August 12, 2010

PIT BULL SEMINAR #4 -- Winter 2010 (7:00 to 9:00 pm)

Punish the Deed, Not the Breed

"Punish the Deed, Not the Breed" The Truth about Pit Bulls Seminar was last conducted at Buzzy's Companion Animal Education Center on Tuesday, June 22, 2010.

This free Seminar which presented the true positive facts about Pit Bulls and why BSL does not work will be repeated for the 4th time this fall. If you are interested, please register ASAP by e-mailing [email protected] with the number attending, your name, phone number and e-mail address. Please sign up ASAP as our previous 3 Seminars filled up in days. We will contact you later with a firm date once it has been scheduled with the speakers.

Below is a summary of the June 22, 2010 educational seminar:

1. Introducing "ordinary folks" with their Pit Bulls/Pit Bull mixes, all of which were adopted or rescued from shelter type operations, some of which had been involved in dog fighting. These owners will tell their personal stories of what loving, fantastic, family oriented dogs their Pit Bulls are.

2. We will be showing on our large screen TVs several short videos of individuals and families sharing wonderful experiences with their Pit Bulls.

3. Expert speakers from Animal Farm Foundation, Inc. will be showing a fantastic Power Point evidencing the "true facts" about Pit Bulls and BSL. This knowledgeable group will also discuss their Pit Bull experiences.

4. We will have adoptable Pit Bulls for the audience to meet to understand that Pit Bulls have gotten a bum rap and are not the "killer dogs" often portrayed by the news media for sensational shock value.

5. Nicole Larocco, "Director of Animal Behavior and Training for the Pennsylvania SPCA," and other trainers, who are experts in training Pit Bulls as family pets, will be discussing their experiences.

6. Deirdre Franklin, Founder of "Pinups for Pitbulls," will discuss and show videos of Pinups National Campaign on behalf of Pits.

7. We will be handing out a free several page Brochure stating the true favorable facts about Pit Bulls, which is contrary to the media sensationalism of the last 10+ years and which also will contain a summary of why BSL does not work.

8. We hope the general public will increase their Pit Bull adoptions and understand why BSL does not work. By being educated animal lovers, we can help put an end to judging a dog by its breed and not by its deed, which has resulted in needless euthanasia of innocent animals.

When Ed Fritz, Director of Best Friends' Animal Society's campaign: Pit Bulls: Saving America's Dog was at the Pennsylvania SPCA on August 27, 2009 Buzz hand fed dozens of dogs in the main adoption area of the Pennsylvania SPCA. About 80% of these dogs were Pit Bull/Pit Bull mixes. Even though Buzz spent only a few minutes, at most, with any one of the dogs, there was not one who did not appear adoptable as a great family pet. Because they felt so highly of the pits they encountered that afternoon, Buzz and his wife talked their daughter and son-in-law (both in their 40's) into adopting their first dog, a Pit Bull mix from the Pennsylvania SPCA.

Many thanks for your support!