APSO BITES MAN rarely sells newspapers. Before the pit bull was the Rottweiler, before the Rottweiler, and before the Rottweiler was the Doberman, and before the Doberman was the German shepherd. Each of these dog breeds was deemed too unpredictable and vicious to be around people. And every so often there was a clamor for laws to control or ban these dog breeds each in their order. It is astoundingly ironic that the focus has now turned on the bread that was at one time seen as a symbol of our country and our national babysitters. People should be allowed to keep pit bulls. On the temperament test, the pit bull does not do badly. In regards to how many times a kid can provoke a dog by poking their finger in the eyes of a dog; the most tolerant dog breed was the Golden Retriever. The bread that was second most tolerant was the indeed the pit bull. Further, the jaws of the pit bull are created in such a way that they do not lock, moreover, the pit bull does not have the most powerful bite of all dog breads, the one that takes the honors in this category is the Rottweiler. The pit bull is not a naturally aggressive bread, in fact its puppies prefer the company of humans more than they do their mothers, which they do two weeks before all other breads. When you accidentally step on one of its toes, the pit bull fells and expresses as much pain as any other bread. It is amazing that the most patient, tolerant, gentle, dog bread has been vilified and portrayed as the most dangerous dog in America. Pit bulls are always eager to please people, so there their nature is inconsistent with the way that they have portrayed. This dog will do anything that its owners ask of him, just to get that pat of acknowledgement and laudation. All the pit bull needs most is that praise, approval and attention, so they are very social with humans. It is this The Nanny Dog of its devotion to people that has in part led to the bad publicity that this dog has received. A person who has no good intention can take advantage of this attribute of the pit bull of loyalty and wanting to please to train the dog for criminal and nefarious purposes. Pit bulls amazing connection with people is unmistakable; they are just hilarious, bursting with personality and they just love to make people happy by clowning around. Surely painting a dog that is as...