We go against the grain….not on purpose….not to be different but because we just do. We have actual reasons behind the choices we make, they are not just to stand out or “rebel”. We have had to defend ourselves and choices we make countless times. We have had to defend our choice to home school our children. We have had to defend the way we home school our children. We have had to defend our parenting style because it’s not the norm. We have had to defend our eating habits because we don’t eat junk. We eat REAL food, healthy all-natural and organic foods. We also don’t brush our teeth with fluoride toothpaste and by the way, out of all five children, only one has had one cavity. We don’t do flu shots. We don’t let our kids do certain things because we are “over protective” apparently but other parents let their kids do these things so what’s the big deal? We have decided as a family to be Vegetarian over a year ago and we had to defend that. We don’t go to church because we are not religious, more agnostic actually and we have had to defend that because “how else will our children be nice and have good morals?”. We have even had to defend the fact that we were having a 4th child and lets not go there with the 5th (she was a huge surprise).
Well I think that list is about enough but now we will be defending our choice in family dog. We have decided to adopt a pit bull puppy which I know they have a bad reputation. They do, but it is not fair. They are like any dog, when raised in a loving and nurturing home, they are good-natured. When they are beaten and starved and pushed to fight, they will instinctually be aggressive….I think most any dog would. They were chosen as fight dogs, not because of their aggression but because of their musculature. I understand people being afraid of them because I used to be. I never had any personal experience with them growing up other than knowing to stay away from them because they were pit bulls. As an adult though, I have had numerous interactions with pit bulls and my husband, being a mail man has too. I haven’t met one that wasn’t good-natured yet and my husband has only met one he is afraid of. Out of the whole city he delivers mail in, he has met countless mean dogs but only one of them was a pit bull. I have seen my children and other children playing and interacting with pit bulls and you could tell they genuinely love children. It’s because these pit bulls are treated well. They are raised in a loving home and not abused. Pit bulls actually score at the top of the list as having the best temperaments.
I would never bring a vicious animal in my house. Our children always come first and are our first priority. They are the reason for why we make the choices we make! We let our research, personal experiences, and our hearts lead us to this choice. Treat a dog well, love it and nurture it and it will give you the same back. Beat it, abuse it, starve it and leave it alone all day chained up or in a cage, make it fight for food…..don’t expect love back. Sigh……….it’s not easy being different.
Today we decided to take Bella out for a little socializing. What better place than Petco?! She loved it! She seemed a little afraid at first but she braved up quickly and had a blast! She got tons of love from other humans which she gladly rolled over for tummy rubs and gave tons of pitty kisses ❤ She got to meet one other dog who seemed very timid at first but as soon as they got the sniffing out of the way, Bella was ready to play. The other dog had to go with her owner to finish running errands though. Poor Bella looked a bit devastated. 😦 Before we left, we ran into another Pit bull lover, which was very nice 🙂 We exchanged rescue stories and how our hearts have been forever changed by this sweet breed. Overall it was a pretty nice outing for her. Next time, we go to our local dog park!
Nurturing Insanity 