Here is another vintage poster that shows the love for the Pit Bull that Americans once had. Advertisements like this featuring Pitbulls were fairly common especially during WWII where the Pitbull was considered and advertised as America’s Dog. I don’t know about you guys, but I just cant get enough of these vintage posters featuring America’s Dog.

Here are some more vintage pictures of great looking Pit Bulls.

I debated on posting these pictures on this site, because I want this to be a fun place to come and enjoy pictures and stories of Pit Bulls. But I also feel that denying the truth and history of something isn’t good as well no matter how bad it is. I found these two pictures of dogs being used for bull baiting, which I can’t believe anyone would risk the life of their dog to do this. As sad and disgusting as this is people around the world still do it. This was a three picture set but I purposely left out the third picture because sadly both dogs were killed.

Here is a vintage advertisement from days gone by for a treadmill to keep your Pit Bull healthy and in shape. I wonder if this older version will fold up and fit in my closet?

Here is another great example from a WWI postcard of how well liked the Pit Bull was.

Here is a picture of Hellen Keller and her pit bull. Hellen was a huge dog lover and always had one or two by her side. Unlike many blind people do today Hellen never used any of her dogs as guide dogs.

Most people Have never heard of Sergeant Stubby, yet he is the most decorated dog in military history. Sergeant Stubby was a Pit Bull Mix who fought in the trenches of France during WWI for 18 months. During the 17 battles that this little Pit Bull fought in he warned his fellow solders of gas attacks, located wounded solders out on the battle field and listened for incoming artillery rounds. Sergeant Stubby was even responsible for capturing a German spy at Argonne who was mapping the layout of Allied trenches.

During WWI Sergeant Stubby’s heroism was well known and he became the only dog every to receive a battle field promotion in history. After one of the battles the women of the French village of Domremy presented him with a hand-sewn chamois coat, decorated with Allied flags and his name stitched in gold thread.

After the war, Sergeant Stubby was invited to the White House and met with three Presidents: Woodrow Wilson, Calvin Coolidge, and Warren G. Harding. He was, also made a lifetime member of the American Legion, the Red Cross, and the YMCA.

Here is another example in our country’s history of how popular the Pit Bull was with Americans. This World War I Pro-American propaganda poster almost makes it seam like it is unpatriotic not to own a Pit Bull!