Elyse Griffin, 6, pets Callie, a pit bull being held by Michelle Lawrence, a member of the Lucas County Pit Crew, at Whiteford Elementary School.
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The Lucas County Pit Crew, with pit bulls Wendy, laying down, and Callie, back, visit first graders at Whiteford Elementary School in Ottawa Lake, Mich. Students were given a lesson on how to interact with dogs.
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Lexie DeBruyne, 6, pets Wendy, a pit bull being held by Lucas County Pit Crew president Jean Keating.
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Kathy Preketes, a first grade teacher at Whiteford Elementary School, holds a pit bull puppy named Franklin, being petted by Alyssa Ulery, 6, right.
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Whiteford Elementary School first graders, from left, Jessie Rushlow, Lane Adney, Tanner Seiser, Mason McLaughlin, and Luke Rasor, practice the proper way to extend a hand to a dog, with Callie, a pit bull.
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