[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Dog of peace strikes again.

[kinoxi]

"Dogs of peace", just attacking the people that the other breeds won't...

[managusta]

As Howie Carr says, it should be mandatory that all media reports of Pit Bull misdoings must include the dogs names.

[gotribe]

Yes, just a small percentage are terrorists. Time to move on.

[Finny]

The 400-plus posts on the thread linked here are extraordinarly revealing:

Everything you need to know about pitbull enthusiasts

Finally it dawned on me that passionate pit bull and "Powerdog" owners are as feminized and emotional about their "pets" as my old poodle-owning great aunties ever were. They even have little kits for dressing-up the poor damn dogs in costumes.

They remind me of the old lady I saw driving a car with a bumper-sticker that read, "Ask me about my granddogs." Their identities are so wrapped up in their "children" -- i.e., their dogs -- that they become irrational about anything regarding them, and lash out viciously at those who challenge their cherished beliefs. If you don't agree with them, you are a communist, a PETA sympathizer, a whiner, a big-government nannyist, etc. It's simply fascinating. Sorry to say it has also reduced my respect considerably for many folks I'd thought were level-headed. I cannot look at anyone who owns a pit bull or Powerdog now without wondering ... are they as nutty and irrational as their counterparts as represented here on FR?

A friend of mine who has a wonderful, well-behaved dog named Tora, has a liberal girlfriend who wanted to know if he had pet insurance for the dog. My friend blinked a few times in surprise and then calmly replied, "No. I love Tora dearly, but she's a dog."

Pets are not "people, too!"

[MissAmericanPie]

I'll never forget the elderly woman who walked to her mail box and the neighbors two rotts attack her. She made it back into the house the dogs still attacking her and she called 911 begging for help while the 911 operator played stupid or was stupid about understanding what was going on.

Police were not dispatched until the woman was dead. Anyone who feels the need to own one of these attack breeds, rotts, pit bulls, should have to register them as a deadly weapon and serve time in the pen for any injury their "pet" inflicts.

Here is a clue as to how thick their skulls are, the cop shot the dog in the head, didn't kill it, later it was euthanized. A woman, a child, has zero chance against an attack from an animal like that. I would never own something dangerous that I can't control and has no off button or safety.

[butternut_squash_bisque]

Reason #3 why I carry a Kimber 1911A1 .45cal ACP. with Corbon 165gr HPs.

[metmom]

No wonder people are using them for target practice.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1642903/posts

[spunkets]

"The second dog was not found, and as of late Saturday morning"

Just listen for screams, then look there.

[BruceysMom]

2 pit bulls rescue Nebraska woman from red chow

1 hour, 7 minutes ago

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Two dogs whose breed has a reputation for being mean played the roles of rescuers for a woman who was being attacked by another dog.



A red chow was on top of Angie Pecoraro, 22, in her yard on Monday when two pit bulls jumped over a fence and fought off the chow, Nebraska Humane Society spokeswoman Pam Wiese said.

Witnesses said the chow had bitten Pecoraro several times on her hands, arms and stomach, Wiese said.

An ambulance took Pecoraro to a hospital, where she was treated and released, Wiese said.

The Humane Society impounded the chow, and its owner was ticketed for not having the dog restrained and for harboring a dangerous animal. It will be quarantined to make sure it doesn't have rabies, Wiese said.

This happened last year I think. I know it's the exception, rather than the rule, but I couldn't resist!