He said their original nickname was “Nanny Dog” or something - as they were so good around children, and protective of them.
My only fear of them is their strong jaws and bite. We used to baby sit our neighbor's pitbull and it would stay at our house with our dog. But the pit would climb up in our daughter's bed, get under the sheets, and sleep with her - heads on the same pillow!
Pretty cute, but I always worried that what happens if my daughter kicks the dog in her sleep and the dog instinctively snapped at her?
My wife said not to worry - the neighbor child sleeps with it like that every night. Nothing every happened.
My mom had her face ripped open as a child - by a normally friendly German Shepherd. Mom was cuddling with it and she touched an old wound. It was just one snap by the dog, but ripped her up pretty good.
Oughta start posting every Pibble who graduates from the police academy and becomes a K-9, after they were pulled from kill shelters.
Every week there’s at least one new grad.
But these people probably hate cops, too, so...