Pit bulls have always been one of the most misunderstood dog breeds. The poor babies have been used for vicious dog fighting rings and get greatly abused more so than any other breeds. Because of that, Pit bulls are constantly deemed as “aggressive” and heavily scrutinized when concerning behavior.
TikToker @noelani_g posts cute videos of her dogs all the time—the star being Angel her pit bull. She says in her posts that she got Angel initially as a pregnant foster. After she had all her pups, they got adopted out and Angel stayed with the TikToker as her forever home. The TikToker, however, continues to save pups lives and fosters. In a recent video, she explains that Angel still loves to help out with the puppies that the TikToker fosters. In the video, the TikToker brings an excited foster puppy to hang out with Angel and the comment section has turned into a place of debate on whether Angel actually likes puppies or not.
The TikToker also has a huge following on Instagram as @packofpibbles where she posts about her pittie pack and her foster pups. With almost 6k posts, it's easy to determine the character of her pit bulls. They are sweeties who have been through a lot, but now only have love to give. However, the dogs and her ma are relatively new to TikTok with a much smaller following and less than 30 posts. So many viewers of the video of Angel and the puppy know nothing about this particular pit bull and are only seeing a dog who looks nervous.
“'Loves hanging out with puppies' *shows most stressed, uncomfortable dog with some self control*," one commenters said. “This dog is telling you in every way possible that she’s uncomfortable. Regardless of how many puppies she’s enjoyed socializing with in the past,” another commenter aggressively points out. “She’s telling you in this video that she does not want the puppy on the couch with her.” And another says, “I was coming to the comments to see the reply. Ears back, no tail wag, big shifty eyes… Are u *sure* she likes puppies? Or u just want a cute TikTok?”
However, many fans of Angel and pit bulls in general come to the TikToker's rescue. One commenter pointed out, “If the dog wanted to leave the situation she would have simply jumped off the couch.” And another said, “A lot of pits' ears automatically stay back, if she was uncomfortable she could have gotten down also pits have those big shifty cute eyes anyways.” While many other viewers also pointed out that you can't understand a dog's character from a 30 second video.
The TikToker hasn't responded to any of the negative comments on the video yet, causing the debate to continue roaring on. However, it would seem that she doesn't have to respond, since many pit bull lovers and/or her fans come to her rescue and have her back in the comments.
“Angel’s favorite thing: hanging out with puppies"
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