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Persuasive Essay On Pitbulls

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Dogs are often known as “Man's best friend” and come to find out it is true. As my dog who I received as a Christmas presents in 2011 turned out to be my best friend who helped me survive high school and now on to college. Hes name is Beast and he is a very caring, playable, friendly, and most of all loyal dog, and yes he is a bulldog/pitbull mix. I would've loved to bring him here to Tucson with me, but I live in an area where the pitbull breed is prohibited and are labelled as “Dangerous dogs”. Which is understandable as pit bulls are very protective of their owners, yet I do not believe that they are dangerous dogs due to the love that have for their owners. As pit bulls are not so friendly when it comes to their kind, but it is a different story with humans as they display characteristics of being playful, and caring. So although pit bulls can be aggressive they should not be banned from communities In Tucson due to bad stereotypes, bad owners, and the experiences I shared with my pitbulls.

Stereotypes usually are known to affect their topic of discussion, as they often express a negative viewpoint. Whether it be towards a race of people, a type of food, or a type of animal. Like how our stereotypes are often relatable when it comes to objectifying a race of people or a breed of dogs. Such as pit bulls a breed of dogs that are highly profiled as “aggressive dogs” it is stereotypes like this that affect such a good dog breed. Yet, this did not stop Prime Minister John Major of Great Britain to comment “Such dogs have no place in our home” and putting more than 10,000 pit bulls on death row(. Because pitbulls are not dangerous, as Dobermans, Rottweilers, Great Danes, and German Shepherds are known as frequent bitter. Yet, people tend to exaggerate and explode the media when a dog bite and/or attack was done by a pit bull. (Gladwell 1) Or they get the name that pitbulls are not a family dog, as they were believed to first be used for Bull Baiting and Dogfighting but before that pit bulls were often used as babysitters for children.(Stevens 1) So although a pitbull can be known for its “aggressive behavior” or “untamed tendencies” yet, the characteristics missed are the stereotypes that should be mentioned

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