AMERICA'S NANNY DOG

Yonah Ward Grossman is an erudite and prolific poster/blogger whose observations are delivered with a fine sense of humor.  I recommend his blog both for edification and a grin. http://www.ywgrossman.com/photoblog/

Recently he posted a series of articles on Pit Bulls which I recommend to all. He graciously acquiesced to let me use some “antique” pix of Pit Bulls as seen through the lens of the camera in the early 1900s. That was a time when Pit Bulls where considered not only America’s dogs, but also America’s “nanny dogs.”

As he states so eloquently, “America’s Nanny Dog is the victim of a smear campaign that has turned common sense upside-down and robbed us of our historical memory. The dogs that we trusted with our children’s lives are now deemed too vicious to live among us. The dogs that in two World Wars were the symbol of the United States military itself are now ordered off its bases. The Pit Bulls haven’t changed at all. Only the owners have.”

I am posting here some of the pictures he has on his blogs and some which I have found on the Internet over the years. I find them all delightful. I hope the readers of this blog will, too.

Here are the links to Yonas’ blogs about Pit Bulls

THE CRUELEST TRICK EVER PLAYED ON A BREED OF DOG

Posted on May 2, 2011 by YWGROSSMAN
http://www.ywgrossman.com/photoblog/?p=604

FOR OVER ONE HUNDRED YEARS AMERICANS KNEW PIT BULLS FOR WHAT THEY DID BEST. BABYSITTING

Posted on May 4, 2011 by YWGROSSMAN
http://www.ywgrossman.com/photoblog/?p=780

FOR OVER ONE HUNDRED YEARS AMERICANS KNEW PIT BULLS FOR WHAT THEY DID BEST. BABYSITTING

Posted on May 4, 2011 by YWGROSSMAN
http://www.ywgrossman.com/photoblog/?p=676

RICH OR POOR, AMERICAN PARENTS KNEW EXACTLY WHAT PIT BULLS WERE FAMOUS FOR. BEING GREAT WITH KIDS

Posted on June 2, 2011 by YWGROSSMAN
http://www.ywgrossman.com/photoblog/?p=1103

THE MEDIA REPORTS PIT BULLS ARE THE #1 MOST AGGRESSIVE DOG BREED…

Posted on May 22, 2011 by YWGROSSMAN
http://www.ywgrossman.com/photoblog/?p=954

YOU’RE FACING A GERMAN SHEPHERD, A ROTTWEILER, A DOBERMAN PINSCHER, AND A PIT BULL…

Posted on May 18, 2011 by YWGROSSMAN
http://www.ywgrossman.com/photoblog/?p=853

Enjoy the pictures….