My
name is Zoë Petersen and I am currently a student at the University of Alaska
Fairbanks. I am a big lover of all animals but have a soft spot for dogs. I
feel that dogs are amazing animals because of all the things they’re capable
of. They can help people with disabilities, they help police officers and other
services with certain duties that humans aren’t capable of, and the best of all
they are full of love, loyalty, and forgiveness.
I am
writing this blog to bring awareness to the stereotypes of certain dogs and
how it affects how people treat them. I’ll be
focusing mainly on pit bulls in this blog because I have a closer connection to
pit bulls than I do any other dog breeds that get rejected from false
accusations. I have been bitten by a pit bull once before. I was about 14 years
old and walking home from the bus stop. I always had to walk by my neighbor’s
driveway to get to my house. One day, my neighbors had their daughter and her
dogs over. She had two pit bulls. As I was walking past their driveway, one of
the pit bulls ran down the driveway and started to jump around me and bark at
me. I was very nervous and kept walking. The dog ended up jumping at my arm and
bit me through my hoodie. It broke skin. That incident has always left me
slightly nervous around strangers dogs and made me feel a certain way about pit
bulls. I almost gave in to the stereotypes that they are aggressive until I
owned one. My dog, Minnie, is an American pit bull terrier and she is one of
the sweetest dogs I have ever known. All the stereotypes I had started to give
in to, were thrown out the window. Minnie loves to snuggle, play, and
shower you with kisses until your skin goes numb. She is why I am writing this
blog.
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| Even though Minnie is 6 months and is getting bigger by the day, her favorite spot is your lap. |
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| And she loves to snuggle up by your head. |
