I decided to add pitbulls to my puppies range. This is my tribute to Lennox, the pitbull that was euthanised just coz he was a pitbull and that's what BSL (breed specific legislation) does. The way I see it, it's genocide of a canine kind, it's discrimination, and it's senseless. Dog lovers know that it's not the breed, it's the owners. While we've never owned a pitbull, we have a rottweiler and 2 bullmastiffs, two breeds that are also often misunderstood. Today I'll show you how you can make your own pitbull to protest against BSL.
1) Start with a sausage. BTW, my pitbull puppy is purple but that's not intentional. I mixed white with black fondant hoping to get a dark charcoal grey but it turned out purple. Haha.
2) Make indents on each end of the sausage.
3) Make 2 slits on each end. I'm also showing a shortcut by making 2 paws from one piece of fondant. If this doesn't work for you, follow my earlier blog on how to make each paw separately.
4) Narrow the middle of the paws piece by rolling it between your thumb and forefinger.
5) Bend and shape to make arms, like this.
6) I place the arms on upturned silicon truffle moulds and stick a small bit of dried spaghetti to support the head.
7) Time to make the head. Roll a teardrop shape.
8) Stick a thin strip of white fondant.
9) Form a white fondant sausage and attach to the face like this.
10) Attach the head to the arms.
11) For the ears, make 2 small teardrop shapes, then flatten them like this.
12) Stick to the head...
13) ... pinch and bend to shape floppy ears.
14) Add the nose.
15) Add the eyes and you have one purple pitbull.
16) Don't stop at one, make a few more.
17) And now that you've made a few, why stop? Just keep going. There's nothing scary about these pitbulls. :-)
