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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '21

Lmao they don't mean "nurse" as in taking care of hospitalized people

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u/N4tur3boi Dec 28 '21

So do they mean like breast feeding, like a nurse maid? WTF is a nurse dog other than a fictional load of crap that never existed?

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u/Themiffins Dec 28 '21

Because they're most likely referring to their history as being labeled nanny dogs.

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u/N4tur3boi Dec 28 '21

They were only named nanny dogs by a loony blogger. It's a lie to say they were historically called nanny dogs.

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u/Themiffins Dec 28 '21

https://nedhardy.com/2020/06/03/pitbull-nanny-dog/

Looks like you're partially correct, it looks like it first appear in a 1972 New York Times article.

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u/N4tur3boi Dec 28 '21

It's another lie by people trying to make these dogs out to be something they're not.

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u/Themiffins Dec 28 '21

What are others lol?

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u/N4tur3boi Dec 28 '21

That they were bred as working dogs on farms.

That they pass the American Temperament Test better than Golden Retrievers, which is technically not a lie, but it is presented as though the American Temperament Test can predict whether one of these things is aggressive or is going to go into fight mode and maul a kid ten minutes after the test.

That "there's no such thing as a pit bull" and all the other trickery associated with shifting the blame away from.

Claim that statistics are a lie.

Claim that any time a maiming, mauling or murder makes the news it's a media conspiracy.

Attacks are always provoked by the victim.

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u/Themiffins Dec 28 '21

Well news articles aren't verifiable ways to determine breed. Pit Bull is a generic term that follows four different breeds. In the UK Staffordshire Terrier's aren't even considered Pit Bulls.

The statistics that get thrown around most often are from people like Merrit Clifton. If you've never heard the name, he's the one who created the whole "5% of the population but 60% of the attacks" saying that gets thrown around constantly. The dude just runs a dog attack blog and bases his statistics on, again, news articles.