About all I got out of this article was yes; we westerners like our dogs.
As a life-long dog lover and “owner”; I know dogs don’t feel “love” the same way we do. They do feel deep affection, appreciation, jealousy, pain, sadness, and pretty much everything else humans do so it comes as no surprise to me that some people will humanize (within reason) their dogs. I see my 4 dogs as my fur kids but I never forget they are animals and not human kids. Their intellect varies somewhere between 2 or 4 years old of a human though. Dogs are twice as smart as cats. They can learn at least 200 words and signs. Is it really any wonder human fall deeply in love with their dogs even when we know they can’t return that love in the same way. However; what they lack in their ability to love like we do they make up for in pure loyalty and what some folks call unconditional love which we know is a deep affection. Not the love we feel. What is love but a bunch of chemicals and neurons working together to give us that feeling anyway?
As for those sick freaks who have sex of any kind with animals... disgusting.
I will agree on one point about Pit Bulls. They are not all the same. They have different temperaments and some have a naturally aggressive nature. Some are alpha’s so they want to be in charge. They can get testy and get into fights with dogs who get out of line. I freely admit I would be hesitant to have a Pit around small children. Well; one of the aggressive ones anyway. Some are as docile as a lamb. I also know kids do stupid things when no one is looking. Sometimes they do things to animals that can make them mean. Kids can be real idiots. I have to wonder when I hear of a dog attacking a family member if that member did something to that dog; regardless of breed.
Pit’s were chosen to be fight dogs because of their muscular strong bodies and strong jaws but the biggest reason is they are so malleable and compliant to what their human wants from them. As far as I’m concerned; anyone who uses and abuses any dog for dog fighting is good for only one thing. To fill a grave. Better yet; just turn them into dust via cremation and flush them down the toilet.
Those who poach animals deserve the same treatment. Kill them and feed them to the wild meat eaters in the wild. Karma is a wonderful thing. Poetic justice.
The OP of this thread appears to be on a vendetta against Pit Bulls for some unfathomable reason. It should be balanced with opinions from the other side. I guess I will be one of those.
What people don’t get— pits are STUPID. Low IQ like Maxine Waters. Combine that with easily triggered aggression...a lot of pretty girls get their pretty faces eaten off.
“The OP of this thread appears to be on a vendetta against Pit Bulls for some unfathomable reason. It should be balanced with opinions from the other side. I guess I will be one of those.”
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Thank you. Your comments are thoughtful and polite, absolutely essential for a dialogue. I do have my reasons for posting these articles. What questions have you for me?
Norski