... Pit Bulls Pit bulls are a very misunderstood breed of animals. Normally when people hear the word “pit bull” they automatically think of the worse such as: dogs fighting and attacking or aggressive and monstrous dogs, however this is not the case. The only reason pit bulls are like that is because the owners have raised them to be that way, they have taught them from a very young age to be extremely violent and attack other dogs, resorting them being in dog fights as well. Most people believe everything they hear about pit bulls such as myths. One myth is that they have “locking jaws” in all reality they actually do not. They are just like any other dog. If you were to take a pit bulls skulls and a golden retriever’s skull you would see that they have the same characteristics and all around bone structure. Pit bulls are not made will a special mechanism that causes them to lock their jaws. Although, pit bulls do have the personality trait of being determined and stubborn. Another myth people tend to believe is that this breed of dogs are inherently vicious, again they are wrong. This is just a stereotype based on some pit bulls action to bad people. They’re generally known as being protective. Dogs should be judged by their own actions as an individual not by their whole entire breed. What may cause their bad actions? If a pit bulls is being treated poorly or being neglected that may cause them to lash out because they are trying to protect themselves. Pit bulls...
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...good temperament, performing community acts of animal kindness, and opinions of people working in or adopting from shelters, pit bulls are very kind dogs. Pitbulls are just as or more well tempered than other dog breeds. One such temperament test, performed by the American Temperament Test Society, showed that pit bulls scored an overall 82% on the test which was better than 77% of all the breeds tested. In addition, a pit who is aggressive toward animals is extremely unlikely to attack humans next. Even if they do, it is likely from stress, pain, fear, being mentally or physically ill, or the human that was attacked was hurting someone else....
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...Beyond Feelings A Guide to Critical Thinking NINTH EDITION Vincent Ryan Ruggiero Professor Emeritus of Humanities State University of New York, Delhi BEYOND FEELINGS: A GUIDE TO CRITICAL THINKING, NINTH EDITION Published by McGraw-Hill, a business unit of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020. Copyright © 2012 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Previous editions © 2009, 2007 and 2004. No part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written consent of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., including, but not limited to, in any network or other electronic storage or transmission, or broadcast for distance learning. Some ancillaries, including electronic and print components, may not be available to customers outside the United States. This book is printed on acid-free paper. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 DOC/DOC 1 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ISBN: MHID: 978-0-07-803818-1 0-07-803818-9 Vice President & Editor-in-Chief: Michael Ryan Vice President EDP/Central Publishing Services: Kimberly Meriwether David Editorial Director: Beth Mejia Senior Managing Editor: Meghan Campbell Executive Marketing Manager: Pamela S. Cooper Senior Project Manager: Joyce Watters Buyer: Nicole Baumgartner Design Coordinator: Margarite Reynolds Media Project Manager: Sridevi Palani Compositor: Glyph International Typeface: 10/13 Palatino Printer: R...
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