Posted on 08/25/2007 8:51:48 PM PDT by OSHA
What would you say about a Pit who saves his FReeper owner and vice versa?
geesh....i said “SEEMS”.....anyone who has a PIT BULL these days is asking for judgments to be made.
Well, OK.
But you gotta love Sam... he’s such a cool dog.
Ping.
LOL. I'll try to look mean when I buy pit bull in a couple of months.
(trying to come up with a convincing mean look)
I, on the other hand, know many, many "pit bull" owners and none of them are thugs.
Should my experience or yours be the basis for generalizing about "pit bull" owners?
I think you'd probably agree that neither should. That the truth lies somewhere in between.
"The process of moving from the specific to the general is both necessary and perilous... How do we know when we’ve made the right generalization?"
Similarly there are some who focus solely on "pit bull" attacks and generalizing to the whole breed/type, say "they" should be banned; other folks, concerned with all dog attacks, maintain that condemning a whole breed/type based on the action of few dogs (relative to the total population) is an unwarranted, ineffective and simplistic approach to dealing with dog attacks. They instead seek to investigate beyond simple breed/type to discover the contributing factors common to all dog attacks, using that knowledge to make more precise generalizations and in turn formulate more effective strategies to help prevent all dog attacks.
"The dogs jumped the fence, and Agua took Jayden’s head in his mouth and started to shake. It was a textbook dog-biting case: unneutered, ill-trained, charged-up dogs, with a history of aggression and an irresponsible owner, somehow get loose, and set upon a small child. The dogs had already passed through the animal bureaucracy of Ottawa, and the city could easily have prevented the second attack with the right kind of generalization—a generalization based not on breed but on the known and meaningful connection between dangerous dogs and negligent owners. But that would have required someone to track down Shridev Café, and check to see whether he had bought muzzles, and someone to send the dogs to be neutered after the first attack, and an animal-control law that insured that those whose dogs attack small children forfeit their right to have a dog. It would have required, that is, a more exacting set of generalizations to be more exactingly applied. It’s always easier just to ban the breed"
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Sometimes I wish cliches equaled knowledge, it would make my life much simpler
What a beautiful puppy!
So’s the wife. ;o)
My inlaws have had several dobies and pits.
All have been great dogs, even with children.
Though, one time the insurance agent got wind of the pit, and canceled their insurance.
It took a while, but when their new insurance agent actually went to meet the pit,
and saw what a sweet and friendly puppy he was, they were able to get insurance again.
Just like children, it goes to how they are treated as pups.
“what sort of dogs do you have around your kids EC?”
We have a two year old Golden Retriever. For 14 years we had a cocker spaniel as the children were younger and they all got along famously until she went to the rainbow bridge.
We got the Golden from Retriever Rescue when she was about a year old. She is a wonderful dog and super breed to be around children and I’ve never had to do all the work to socialize her like everyone here says needs to be done for a dob.
As I said, dobs are smart, great working dogs but my experience with them is they are loyal to one, and only one person in the family and cannot be left with young children cause you just never know.
I like the breed, just would never have one or want one.
good post.
Thanks, your pup is a great looking dog.
I love the dobie pictures on your profile page. You have some beautiful dogs.
I'll have to update my page with some dobie pictures.
Check out my young mastiff. They have to be neutered unless they’re going to be bred, otherwise, they have waaaay too much testosterone.
Surprisingly, the raising is a lot like a Dob, keep the dog around you, speak gently, never hit, and they will grow up strong, secure, well loved, self-confident, and an outstanding guard.
Click on my screen name. He was 18 months old there, is now 3-1/2 years old. Taller, heavier, much wider head, but still the same great dog.
Oh, I can tell you all sorts of wonderfulness about Boston terriers!
The Dread Boston Salty, about to turn nine, is just a helluva dog. He is my baby and a sweetheart, although spoiled to the utmost.
They’re great dogs - they don’t smell when they get wet, they’re easy to clean (you can wipe them down with a damp washcloth after a walk), they’re generally small (at 27 pounds, Salty is giant for the breed), they love people, and they are just balls of fun.
What a beautiful Basenji! My next door neighbors have one, and is it a rascal! :)
I see that he's a "couch dog". My dobies and german shepherd are always on the couch, too. In fact, the dobies will crawl right into your lap.
And I love the dobermans. I have a minpin, same personality as a big one, but from the terrier and dachshund breeds, centuries ago.
Dogs are beautiful...
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