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I've seen a few people come on here in the past week or more saying they have a certified therapy dog who is a pit bull. Though that is impressive and I love this breed dearly, for a breed that is so discriminated against and BSL being everywhere these days how is it even easy to own a pit that is a therapy dog?
Also, don't these dogs have to be trained by a properly licensed and accredited facility for the first 18 months of there lives, going everywhere with a volunteer, being overly socialized and brought into all different types of enviroments? Most if not all the therapy dogs I see are labs, goldens, GSD, or on occassion a mixed breed dog. Also, some that have said they have therapy dogs own intact males who IMO if a REAL therapy dog should be neutered for various reasons. When you post pics and claim to own a therapy dog you can see the dingle dangles on your boy dogs
but when trained by a therapy dog facility would be fixed before it goes to it's forever home. I read in another thread some where that alot of people claim to have a therapy pit and really don't because the dog has never been legally "certified". I mean I could throw a vest like harness on my dog and get it embroided with "therapy dog" and say my dog is one to :roll: it's really as simple as that. Opinions? 
Also, don't these dogs have to be trained by a properly licensed and accredited facility for the first 18 months of there lives, going everywhere with a volunteer, being overly socialized and brought into all different types of enviroments? Most if not all the therapy dogs I see are labs, goldens, GSD, or on occassion a mixed breed dog. Also, some that have said they have therapy dogs own intact males who IMO if a REAL therapy dog should be neutered for various reasons. When you post pics and claim to own a therapy dog you can see the dingle dangles on your boy dogs