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Ran across this and found it interesting. In the late 1800's and early 1900's Pit Bulls were often used as
babysitters for small children. Thought y'all might enjoy them old photos of the dogs and kids.

For Over One Hundred Years Americans Knew Pit Bulls For What They Did Best. Babysitting.
 Astoundingly, for most of our history America’s nickname for Pit Bulls was “The Nanny Dog”. For generations if you had children and wanted to keep them safe you wanted a pit bull, the dog that was the most reliable of any breed with children or adults.
The Nanny Dog is now vilified by a media that always wants a demon dog breed to frighten people and make
head lines. Below are some old photos of kids with their "Nanny Dogs"

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The thing I notice is the dogs look to be younger with the young kids and older with the slightly older ones. Like the dogs were raised with the kids. If there weren't so many folks breeding them for the purpose of being cool they may have still been known as such.

  yep   weren't no dingo gonna get my baby   lol 

That's still the way it would be today if it weren't for people claiming them being monsters

Yep, I never owned a Pit Bull before now. My niece got mauled by one about 16 yrs. ago and I just bought in to the propaganda that they were ALL born killers. (A stray came in their yard and attacked her). Even after we started hunting I resisted getting one. But now that I have an eight month old puppy I can see without
a doubt that he is the most loyal,playful, dog on our yard. I have a 2 yr. old grand daughter and when I bring
her to the dog yard that dog is so excited to see that baby it is almost comical.

 Just like everything else , humans messed it up.

Hahaha

Yep I understand that. I got a buddy who leaves his running loose in the yard whenever his niece is outside and a stray came over, she coward first until the dog showed aggression then she put teeth on em

  How bout that last pic . Aint that just the coolest chit?

thats some pretty cools pics

I had one just like the one in the 6th pic I got her for my son and they was same age as eachother and couldn't be separated until someone poisoned her

That's interesting and not the first time I've heard it. When John D Johnson went to buy one of his best dogs of all time, Dick the Bruiser, the dog was out front, babysitting for his family. There was a dirt county road in front of the house, and a creek to the side, and DTB would either herd or bring the baby back towards the house if it started wandering in either of those directions.  Those are some great photos you posted.

This is a cool post! I looked some more pictures up.
Just google nanny dog!
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The top picture the dog in the right corner is what I think all bulldogs should look like! That's a awesome built dog!
Thanks for starting this post. It really raised some interest!

Just imagine the bond that was formed between them kids and their dogs. I never knew this before stumbling
across it.

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My AB, even though i think there's some pit in the wood pile.  Couldn't ask for a better acting dog with a new baby.  He slept under her crib her second.night home, after figuring out what was goin on.  Now that he's matured a lil, he reminds alot of the bulldogs that were around when i was little

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Them some good pics. Its crap the media n dog have turned a protector of children into a savage line of dogs.

You say the media , but if owners would be better owners , better teachers , better pack leaders , have a tighter handle on there dogs , the media would have nothing to report ,and I'm not pointing fingers , lots of people other than hunters have bull dogs , as one man said city dogs  , some people have no clue on what there teaching the dog or the conciquences on what's taught later in the dogs life

The problem is ignorant people adding who knows what into the the micpxture and not culling pos'. They want a thick, low dog that will intimidate and look good with their "grill" when they smile. They take these "pit"s" and harness their prey drive towards humans, and people wonder why they bite. But the media will not state the obvious, it aint the dog, but the THUG on the other end of the chain that is the problem. Those dogs are no more pitbulls than a cocker spaniel. They are GHETTO TERRIERS. the dogs in these photos are pit bulls, watching over their children. Those are authentic pit bulls.

Regardless of breed, no dog should be left alone with an infant.  I don't believe that pictures of dogs with children are any indication

Sorry, bumped the screen.  Pictures dont mean people left their kids in the care of dogs..  .

Bob, aftr reading my post, i saw where i didnt put dog owners. My post said the media n dog, but was suppose to have owner in there too. U say that IF dog owners did this n did that, the media wouldnt hav anything to report. Well IF a frog had wings, he bust his rump when he landed. If humans woulda done this or woulda done that, then maybe maybe maybe. I do agree dog owners should hav a good handle n so forth, but it just wont happen, say with anything else, the few bad apples spoil it for the rest.

that is cool pics I looked up on net  been looken a lot of pics

So cur dogs won't bite ?  Any dog of any breed can bite , so if you worry bout the dog with kid don't leave it with them but I know my dogs Anit gonna do nothing but lick the kid mayb knock them over by accident

if i cant leave a dog alone with my children there culled on the spot no if ands or buts about it... if i could i'd post alot of pics with my kids with/on my dogs lol but this computer messed up and i cant get on photobucket... u been catching anything swamphunter

Periodically I read in the paper were some idiot left his kids with the dog while he went to score some meth or go to the bar, the end result being something goes horribly wrong while he is gone.  I can only imagine he thought about his nanny dog before he left.  I have a big bulldog that will injure my kids with his tail or drown them with drool, and I have culled some bulldogs that didn't act accordingly around the kids.  I just don't like the nanny dog bs, in most dog bite cases involving children, they were alone with the dog or not properly supervised with the dog.  Admiring pictures of kids and dogs is fine but furthering the myth that they were nanny dogs is a disservice to pit bulls and bulldogs.

x2....

from me.....who else. tapatalk

 weel geez the politicaly correct squad strikes again . lets quit using the term nanny dog and start saying something else [ what i'm not sure ]  people didn't go off on meth hunts and out honky Tonkin and just leave their dogs in charge  lmao . but way back in the stone age for you nay sayers us children had dogs that watched us like a sheep dog watched a flock . they went everywhere we went ,  AND WE WENT EVERYWHERE  . my brother and i's  NANNY DOG was a collie / shepard  mix and if my mother saw the dog she knew we were close at hand . people didn't coddle their children back then and worry about them getting dirty  lol they went about the business of surviving and let the children run amuck under the gaurdionship of a faith full and  watch full canine .

Very well explained mr whitten.

Athorn, u say u read periodiclly that kids r left alone. If the cases u read of true, look at ur first sentence, meth/ drugs or bar hoping. Not all dogs r that way, they r just like humans in the aspect of they learn bad /dangerous habbits from their owners or parents and folks wonder why they act the way they do, its do in part by their environment

Well said

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When I look threw old photos of me as a child you will not find a picture of me outside from the time I was born without the old collie by my side.  We lived in a neighbor hood in Dayton tx, and she made every steep I took.   In every photo she placed herself between me and the street. She would permit other children to play with me, but she allowed no rough housing.  No adults other than my parents were allowed within about 20 ft.  And my parents only spanked me inside where she was not allowed.   I can remember being 3-4 blocks from the house when I was 4 yrs old and knew I was going to get a whipping and would go in, because I new I couldn't be whipped outside.

You say in the end something went horribly wrong. I tell you what went horribly wrong. Your meth head decided he wanted one of them ghetto dogs and went out and found him a loose cannon. And how do you
know it was a myth that they were used for nanny dogs?  Man lighten up, Chit, It's just an old part of pit bull history.

I'd rather leave my grand daughter alone with any member of this site's  pit bull, than leave her with one of
them meth heads you speak of. Now, do you feel that statement is a disservice to pit bulls or a disservice
to meth heads ?

Exactly. Nicely spoken

I am just sitting at work, reading the forum in between calls.  I am not trying to offend any of you that were babysat by dogs as children or use dogs to babysit your children now.  That probably makes it easier to get a babysitter on a Friday night.  

Bud you say you don't intend to offend well you just did!
You don't know me, & I don't care to know you!  Watch your step when you tell people how to raise their family!
If you have anything else to say I would advise you to say it in a (pm)
Lets stay happy happy happy

x2!

Uh ohhhh!! I think i'll sit back with a bag of popcorn. Not good to tell a man how or who should raise his youngins

lol my head hurts after reading threads that wind up like these.....  :-X

I luv it , old school bulldogs , a dog is like its owner , like me super handle , but what a trip factor , better have a break stick and a big heart lol

I am amazed at how you draw parallels between the myth of nanny dogs and raising your kids.  You are free to leave your dogs in charge of the kids.  I don't want to meet you, I don't care how you raise your kids, I don't even care if you think the silly comments your peers make are explained well.  If ignorance is bliss, you are some happy individuals.  I disagreed with the OP's idea about this being interesting pitbull history.  Most of us probably grew up with dogs, have pictures to prove it, and know our dog(s) were protective.  That being said, I bet if you look at any reputable book about game dogs, they don't have a chapter about nanny dogs.  Please contact me at the political correct squad office if I am incorrect.  I would also like anyone who runs a daycare with dogs instead of teachers who is state certified to contact me as well.

My cousin had a pit he raised from a pup that was about 2 when his daughter was born. His daughter and that gyp were inseparable. The gyp would keep a constant eye on her staying between her and any trouble. It was all well and good until one day my cousin got onto his daughter and went to spank her in front of the gyp. That gyp wanted to eat him up and tried to an extent. That gyp didn't last much longer. She was doing what she thought her job was and he kinda hated doing what he felt he needed to do. That gyp was bred out of old game lines. Good dog just doing her job.

This post is about to the same point as the media trying to convince everyone Obama is a good president, and gun control is a good idea.   
Nope not buying that fat hog......

I ran across an article with some nice old pictures that I thought was interesting and I thought others might find interesting. If you think it's all BS fine. Your comment about ignorance is bliss is nice, proves you think we are ignorant. What were you looking for when you come to this sight? You strike me as someone that's gonna pick apart everything you read. One of them politically correct type. One of them
types that likes to piss on parades if you will. Man, I wasn't around in the late 1800's or early 1900's, the
era the article was referring to, I just thought I'd post it for others to see.  

I was raised by wolves. How's that for a nanny dog?  :P
I grew up with a boxer that would let nobody but my daddy and grandma get near me. I remember I wondered off walking to far and he stayed right by my side. I guess he heard my pops hollerin for me and some how he got me to turn around.

The pics are awesome , great post , don't let the people that have no respect get under your skin , people talk and talk is cheap , anyone can do it , probably some that has been beat up his whole life with no sack , needs to feel big behind the keyboard but has no knowledge what so ever

I forgot to mention that I really enjoyed the pics. Such a great breed.

I dont think anyone is advocating heading to work after giving the nanny dog her instructions for caring after the kids while u r gone. But at one time in our history, men went out to the fields and mom was busy in the house, the kids were outside and the dog was their protector.  From the stories, they did a good job.

x2...as a kid I was babysat under the cotton trailer in the field and when I was about 6 I made cotton mounds in front of my grandpa and he would put them in his tow sack when he came up on them...my oldest sister stayed home to run the house while mom was in the field and then mom would go home an hour early to cook for us...that is how it was back then...the dogs hunted and protected the farm/family of strangers/predators...most any mutt worked out if they wanted to eat...

Someone has to always ruin a good conversation!! I can guarantee the my ybmc or redbone pit would sooner die than hurt one of my kids.

If the idiots in the stories you were reading were off on journeys to the bar to get plastered or to go buy some meth to get his/her high, I'm pretty sure it's safe to assume that said person was not thinking anything at all about his 'nanny dog', nor the children for that matter.

I think as others have mentioned that this thread was simply to enjoy old time pics of kids that grew up with dogs by there side as constant companions. I enjoy old photos like these, regardless of the breed.

Pretty sure the majority of us have enough sense not to even toy with the notion of leaving ol' Sparky home to tend to the chillrens while mom and pops go out for a night on the town.  ;)

goes along good with name. a thorn in the keester for this topic  ;D

Ha, yea,, thank goodness my local crack-meth house offers baby sittin services, got a coupla skank ho's that watch the kids while ya do wat ya do in one of dem houses!  Aint leaving my precious' wit no dog while i fire up! 

now that's funny.  :D

That's funny stuff.

You sir, nailed it.....

very good info. i have had pit-bulls since i was around 8 months old , so my mother told me. and now i am 49 and still have a bunch of them