Pit Bull Receives 'Good Canine Award' for Saving Brooklyn Park Boy

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A Brooklyn Park (MN) dog received the mayor’s Good Canine Award for saving the life of a young boy.

Last October, Tatortot the pit bull got help for 4-year-old Peyton Anderson when he was able to smell that the boy’s glucose levels had dropped dangerously low and that he was nearly unconscious. Tatortot woke up Peyton’s mom by pacing around the room while whining and barking. Because of that, she was able to get Peyton to the emergency room just in time.

According to a Facebook group created for the dog, Tatortot was on death row at Minneapolis Animal Care and Control when Ruff Start Rescue pulled him from the shelter; he became a foster dog in Peyton's family.

"Despite living with his new family for only a few days, Tatortot noticed something was wrong with Peyton and alerted the boy’s mother," the proclamation from Brooklyn Park Mayor Jeffrey Lund said. "Tatortot is helping to give pit bulls a positive reputation; he has shown that anyone or any dog can be a hero by saving his best friend’s life and becoming an icon of rescue dogs in Brooklyn Park."

http://kstp.com/article/stories/S3364590.shtml

[one_voice]

1. awww what a cutie n/t

[baldguy]

2. "According to a Facebook group created for the dog, Tatortot was on death row..."

"...at Minneapolis Animal Care and Control when Ruff Start Rescue pulled him from the shelter; he became a foster dog in Peyton's family."

[question everything]

7. "Keep them away from young children"

were some of the comments here on an early post that I had about this breed getting a bad name.

And here he saved a 4 year old.

Thanks for the enlarged photo. I wish I could do the same with the original.

[cui bono]

3. I would think his foster home may have just become his forever home.

Pitties...

[uppityperson]

4. k&r for good dog!

[one_voice]

5. kick...

for the good puppy.

[azurnoir]

6. Good dog Tatortot

[leftyladyfrommo]

8. Good for him!

I don't know how many pitbulls there are. I think I heard that 6% of dogs are pitbull types.


Of all those dogs out there there really are only a very small percentage that are aggressive and dangerous. It's just so sad for the dogs to all be branded as dangerous when most of them are not. The problem is that when one is aggressive they can do a whole lot of damage in a split second.

I still think that animal control should go after the bad dogs and leave the rest alone.

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9. It is really about the owners

who train, or abuse the dogs to be aggressive.

See also

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024639203

[leftyladyfrommo]

11. I think that is an over simplification.

Having good owners is really important for any dogs. But when dogs are being bred for fighting generation after generation you have to pay attention to that. Some pits are not people aggressive but can be very dog aggressive. I have border collies. One of the people on our board just had her dog ripped to pieces by the neighbor's 3 pits. They actually tore down the fence and grabbed the dog and proceded to rip her to pieces. Her owner was able to beat them off with a 2x4 and they saved the dog. To the tune of thousands of dollars in vet care. And what the owners went thru was just awful.

Was it the fault of the owners of the pits? Was it the genetics of the dogs involved? Who knows. But it does happen and people who own pits have got to be aware and be extremely vigilant. They need to be extremely proactive in protecting their animals and making sure that their dogs are never in a situation which could put other people, children or pets in danger. It is just a very important part of owning a dog - any dog - that has the potential to be dangerous.

[joeglow3]

10. He was really whining for some salt

He could smell a meal coming.

[geardaddy]

12. Good boy!