Pitbulls

Pitbulls were used on recruitment posters for wars one and two, they were one of America's most popular family dogs. In the 19th century pitbulls were used on farms to help protect and herd cattle. People used them for other things as well. They used to call it “Bull baiting” or dog fighting. When a dog was being used for bull baiting they were trained to be put into a pit and they would attack bulls that were tied up. Dog fighting is also a common sport that pitbulls have been used for. In dog fighting the dogs are trained in a ring and they go after another dog, people place bets and earn money from it. All of these activities are illegal in most parts of the world today although, some people continue doing it. Pitbulls actually used to be America's most popular family dog because they have excellent temperament and are easily trained. Because of the past with fighting and aggressiveness some people are pushed to believe that pitbulls are dangerous …show more content…
Studies have shown that there are other breeds of dogs that are much stronger than pitbulls. Pitbulls are considered to be medium strength and there are other dogs that are much stronger such as german shepherds, bullmastiff, doberman pinscher, etc. Because of that it shows that there are many other dogs that will do worse damage than pitbulls if they are trained improperly. People have a fear that they have a massive biting power of 1,000 pounds of pressure per square inch. That is not possible because “ Scientists consistently use the unit Newtons to quantify force, not pounds per square inch. Dogs in general can range from 13 to 1394 Newtons.” (Lindner