Looking at normal dogs’ brains shows how “fighting breed” brains differ BOSTON, POMONA––There may already be weeping and gnashing of teeth among pit bull advocates, and perhaps significant fundraising underway to trump up rebuttals, too, following the September 2, 2019 Journal of Neuroscience publication of “Significant neuroanatomical variation among domestic dog breeds,” by Harvard […]
Helpful links for Pit Bull Victim Awareness Day
Both animal & human victims to be remembered on October 27, 2018 With “Pit Bull Victim Awareness Day,” October 27, 2018, fast approaching, including activities on behalf of both animal and human pit bull attack victims, many readers may find the Pit Stop Archive useful––a special sub-menu offered by ANIMALS 24-7 to help access our […]
Robert Cabral: “The Malibu Dog Trainer”
A Cesar Millan salad with Catalina dressing Editor’s note: Robert Cabral, the self-described “Malibu dog trainer,” was formerly a martial arts instructor, film director, actor, cinematographer and motivational speaker according to his posted biography. This would appear to have left Cabral little time for training dogs, had he remained fully employed in any of these […]
Oregon cities move to bar dogs from public areas
Non-BSL response to attacks EUGENE, SALEM, Oregon––Dogs, as of March 8, 2017, are officially no longer welcome in downtown Eugene, home of the University of Oregon Ducks, and no longer welcome to run off leash to terrorize ducks and others in parks in Salem, the state capital. Eugene is considered to be among the […]
The 100 Silliest Things People Say About Dogs, by Alexandra Semyonova
Reviewed by Merritt Clifton Published by Hastings Press, England in association with The Carriage House Foundation, Postbus 10 308 2501 HH Den Haag, The Netherlands, 2009. Downloadable at www.nonlineardogs.com. 269 pages, paperback. $25.00. Download: $15.00. “I wasn’t exposed to all the stories dog people tell until I got my first puppy,” behavioral scientist Alexandra Semyonova relates in her […]
Unleashed: The Phenomena of Status Dogs and Weapon Dogs, by Simon Harding
Reviewed by Alexandra Semyonova The Policy Press, U. of Bristol (c/o U. of Chicago Press, 427 East 60th St., Chicago, IL 60637), 2012. 286 pages, hardcover. $100.60; Kindle $23.72. Part I of a three-part series also including: How the League Against Cruel Sports is defending dogfighting and Unleashed: The Phenomena of Status Dogs and Weapon Dogs, […]
Nine really useful things you can do for Dog Bite Prevention Week
Yes, this is Dog Bite Prevention Week!!! 1. First of all, find out who founded Dog Bite Prevention Week sixty years ago, in 1956, why, and what has become of this groundbreaking public safety initiative since then: Dog Bite Prevention Weak. 2. Find out which dogs killed a record 33 people last year, and disfigured […]
Newborn killed by pit bull rehomed by San Diego Humane Society & SPCA
Attack could not have been foreseen, claims SPCA president Weitzman SAN DIEGO, California––The inherent unreliability of temperament testing and untruthfulness of pit bull adoption promotions depicting the dogs as safe were underscored on April 22, 2016 when a two-year-old pit bull named Polo, rehomed six months earlier by the San Diego Humane Society & SPCA, […]
Pit bull behavior
Pit bull behavior • Why “Human races are not like dog breeds: Refuting a Racist Analogy” • Dog study let pit bull owners lie & still found behavior is breed-specific • Pit bulls: new gene study shows it is NOT “all in how you raise them” • Dog brain study refutes every major claim of […]
Voices of pit bull experience
Voices of pit bull experience • Pit bulls: A retired humane professional speaks out at last, by Deborah Turner • Pit bulls: An active 40+ year shelter director speaks out too, by Debra Boswell • 15 real-life tips for surviving a dog attack (2019 edition) • Heroism stops dog attacks––but knowing how helps, too • […]