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People, who weren’t dog-friendly even before the hype began, started to speak out against these fearsome creatures that were a plague to all decent people. Law enforcement spokespersons told about the use of the “pit bulls” by drug dealers and other criminals to intimidate citizens and guard clandestine drug labs and marijuana patches. If you happened to own an APBT, or a dog that even remotely resembled an APBT, you were often branded at the worst, demonic, and at the best, crudely eccentric. If you owned two such dogs or happened to have a litter of APBT puppies, some labeled you as the kingpin of a dog-fighting ring located in your garage, basement, or guest room. Occasionally, operating on an anonymous tip, vice cops and animal cruelty officers would raid a household suspected of being a haven for pit bulls, only to discover an aging Boston Terrier or an arthritic Pug as the only dog living in the home.