Work Cited

Casey McNerthney '' Pit Bull Population on the Rise''. 25 June 2008. 31 March 2011
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattle911/2008/06/25/police-report-released-in-pit-bull-incident/

Fergison, Alysson. PitBulls are MONSTERS!.17 March 2010. Print.
http://www.alyssonfergison.com/danger-pit-bulls-are-monsters/

Gardner, Steve. Best Pit bull Related Quote of the day: 26 July 2007. Washington State: Print.
http://badrap-blog.blogspot.com/2007/07/best-pit-bull-related-quote-of-day.html

Hardey, Mariann. Animal Underclass 19 September 2009.
http://paab.typepad.com/furtherandfaster/2009/09/index.html

Henricks, Amy The Truth about Pitbull Aggression. 28 October 2010
http://sitmeanssit.com/dog-training-mu/chicago-dog-training/2010/10/28/the-truth-about-pitbull-aggression/

''Riospitbull'' About the Dogs.  April 3, 2010:  31 March 2011.
http://www.riospitbull.com/

Should the state of Illinois ban pitbulls?  27 July
http://www5.searchonthego.net/searchimages.php?search=Pitbull%20nice
http://www.sodahead.com/united-states/should-the-state-of-illinois-ban-pitbulls/question-122690/

 The Pitbull and Dog Aggression . 2005
http://www.pitbulllovers.com/pitbull-articles/pitbull-and-dog-aggression.html

Thompson, Susan. Pit Bull breed Profile. 2004
http://www.rescueeverydog.org/pitbull_breed.html

Martin.  Vicious Dog. 2009  11 September 2009 .
http://thewsb.deviantart.com/art/quot-Vicious-Dog-quot-Stereotypes-132031739

What to do when a pit bull attacks 24 March 2010
http://www.ibj.com/newstalk/2010/03/24/what-to-do-when-a-pit-bull-attacks/PARAMS/post/18859.

Reflection on my Sources

During this project, I found several sources that i could not use. However; I did find several sources that I could use, such as Susan Thompson's Rescue a Pit Bull. She told me what pit bulls were like and what their behavior was. She also wrote another website call Pet Pit Bull-Breed Information. This website told me the history of pit bulls and how to make them non aggressive and become obedient. Also, I found several news papers that have written articles about pit bulls and I took examples from that.

Refelection on Process

This Isearch blog was fairly easy to to me but had challenging parts. The easiest part was the wordles and finding pictures for my blog. The hardest part was the finding paragraphs and finding good reliable sources to help find quotes. I enjoyed looking up info about my topic. The only thing i did not enjoy was creating the animoto video. If i had this project again i would edit each post after i was done with it and not wait until the end to edit every post.

Wordle #2

I choose the most important words for my second wordle to show how important they are. The biggest one I choose is stereotypes, because that is very important in my blog discussion. The other words are mainly about how dogs are neglected and are misjudged. The word obedient is big because it shows how the dogs could not be mistreated if they were obedient

Reflection on Findings

I found a lot of information about my topic, more than I could have ever imagined. The most shocking information I found was about that pit bulls are not the most aggressive dogs and it is in fact the Golden Retriever. I also found interesting that pit bull attacks happen in large cities; I thought they would occur a lot more in the country. But once I found out the reason for pit bull attacks in the city was due to dog fighting it was easy to believe.

Finding Paragraph #3

Throughout my research I have seen that people are divided on whether or not the pit bull is a good dog or whether it is naturally aggressive. But threw research I have found that pit bulls are not the most aggressive dogs but some of most aggressive dogs are much unexpected. The golden retriever, chow, Border collie, boxer, and Doberman pinscher are the most commonly aggressive dogs according threw charts i have found(Dog Obidence advice). Pit bulls for some reason are targeted most when it comes to stereotypes. This is how stereotypes form and grow. The seed is planted, and each event that confirms the stereotype causes it to grow, while events that go against the stereotype are minimized or rejected(Happy pitbull) (American heritage dictionary).  I found that pit bulls are more likely to attack if they feel threatened or challenging by another object(Pitbull lovers). But this will only happen if not trained properly and if the are taught to be obedient at birth.

FInding Paragraph #2

These Pit bull stereotypes are very serious because they are giving the breed a bad reputation. For example when a Pit bull goes to an Animal Shelter he is put down between 3 to 5 days if no one try's  to claim him(Petfinder). The reason for this is because people won't come to get the dog because of what they hear about it which is predominately stereotypes. Some of the dogs like all breeds have bad dogs but its not because the breed is bad its because the owner has mis trained them(Yumasun). Every breed has bad dogs, but that should not represent the entire breed. The effects of the owner can surely effect how the dog reacts to situations. If the residence is hostile environment then the dog could become hostile too.'' Dogs have to be trained a certain way to act it will not just act freely on how it wants to'', according to Cesear Milan the (Dog Whisperer).