In the first entry of this special blog series – The Archives, I chose to start it off with a white pit bull dog on a Cabinet Card photograph from the 1890s. That timeframe would have been when the American Pit Bull Terrier breed name was born. This entry – Archive #2, of a pit bull dog laying at the feet of a gentleman smoking a pipe dates even further back to the 1870s!
In this blog series – The Archives, we are going to explore the pit bull dog debate through vintage items of yesteryear. There’s a story in these artifacts that will help paint a more accurate picture of the complicated history of pit bull terriers, and how we got here.
In this third episode – titled “The Fight Against Dogfighting“, of this inaugural season of the “I Am Human. This Is My Dog.” podcast, we pivot back to the topic of dogfighting in the direct aftermath of the Michael Vick.
I began my blog – “Preston’s Perch” in the spring of 2011. I got the idea one day as I watched my dog Preston sit atop the backside of our couch to look out the window. It became a regular perching place he’d go to get a clearer view of the outside world.
In this second episode – titled “There Are No Accidents“, of this inaugural season of the “I Am Human. This Is My Dog.” podcast, I turn my attention to breed specific legislation and the fight against Lakewood, Ohio’s proposed pit bull ban due to my intention to adopt Preston.
In this first episode – “The Prelude“, of this inaugural season of the “I Am Human. This Is My Dog.” podcast, we focus primarily on the events that transpired immediately before and after the Michael Vick dogfighting case began in the spring of 2007.
This coming March 16th will be three complete years since Preston passed away. I sometimes can’t believe it’s been that long. And, I’m still talking about it as if it happened just yesterday.
On June 22, 1969, the seemingly impossible turned possible when the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland caught fire. The images of the Cuyahoga shocked and horrified the nation, but it actually marked the thirteenth time it occurred in its recorded history.
“The Wendy Effect” is the story about a woman named Jean and a dog named Wendy, who inspired Jean to lead the change in Ohio’s pit bull law.
