I remember the different breeds of dogs that were ostracized over the years.
In the 50’s it was German Shepherds
In the 60’s it was Dobermans
In the 70’s it was Rottweilers
The 80’s and 90’s shared all three as “bad dogs”, but then the New Millennium came along.
Now it’s the “Pit Bull” which isn’t even a breed, but a catch-all phrase for American Staffordshire Terrier, Pit-Bull Terrier, Some English Terriers, and a few others. Penny is American Staff, Yellow Lab, and probably Boxer, but with that face of hers, she is called a “Pit-Bull”.
But she’s MINE...All MINE! :-)
An uncle used to breed shepherds from the 50’s through the mid 70’s. He dealt with all the negative publicity fairly well.
He was breeding show dogs so temperament was very important to him. He was very picky about who he sold his pups to.
He never had one complaint about his dogs being aggressive.
I always liked the smaller dogs.
I kept beagles because I loved rabbit hunting and beagles were the best rabbit dogs.
I also cozied up to any mutt that happened to show up.