| The media is flooded with stories of "evil pit bulls". | | | | other dogs, 30 people, 13 horses, and one cat during |
| The news is only interested in terrifying tales of | | | | a flood in California. |
| malicious dogs. Nobody talks about the thousands of | | | | Then there;s the equally amazing, though far less high |
| good Samaritan pit bulls. Here are just a few stories | | | | profile, stories of Weezie, who saved his family from |
| of the wonderful acts pit bulls have done. | | | | an armed intruder, or Maya, who saved her owner |
| The most famous pit bull is probably Petey, from the | | | | from an attack during a home invasion. Maya also had |
| Little Rascals. He played with children his whole life | | | | a helping hand in capturing the perpetrator by |
| and brought happiness to millions. Petey never turned | | | | retaining some of his DNA on her fur. |
| on Alfalfa, and he is not the exception to the breed. | | | | Chief, a truly heroic dog, died after sustaining multiple |
| Then there's Sergeant Stubby, the highly decorated | | | | bites while saving two women from a cobra who |
| pit bull who served during world war 1. He was made | | | | invaded their home. Roary survived a similar situation. |
| America's first war dog. | | | | She suffered multiple bites from a venomous snake |
| More current stories of pit bulls employed by the | | | | that attempted to attack her 3 year old owner |
| government come from Cheyenne and Dakota, the | | | | Ebony Davis. |
| search and rescue pit bulls. Popsicle, another pit was | | | | The pit bulls listed here are only a drop in the bucket. |
| named the number one customs dog after many high | | | | These stories and the many more like them should |
| profile drug busts. | | | | be spread instead of the sensationalized tales that |
| Weela the pit was made famous after saving 29 | | | | proliferate the media. |