Domestic dogs inherited complex behaviors from their wolf ancestors‚ being pack hunters with complex body language. These sophisticated forms of social cognition and communication may account for their trainability‚ playfulness‚ and ability to fit into human households and social situations‚ and these attributes have given dogs a relationship with humans that has enabled them to become one of the most successful species on the planet today. Although experts largely disagree over the details of dog
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Pit bulls are a breed that is completely misunderstood. Mainly because of the negative media attention they receive. . In all actuality‚ a pit bull is a crossbreed between different breeds of terriers and bulldogs. The media likes to portray the pit bull as a breed that can not be trained‚ much less handled by their owners. In all actuality it depends on how they are raised. People will always believe what they see or hear on the news‚ fact or fiction. Some people are firm believers that a pit
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The Truth about Pitbulls Ryan K. Smith University of Phoenix The Pit Bull breed of dog has a very bad reputation. This is because Pit Bulls are used as fighting dogs for some people’s amusement. Little do people know Pit Bulls are very good family dogs‚ and often called “The Nanny Dog”. I personally own three Pit Bulls‚ and have interviewed someone who does not own a pit bull. I have found a lot of information about this breed of dogs and everything points to one question. Although
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Since the beginning of earliest civilisation‚ man has relied on and surrounded himself with animals‚ for both assistance with labour and companionship. The phrase ‘man’s best friends’ is often used to described one of the most loyal and popular of these animals‚ the dog. Yet‚ in recent years‚ under the continued influence of rising dog attack numbers and societal pressure‚ new legislation has been introduced‚ collectively known as ‘Breed-Specific Legislation’. Under these new laws‚ certain breeds
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` Pit Bull Stereotyping Has anyone ever come in contact with a pit bull and felt fear that you were going to be attacked or mauled? I bet at least some of you have. I to was one of those people who thought I was going to be attacked‚ But after I owned a few I thought differently. Pit Bulls are banned in some state and counties because the government feels that it is the breed’s aggressive behavior is a threat‚ instead of the owners who made them that way. The pit bull breed has the stereo-type
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Contrast essay on The Great Dane to an American Pitbull Terrier The Great Dane and American Pitbull terrier are different in many ways. The Dane is a very complex dog‚ you have to have a lot of free time to care of he/she all the time. As for the Pitbull this dog doesn’t need much attention I mean yes give it attention but you don’t have to baby it so to speak for him/her to be occupied. In history‚ the Great Dane has many names some of them are; German mastiff‚ deutsche dogge‚ and gentle
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Dangerous Dogs...to be or not to be banned. My opinion on the issue of dangerous dogs is they shouldn’t be banned because of these reasons. I think that these so called ‘dangerous breeds’ shouldn’t be banned because it is only a few individuals from those breeds that are attacking. What about the families out there that own a very tame and gentle pit-bull that they have had in their family for a long time and have had no problems? Do you really want to take away that families treasured pet? It would
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Throughout these two papers there are similarities and differences regarding their biases. The most notable similarity being they both discuss the pit bull dog breed. The first article talks about how‚ “pit bulls were bred to be violent.” Explaining how the pit bull breed is dangerous and needs controlled. While the second article gives information on pit bulls as a pet. The main point of the article being that pit bulls can be a great pet if trained well stating‚ “A minimum of training‚ along with
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Being bitten by a dog can be a traumatizing experience‚ regardless of how large or small the dog is or how serious or not-so-serious the attack might have been. However‚ taking a few necessary steps after the dog bite can help you handle the situation in the best way for yourself and anyone else who is involved. These are a few things that you should do immediately after being bitten by a dog. 1. Get the Owner’s Contact Information First of all‚ you will need to gather the dog owner’s contact information
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The book Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel is about how many different things contributed to the success of societies versus the destruction of other societies. The book starts out with the author‚ Jared Diamond‚ in New Guinea talking to a New Guinean politician named Yali. Yali asked Diamond "Why white men developed so much cargo…" Diamond was determined to seek an answer to Yali’s question. Diamond surrounds his answer on how History followed different courses for different people because of differences among
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