When Life is not the pits......

Hollow Creek Farm is starting a Pitbull club and will be selling really wonderful pitbull paraphernalia....I know this top secret in advance because I have been asked to help design the really cool pitstuff. This is the kind of project I can really sink my teeth into, which pitbulls are given a bad rap for doing themselves. Since the nicest dog I know is a pitbull, I am happy to help educate the public.

In my research to help me come up with a really wonderful, clever, way-cool Pitbull slogan I uncovered some fascinating pitbull facts. Did you know that Pitbulls were the pet of choice for at least two presidents, Woodrow Wilson and Teddy Roosevelt? Woodrow Wilson presided during the famous Treaty of Versailles, ending the "Great War", WWI.  And do you know how he brokered that peace? He consulted his pitbull, who advised him to be peaceful, but strong.

In fact,  only a generation or so ago, pitbulls were considered the dog of choice by many due to their reputation for determination, dignity and strength. They were considered a symbol of what made America great. There were patriotic posters featuring pitbulls wrapped in American flags. Even more shocking given their poor reputation nowadays, they were called "nanny" dogs because of their loyal and tender, loving protection and care of children. Helen Keller and Fred Astaire both owned pitbulls. So what happened....how did the pitbull become so maligned and hated?

I can answer pretty much any question with two simple choices- 1. Jesus, or 2. Stupidity and Ignorance
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Try it. Ask anything and either 1 or 2 will fit.
Let's give it a shot:
1. Who will protect me when I dare to go skiing again?
 Answer: Jesus
2. Why will I dare to go skiing again?
Answer: Stupidity and Ignorance
3. What got me into this mess?
Answer: stupidity and ignorance
4. Who will get me out of this mess?
Answer: Jesus
5. Why are we having broccoli again, Mom?
Answer: depends on who is asking this one. If you love broccoli, the answer is Jesus, if you hate broccoli, the answer is stupidity and ignorance.

But you get the point. So why did Pitbulls get such a bad rap? Answer #2- Stupidity and Ignorance.
In the 1980s, dog fighting became a growing underground gambling operation, and the pitbull with their notorious strength and tenacity were bred and used as fighter dogs. Any breed that is not socialized and trained, exercised, and loved can and likely will become dangerous. It is not dogs that should be licensed.... it is people. Unfortunately, there is no way to legislate against stupid, ignorant people owning dogs so it is always the dog that suffers.

Speaking of tenacity..... after working on my pitbull slogans, we traipsed off to our weekly smacking our head against the wall Science Olympiad practice. Our first class was helicopter, to be followed by our trebuchet class. As you recall if you read my blog faithfully, (which is what everyone on the earth should be doing), after months of work and hours and hours of diligent researching and building, we had neither a working helicopter or Trebuchet. With only 4 more meetings til the competition, this was very not good.
But, we tested our 3 helicopters and every single one flew! One of them hovered a half inch off the floor but it hovered for almost a minute. If it can do that at the competition it would likely place.

Then, on to trebuchet. The kids altered their sling release peg, and voila, that treb flung the projectile a mile. At least we think it would have. We flung a little nerf ball indoors to test it, since we couldn't go out in the rain. We are pretty sure it would have gone much further than the dismal flings we had been getting.

So unlike the poor pitbull, our tenacity is paying off.....

Hebrews 10:35-37

³⁵ So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded.
 ³⁶ You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised. ³⁷ For,
   “In just a little while,
   he who is coming will come
   and will not delay.”[