The idea sounded like a good one. In an effort to make some sense of the slaughter of pit bull after pit bull in shelters across the country and develop pit bull adoption programs where there were none, Breed Ambassador programs were created to showcase the best of the best. Breed Ambassadors would shatter...

Please support the author’s efforts and read the orginal story at the Houston Examiner. In an earlier story we told you about Adopt-A-Cat’s efforts to open a low cost spay/neuter clinic in the Greenspoint area. According to the National Canine Research Council’s (NCRC) investigation on dog...

I have a love hate relationship with dog breeds. My favorite breed is the mutt. My own dogs are (three out of four) mutts and even the one who ‘purebred’ is a really poor ‘example’ of the breed if we are talking standards rather than sparkling personality. I get annoyed when people...

Originally published in the Houston Examiner. Well, it looks like yet another Texas Representative, Harold Dutton (from Harris County, no less!) has managed to publicly show his jackass.   Although I’m sure House Bill 925 is well-meaning, it has the ugly potential to be the first step off a very slippery...

Written by TNKN contributor Selma of the Caveat blog.  Originally published in 2006. PART I This summer, I initiated an email conversation with one of the self-styled experts who support the banning and restriction of dogs collectively known as ‘pit bulls’ by journalists, politicians and...

I don’t own a pit bull.  My dogs of choice are independent, freaky, northern breeds and dogs with pointy ears and long muzzles.  Even to this day, and probably forever more, my own dogs are (for the most part) pointy eared and full of fur.  They shed fur that swirls on our living room floor...

Press Release: AKC Represents Dog Owners in Challenge to Denver Breed Ban [Wednesday, July 30, 2008]  The American Kennel Club® (AKC®) will be joining Karen R. Breslin of the Progressive Law Center, LLC of Lakewood, Colorado and the Washington D.C. office of Kaye Scholer LLP in representing dog-owning...

“Teach Compassion.” It is perhaps the most important job we have as animal protectionists. In the mission statement of every animal welfare and animal rights group, every private and public shelter, and within the credo of every activist is a calling to raise awareness of animal suffering and to...

If you’re involved with Pit Bulls or rescue work, you know that you spend a LOT of time battling misconceptions, e.g. “No, Pit Bulls don’t ’suddenly turn’ and no, their jaws don’t lock and no, dogs in rescue are not all there because they have serious behavioral problems...

Originally posted July 9, 2008 on TNKN contributor Nathan Winograd’s No Kill Blog Do Pit Bulls get a bad rap? The question is, of course, rhetorical. In a recent Seattle case, a local television news story ran the headline: “School Plumbers Save Girl From Pit Bull Attack.” The story opened...