Mary Tyler Moore certainly isn't scared!
http://www.peoplepets.com/news/celebrities/mary-tyler-moore-s-pit-bull-senses-her-diabetes/1
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Those that know me well, know how much I adore pit bull's. We have 4 that we rescued from different situations and when asked what kind of dogs we have, I am very aware that I've got a 50/50 chance of people either saying "Oh my gosh" with fear in their voice OR nodding their head and smiling because they know just how sweet, loyal, and misunderstood the breed is.
I have to admit, I wasn't always fond of them either. I too had heard they ate heads off babies or could kill you just by looking at you (Yep, it's similar to a Jedi mind trick! You'd be amazed at some of the uneducated comments I've heard people make about this breed).
My excuse... I was very young. My first pit bull, Petie, came into my life at the age of 17 and taught me how wrong I was. He was a beautiful black and white dog with a huge block head and reminded me of Petie on the old tv show The Little Rascal's (hence his name). Petie crossed the rainbow bridge quite some time ago, but I can still remember him lying right next to my eldest daughter as a baby or sitting with her on the front porch posing for a picture (a picture that I still cherish to this day).
My husband used to be one of the misinformed as well. He'd heard the media hype and although he's a very intelligent man, had never taken the time to find out the truth, nor did he really care one way or the other. He's a labrador lover and that was the only breed he needed to know and understand. Fast forward to today and you'll find him curled up with his dog (not a lab although he's still a lab lover, but a pit bull named Ceceil).
We are now two pit bull converts that enjoy long walks, lots of kisses, the overly excited wiggle-butt when we walk through the front door as if we've been gone forever (even when we just walk outside to check the mail) and yes, the occasional item that shouldn't be chewed, but is.
I'm so blessed Petie came into my life.
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