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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][img]https://media.npr.org/assets/artslife/books/2010/09/the-lost-dogs/andrew-and-hector_custom-8b1ec49d05979c93033dfb2569d91aadba5e7b67-s800-c85.webp[/img]

This is something I would never ever never never ever do with any pit bull dog, not even one I believed I knew well. Frankly this isn’t a wise thing to do with most dogs, unless you really really really really know the dog’s temperament over a very long time. That said I do it will my border collie mix who I recently learned is part APBT, but even though she’s incredibly sweet tempered and mostly led by her border collie genes, I recognize this is a risky behavior.

It troubles me to see a photo like this attached to a story about rehabilitation of rescued previously abused pit bull fighting dogs. This pose is high risk in general (anyone know enough about canine behavior and body language to articulate why?) and it’s alarming to see it normalized with a pit bull of sketchy origin/background. Yikes.[/quote]

That body language isn't the least bit troublesome. That's Roo Yori and Hector the dog. Roo first got famous with another rescue pit bull who became a champion athlete and had a hit book written about him:

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikGFtvI-bE4[/youtube]

Roo himself is an American Ninja Warrior regular.

Hector was a gentle, sweet, loving, loved pet from the day he went to live with Rori and his wife until the day he died. You have no idea how much evaluation and training Hector and the other Vick dogs went through before they were allowed to live with families. They were the test case for whether dogs rescued from fighting could live safely - and they proved that yes, they could. Each one of those dogs proved that.
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