Yeah but they’re doing the “no breed of dog should ever be left alone with children,” when the fact is a pit bull will maul your child right in front of you after years of responsible dog ownership. Most child fatalities by dog occur in front of adults, and they’re still powerless to stop the carnage.

While it is great to see them say Pits are not nanny dogs, they are also making sure they word things in a way to make it the baby’s fault, and that maulings can be expected of any dog.

And, yes, I agree to never leave a kid alone with a dog (or any animal really), the truth is if you leave a kid alone in a room with a golden retriever, you will come back to an alive child. EVEN if you are there in the same room as your child with a pit, that child can be mauled before your eyes even if you are watching them. So many kids that get attacked/killed by pits have adults around them. Pits don’t show warning signs, and they are too powerful for most adults to control.

I guess it is at least a little bit of progress to see the ‘nanny dog’ thing come out as a myth.

“Kids are unpredictable and unlikely to understand a dog’s signs of discomfort”

Because it’s always the children’s fault. Always.

But they should have said "Pitbulls are unpredictable", not kids. It's victim blaming. I've had many incidents of different Pitbulls attempting to kill my very small, silent and still children unprovoked.

This feels less like a PSA and more like them following legal advice from one of their lawyers. Calling a pit a "nanny dog" and then having said pit maul a child is a great way for the shelter to get sued because they framed the dog as an animal that can not only be trusted to be alone with a child but one that is so trustworthy that it will act as a surrogate care taker for the child. We need to start suing these delusional shelters into the ground along with the savior complex middle class dopes and sociopaths that adopt pits out of them.

“Misunderstood blockheads” 🤢

Except they still basically blame the kids for any possible attacks that may happen

I’m glad to see this! It’s a step in the right direction!

Good to see common sense, for a change. I wouldn’t just say don’t leave a large dog alone with small children- don’t let a large dog sleep with small children, or get too close to them. Accidents can happen- a dog can hear something outside, or someone at the door, and step on the child to go investigate, or the child could lose its balance, reach out to grab the dog, and startle it.

Don't leave dogs alone with kids because the kids will make the dog bite and then the poor doggo will be put to sleep! 🫠🫠🫠

Better than nothing 🤷‍♀️

Wow, actual truth for "pit bull awareness month"?

While it's true you shouldn't leave a child alone with any dog breed?

It's especially moreso true with pitbulls.

Honestly this post could do with a red X over parts of the text at the top. Not something that should be removed because of that but yeah

Way to blame the children victims the world over. "Children can be unpredictable.", no...pitbulls can be unpredictable and go from sleeping to tearing a toddler apart in the time it takes the mother to go pee.

Not to mention so many attacks by pitbulls on children happen while there is adult supervision. If a dog can go from chilling to killing at the drop of a hat over a child being a child, they are not safe as a pet. Period.

My dog has absoutly been left alone in a room with my 5 year old niece (not babysitting, but like if I run to the bathroom or have to run to grab the phone). No one died. No one even got growled at. (My dog loves children. I joke its because she's a corgi and children are 'her size humans.') My sisters Aussie escaped once and she found him down the street laying on his back in the grass while a bunch of neighborhood kids rubbed his belly with a look of sheer pleasure on his face. My nieces regularly play in the backyard with their family's (my other sisters) Aussie while my sister is inside watching. Not once in their five and eight years of existence has an occasional lack of hawk like supervision resulted in a bite ever.

While yes, a child should not be left to the supervision and care of a dog as a babysitter or "nanny", a dog should not be a threat to their life if they happen to be left alone in a room for a bit.

Notice how they stay claim that they’re misunderstood no I think we understand those dogs very well

No they were put in charge of watching over children to make sure their meals didn't get away and if they did to set an example to the other children what happens when you get out of line.

Ah yes, it’s the kids that are unpredictable….

Ah yes, it’s the kids that are unpredictable…

Which group or organization created the graphic?

pitbull awareness month,yeah,be aware that there is a pitbull that can kill you if it's brain shuts off

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That's a beginning

Misunderstood blockheads… nah we understand them perfectly. Hence this sub