#nanny dog

[birdyleblanc]

working on the proper final of this finally

[fredlyfatchet-art]

The first pic I drew of were!Fred! He’s a bit of a shut-in (unlike Freddi) and INCREDIBLY shy abt letting humans know he’s a werewolf. He’s mostly a wolf in his own little apartment. He fosters pets, particularly cats.

It’s guaranteed that any animals he fosters will be used to dogs ;)

[dogbook-is-hell]

I’m hella sleep deprived, so let’s see if I can accurately articulate my wording.

I absolutely cannot STAND people like this. I specifically dub these people “pit mommies”, which are a subcategory of “fur mommies”.

First and foremost, not everyone is going to like your breed of dog. Get over it. Not everyone has to even like your specific dog. If you act like this, chances are, I am not going to like you or your dog. Quit acting entitled just because you own a damn “pit bull”, which probably isn’t even a legit pit bull.

Secondly, this is ableist as fuck. This person isn’t technically judging someone for not liking pit bulls, but rather people who FEAR pit bulls. Ya know, something people don’t necessarily have control over? Something that takes effort and even therapy to get over? “You can’t let bad experiences deter you from them” is by far the most ableist sentence in this whole post. Sure, people should let “bad experiences” hold them back, but like it or not, these dogs (and others) have done more than just cause “bad experiences”. Some have caused actual trauma.

Some people have PTSD from dogs, and that is valid. Some people are afraid of all large dogs, all dogs that look a certain way, particular breeds, ect. And that is fine as long as it isn’t ruining the person’s life! But expecting someone to just more or less “get over it” is messed up just because you think everyone should like your stupid dog. I’m sure OP wouldn’t like it if someone told them to get over their bad experiences or trauma, right? They would probably be very upset. “Even multiple bad experiences” just takes the cake. Imagine telling someone who had their face ripped off and disfigured to just get over it and like your dog.

Thirdly, it is NOT all in how you raise them! This stupid saying needs to die already. It’s dangerous in so many ways. I get why pit pushers and just uneducated but well meaning people use it. It sounds nice on the surface, but in reality it isn’t. People are going to get dogs that don’t fit their lifestyle (as they already do) because they think their dog is a purely blank slate, which just isn’t true. Breeds and standards exist for a reason. Breeds don’t just differ in looks, they differ in temperament and personality and so much more. This stuff does also go on a dog by dog basis, but there’s still genetic influences even in that.

Someone might buy a well bred pit bull puppy from an amazing breeder. The family raises the puppy in a loving, caring home, they socialize it and work with it. They do everything right. Best dog owners ever! Then one day, the dog starts showing signs of aggression. No trauma involved. Everything done perfectly right. But every time they walk their pit bull near another dog, the pit starts going nuts. It wasn’t like that before! Why now? One day, the pit bull gets loose and immediately goes after another dog. It goes right for the dog’s throat and latches on. Everyone involved is mortified. What went wrong?

The answer is nothing. The dog, being a well bred pit bull, just happened to fit the typical characteristics of the breed despite how it was raised. It isn’t anyone’s fault. You could blame the dog, but the dog is just reacting on its instincts and doing what it’s been bred to do for 200 years. You could blame the dog owners for not containing their dogs better, but accidents can and do happen, even when people do everything they can to prevent it. And no, we aren’t going to blame the dog that got attacked because in this scenario, that dog wasn’t doing anything wrong either.

Sadly, this sort of thing happens a lot. I see it all the time. People freaking out online about their pit bulls (or other breeds) showing signs of dog aggression (or doing other specific breed traits). This is because nature- genetics -still play a major role in our dogs. There are just some things that can never be loved or trained out, only managed.

NOW, on the other side of the same coin… we have dogs out here that are being beaten, abused, starved, neglected, ect. Dogs that are not being raised right. And yet… they are still loving? They are forgiving and sweet?

If it’s “all in how you raise them”, then why are so many pit bulls such loving creatures? Shelters are full of these dogs and their mixes. And so many of them are not from formerly loving homes. Some of these dogs were never raised, never trained. Just dumped there at the pound. Some were pulled off the side of the road, having been let out or escaped on its own, or simply born and raised on the street. Others have been beaten, starved, dehydrated, tied to fences and left to rot, so much pain and suffering. But somehow these dogs lol at us with love in their eyes and a wagging tail.

And not to mention… saying “it’s all in how you raise them” also implies you cannot save these dogs. It implies there’s no hope for them. That because they weren’t raised right in a good home that they are devil dogs who will never be loving and that just simply isn’t true. But there’s a specific kind of victim here I want to discuss and that’s fighting dogs. This statement pretty much samba fighting dogs to a vicious and bloody hell where they will be nothing but killers. The statement implies that they cannot be rehabbed or saved. Yes, rehabbing a fighting dog is hard, but it isn’t impossible.

Next time you wanna say “it’s all in how you raise them”, think of the scared families who feel like they failed because their dog is acting like it’s breed or it’s acting on its own bad individual genetics (yes that’s also a real thing). Also think about all of the dogs who have been through hell and back hurts are still total sweethearts who love everyone.

Fourthly, the post ends with the ever so typical pit mommy hypocrisy. Those damned, vicious chihuahuas! Everyone knows they’re the most aggressive dog on the planet and their owners don’t care to train them because they’re so small and “harmless!” Those damned chihuahuas make our precious wittle pibbles look so mean and give them a bad reputation!,

Nope, can’t do it. I hate it. For granted, OP did say chihuahua people and not the dogs, even going as far as to clarify they do love the dogs. That’s like… the only good thing about this post. It’s pretty valid to hate or dislike the community surround a certain breed of dog (you can obviously see my disdain for pit mommies and people who are gaga over poodle-mixes. I also don’t care for the “rescue is my favorite breed” kind of people, but it typically depends on the individual in that sense). It’s also valid, as I mentioned earlier, to not like certain breeds for whatever reason. The issue I have here is that this hypocrisy almost always comes up with these pit nutters.

They go on and on and on about how much they hate chihuahuas and their owners, how chihuahuas are so mean and aggressive and they bite a lot and their owners let them do it because they’re cute and small and blah blah blah. It’s just annoying as hell and you would think someone who understands what it’s like to constantly have their breed of dog hated and shit on wouldn’t be turning around and doing the exact same thing to another breed of dog!

Oh boy. I’m surprised “it’s the deed and not the breed” didn’t get mentioned. I don’t hate that saying as much as some of the others, but it’s almost always used when saying “it’s all in how you raise them” accompanied by complaining about how horrible chihuahuas are. Or some other little breed of dog. Then it isn’t “the deed and not the breeds”. Then it IS the breed. It’s never the breed when it’s the pit bulls, when it is the bred when it’s any other kind of dog, particular if not exclusively, chihuahuas.

I’ve left pit groups for the way people have shit on chihuahuas before. I like them, but I’m not their biggest or anything. I used to hate chihuahuas, I used to be the pit mommy I now cannot stand. I was also younger and very much new to the world of dogs. I still am new with so much more to learn, but I will continue to learn more and grow over the years just like I have always been.

Anyway, that’s enough of my ranting. All of that over a small, stupid post.

[themintycupcake]

I'm well aware that dog breeds that are recognized as pitbulls have an unwarranted reputation that has racist origins but can we please stop spreading the myth that they were used as "nanny dogs"? They were kept as family dogs in the 19th century, yes, but there's no such thing as a nanny dog. That was never a thing. No dog has ever been bred or trained to be left alone and unsupervised with children and making such a myth so widespread is going to get both dogs and people hurt. That's the absolute last thing you want to do to the pitbull breeds' reputation, as well-meaning as it is.

[speakforthepits]

Prior to pitbulls developing an unfair reputation as a dangerous dog, a number of historians claim they were known as the "nanny dog" during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

During this time, they were considered an excellent family dog. Loyal and affectionate, they were known to watch over babies and children and protect them from danger, if any.

Source: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2321695171429569&id=2036391006626655

[ginger-mum]

I'm glad you love pitbulls. Me tho, they can promptly disappear off the face of the earth because I've had one too many cases of putting a dog down because a parent thought it was a bright idea to have their child around it. Said child would end up mauled or dead. Honestly, the moment you see a pool of blood a child can bleed makes you jaded because parents failed to get the right dog. They are good if you have no kids. If you have kids, it's like a loaded gun. 50/50.

First things first, if you truly felt this strongly about something you wouldn’t be on anon.

Secondly, I hope you’re aware that pit bulls were originally called the “nanny dog” because they are so gentle and loving with children. It wasn’t until pit bulls became more associated with black people that they took that name away and started labelling the dog as “agressive.”

You realise dogs all have their own personality? How about that it’s probably NOT the dog’s fault for attacking? Dogs can be triggered and attack out of being trained to. And A LOT of pit bull accidents are because their past owners raised them to be agressive.

German Shepards are commonly used as police dogs and they’re taught from puppies to be agressive and to attack. This goes against their nature. Just as it goes against a pit bull’s. You don’t hear anyone shit talking German Shepard’s, and do you know why? Because it’s well known that these dogs are TRAINED to be agressive and attack. (Plus they were never associated with POC)

ANY breed of dog may be agressive and attack a person, child or adult. And it’s all on how the dog was brought up. They aren’t born and then BOOM agressive.

Should some dogs only be adopted to homes without kids? Sure. But that’s not on the dog. That’s on the person who allowed a dog to be adopted into the wrong house. But that goes for ANY DOG. Not just pit bulls.

As a nanny, a pre school teacher, an aunt, and a mom who worked with dogs her whole life and continues to help out with a pit bull (and bulldog) rescue I kindly ask you to shove your stupidity and lack of knowledge up your ass instead of shoving it in my inbox. Because, quite honestly, if you believe any animal should “disappear off the face of the earth” then I would love it if you disappeared too.

I love children and I love animals. So before you come here with your narrow mindedness may I suggest you first fuck off and leave this nanny and nanny dogs alone?

[achoirofcritters]

Can we just appreciate the logic that any dog pictured with a child automatically makes it capable of watching the child unintended for an extended period of time? As though a picture like that is proof of the historic apparentness of "nanny dogs" and not just anyone can do that with with any dog???

Right, though?

“Look at these pictures of dogs with kids, oh you must believe they’re doctored because you don’t think dogs are nannies!” Like yeeeeah, a posed photograph isn’t really proof of much?

We have images now of people putting newborn babies on top of dogs. Doesn’t mean the dog was bred to take care of the newborn baby or that taking such pictures is EVER a good idea. 😂

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Bully breeds & babies.