Little Litter Dog: Pit Bull Doing Its Part to Keep City Clean
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Updated: 10:51 PM Nov 26, 2008
Little Litter Dog: Pit Bull Doing Its Part to Keep City Clean
This is one of those stories you have to see to believe! Watch as Emma, an American pit bull terrier, picks up litter off the side walk, runs it to a trash can and does her part to clean up city streets!
Posted: 6:25 PM Nov 26, 2008
Reporter: Mary Rinzel with Photographer Jeff Ralph
Email Address: mary.rinzel@weau.com
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Posted by: Patti Location: Lansing, Il on Aug 21, 2009 at 12:36 PM

This is awesome, I wish my girls would do some stuff like that. My oldest loves balls and swimming, so the kids playing soccer in the park, the ball went into the lake and it is not for swimming, only paddle boats and she jumped in and kept pushing the ball to shore for herself, so we grabbed it as soon as we could or she probably wouldve popped it. But she had a whole crowd of parents and children who kept cheering her on and that is a good thing, so everyone thought she was cool and wanted to pet her so she was surrounded by people and loved every minute of it. Of course she earned a bone when we got home. So any good things are great as far as pits are concerned.... I will try to teach the girls some things to attract attention. I was thinking of dressing her in all pink and have her walk with me in the Cancer walk as people all bring their animals, plus she loves to dress up....
Posted by: Pittie Owner Location: Long Island NY on Jul 10, 2009 at 04:35 AM

Thank you for this news headline! We need more stories like this with pitties in the paper. Me and my pittie thank you and the owner of this dog!
Posted by: Yasmina Location: lawrence - montag on Jun 7, 2009 at 06:33 AM

I think pitbulls are doning good to our community by picking up garbage . While they're doing that & trying to be inisent people are killing them one by one and they realy can't help it if it is their nature to do that.
Posted by: Roger L. Cotterman Location: Dayton Tennessee on May 28, 2009 at 01:02 PM

This is great, however, I am surprised that the media allowed this story on the front page with their usually stories and reports about Pit Bulls. Usually, the media tries to paint them as these jaw locking killers, who truthfully may lick you to death, but not bite.
Posted by: Stephanie Location: Maryland on May 1, 2009 at 12:49 PM

I would love to see this on video. Is there a link showing this amazing pittie in action? If not, I think it would be a most excellent & uplifting news story for the T.V.
Posted by: Carrie Location: Washington, D.C. on May 1, 2009 at 12:46 PM

Thank you for this delightful story! Please keep positive pitbull story headlines coming to the public! And in regards to a post about "keeping a chained dog inside of a fence", I just wanted to say that there are now laws in many states BANNING being able to CHAIN YOUR DOG period. Life on the chain breeds anxiety, depression, anger, frustration, extreme isolation, etc. & yes, these dogs, any breed, become dangerous.
Posted by: Caralee Location: Edmonton, AB on May 1, 2009 at 11:30 AM

Almost every single pit attack I have read about was from a CHAINED dog! Either it was CHAINED when it happened or the dog lives on a CHAIN as it's everyday life.YOU are WRONG about your theory Petlover!! WRONG!
Posted by: Emily W. Location: SC on Mar 30, 2009 at 12:53 AM

Nothing surprises me about pit bulls. They can do anything when raised with love and respect. I've seen it so many times. They are just dogs, and smart dogs at that. If only some people weren't so ignorant.
Posted by: You don`t wanna know Location: My House on Dec 4, 2008 at 07:13 PM

Great story. Thanks for reporting it. There`s millions more like this. Seek and ye shall find.
Posted by: OyVay Location: Mars on Dec 4, 2008 at 07:08 PM

[quote]It is a story in the news today. Three Pit Bulls Turn on Owners, one being a baby. You are fooling yourselves thinking it is not the breed. And we all know that the Media is great at Breed* and mutt identification and always "accurately" reports on the circumstances. Did you hear that Martians just landed Fran? I read it in some Paper.It must be true.
Posted by: Tama-Lisa Location: Seattle, WA on Dec 3, 2008 at 06:26 PM

How nice to hear a positive story about a pit bull. People don't understand that they are S&R dogs, drug dogs, police dogs...the lack of sense and care of some owners should not give the entire breed a bad name. Kudos to this story!
Posted by: tanya Location: Texas on Dec 3, 2008 at 02:16 PM

Glad to see a nice positive story about a pitbull instead of a negative.I don't hear about other dog breed bites.It seems like they just want to give pits a bad rep.I have 2blue pits n they are so loving, kind,gentle, and cuddle bugs!!Love to give kisses n love all people!!
Posted by: Bighead Ranch Location: So. Calif. on Dec 3, 2008 at 01:02 PM

Great Story! You would NEVER see a poodle to that! ;) Nice to see positive pitty stories for a change. They do rock! (PS.just kidding for all you poodle lovers)
Posted by: PitLover Location: US on Dec 2, 2008 at 06:21 PM

Great article! Love seeing the positive press for the pitties!
Posted by: anon Location: Eau Claire on Dec 2, 2008 at 06:05 PM

petlover, You are correct that most dog bites, including fatal dog attacks are inflicted by a family, neighbor or "resident" dog. I ran the numbers. I got the cause/circumstances of dog bites from the book "Fatal Dog Attacks" by Karen Delise. While studies prove that the act of confining a dog on a chain does not affect the dog, statistics show that chained dogs are more likely to bite. We can reason that a poorly socialized, dangerous dog is more likely to end up chained than a well-behaved pet. Overwhelmingly, the cause of a fatal dog attack on a child under 12 years old was "toddler wandered to chained dog." I do not support breed-discriminate legislation. But I do support legislation that mandates a fence around chained dogs. It is legislation that is simple(r) to enact, does not encroach on personal liberty and actually CAN protect our children
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