Going in, I have heard all the stories about the Pit Bull breed of dogs, with their potential to be aggressive and even dangerous, but my experience with Peppa, the Pit Bull owned by my stepson Alex Arjoon, my wife Annette’s son from her previous marriage, has been a total joy in the going on two years we’ve known her.
To start with, although she’s very up on certain words – no, stay, come, upstairs, lie down, inside – she’s also very good at reading your facial expressions accurately based on reactions she has seen before. My reaching for the car keys hanging behind the front door has become an immediate signal for Peppa to bolt outside and sit by the van, tail going at a rate, by the time I get there. She’s also good at picking up Alex’s smell every time he arrives at the front gate and will take off to get there to greet the young man.
