While a nice story it makes me wonder.
Any dog can be trained to track although some breeds are better at it than most.
This dog was picked, then trained and now is a “good doggie” story. Was the dog picked and trained just to make a point?
As I said, it makes me wonder.
Pit Bulls are actually used in many states as track and rescue dogs. A Pit named Dakota was used in California during the search for Lacy Peterson and was the dog that tracked her scent to the Bay Marina. Kentucky uses Pits as therapy dogs. Helen Keller had Pits amoung her service dogs. The most decorated military dog in all of US military history was a Pit who served during WWI. Petey from the Little Rascals was a Pit. Pits did not have a “bad rap” until they became the fad dog for thugs, who mistreat these dogs into submission and then train them to fight to the death.