The Pit Bull Placebo

The Pit Bull Placebo: The Media, Myths and Politics of Canine Aggression

By Karen Delise

Paperback: 210 pages

Publisher: Anubis Publishing (June 11, 2007)

Language: English

Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 7.5 x 0.5 inches

At perhaps no time in history has mankind been as ignorant of natural canine behavior as we find ourselves at the beginning of the 21st century.

We have come to be in the midst of a social hysteria about Pit bulls because we have abandoned centuries-old common sense and reasoning and have been duped by inaccurate reporting from a media that thrives on sensationalism and by politicians who traffic in rumors, myths and pseudoscience in their efforts to pass legislation that demonizes dogs while exonerating criminal and abusive owners.

The Pit Bull Placebo explores how our views and beliefs about canine aggression have changed over the last 150 years and how our perceptions about the nature and behavior of dogs has been influenced and shaped by persons and organizations who often times disseminate information about dog attacks which is tailored to further an agenda unrelated to the improvement of the human/dog bond.