Promoting “nanny dogs” is a threat to public health by Barbara Kay Very young children do not see animals as “other.” It seems natural to them that stories should feature animals who speak and wear clothing. There is no harm in that. Babar, Curious George, Paddington Bear: toddlers don’t actually get up close and personal […]
über source of pit bull myths: Pep, The Story Of A Brave Dog
by Clarence Hawkes Illustrated by William Van Dresser Milton Bradley Co. (Springfield, Mass.), 1922. Reviewed by Merritt Clifton The sole known published reference to the now popular “nanny dog” or “nursemaid dog” notion, before the rise of opposition to breed-specific laws in recent decades, came in a 1922 work of fiction, Pep: The Story of A […]