Pit bull owners have taken to calling their pooches pibbles in an effort to make them sound less threatening. In fact, they can make great pets. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Pibbles”
I had a great experience recently helping a lost dog find its owner and then find a new foster home.
Yeah.
It was really good.
Good for you.
Yeah, lots of people came together to make this happen.
He’s doing well, as far as I know, in his new home.
But I learned a new word because of this.
So he is a pit bull mix, P-I-T-B-U-L-L.
Okay.
But one of the ways that the pit bull loving community has kind of tried to shift the negative opinion of pit bulls and the pit bull mixes is to call them pibbles.
Pibbles.
Yeah, P-I-B-B-L-E-S.
Because it kind of sounds like pit bull and it’s kind of a cutesy way of saying pit bull.
So I’ve got a pibble at home instead of a pit bull at home.
A pibble.
A pibble sounds cuter and safer than pit bull.
It sounds a lot cuter.
And I got to say that he, this dog Jet, is one of the sweetest dogs that I’ve ever met.
He was adorable and cute, and it was wonderful to be a part of this whole process of getting back to his people.
But anyway, pit bull.
That’s wonderful.
I like that very much.
Pit bulls used to be very, very popular in this country.
I mean, Buster Brown’s dog was a pit bull.
I’m of the opinion, as many people are, that pit bulls are only dangerous if they’re taught to be dangerous, just like any dog.
Yep, yep.
They can be wonderful pets.
But what do you call your dog?
What do you call your breed?
What’s the affectionate term that you have for the pooch in your life?
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