February 25th, 2011 by Editor

Editor’s note: There are some surprising statistics in this article, like that in the U.S., 5,479 “pit bulls” are killed daily in shelters.  Boy if that doesn’t just break your heart, I don’t know what would!  Great article with lots of great quotables.

From the Danville News in Danville, Pennsylvania:

[Drayton Michaels of Red Bank, N.J.] known as “the Pit Bull guru,” has worked professionally with dogs for more than 10 years. He presented a seminar Sunday in Wagging Tail Doggie Day Care, attracting 30-plus people from areas including Danville, Lewisburg, Bloomsburg, Lycoming County and as far away as Connecticut and Baltimore.

“There is no epidemic of dog bites,” he said.

With about 300 million people in this country and 74 million dogs, .0002 percent of people bitten by dogs die, he said. People have a 1 in 25 million chance of being killed by a dog, he said.  Read the rest of this entry »

May 14th, 2007 by Editor

From the Journal and Courier Online:

KOKOMO, Ind. – A pit bull named Kadense saved a 70-year-old man from an apartment fire when she started barking, howling and jumping to alert people to the blaze.

Jason McKoon said he saw the dog “flipping out” early Tuesday morning near a door and he knew something wasn’t right. The 19-year-old walked outside to find the whole side of a nearby apartment and shed on fire.

Read the rest of the article here.