16.3. Myth – “Pit Bulls” Don’t Feel Pain
Based on our first-hand experience with dogs that are commonly and incorrectly referred to as “Pit Bulls” and our research, we disagree. Nothing has been found that substantiates that “Pit Bulls” have a nervous system that is any different than as any other breed, or that they cannot and do not feel pain.
We have rescued sixteen (16) American Staffordshire Terriers and Staffordshire Bull Terriers and numerous mutts that are typically referred to as “Pit Bulls” and have yet to have one bite us. Our experience with them exceeds 100 dog-years, i.e., a dog-year being sheltering one dog for one year, since we started keeping records.
