A friend of mine acquired a pit bull puppy six months ago. The person who gave it to her told her it was a “French Bulldog” puppy. I looked it over and told her that they had lied to her. I allowed her to bring it to my house when it was 3.5 months old, to get a look at its behavior and conformation. Not good, this one was aggressive, and had been taken from its mother at 5 weeks, missing crucial socialization time. She would not get rid of it, and has an old cat. She will not listen to anything I have to say about her decision.
All I can do is wait until the inevitable. I cannot trust this friend anymore, because she now identifies with the pit bull, as do so many of their owners, and values it more than humans, and certainly more than her self-respect. She was hiding the dog from one landlord, and has lied to another to get the dog into an apartment.
This will not end well.
This will not end well.
You’re right about this not ending well.
One of the results of our living in a modern civilization is that most of us don’t have experiences of being attacked by dangerous animals who want to kill us and so the potential for an animal to do great harm isn’t taken seriously by some people.
I am a petite woman. Last September I was violently attacked by a Portuguese Water Dog. The dog bit both of my arms multiple times and was on his way to my face - all within about three seconds. Fortunately a man who was only steps away was able to pin the animal with a chair just before the animal reached my face.
Being in the grip and complete control of a raging, violent beast which was coming for my face was a new experience for me and, since I lived, I had the opportunity to learn some new things because of that experience.
I experienced the fragility of life and the helplessness of being in the frenzied, deadly control of an irrational beast.
I experienced flashbacks. That was fun. /sarc
I learned that some people value their violent, dangerous animal more than they value the life of a person.
I have no respect for any person who knowingly brings a dangerous animal into human society.
My heart goes out in a very personal way to the parents and loved ones of this precious child who this morning should be sleeping peacefully in her bed but, instead, is only a cold, mauled, and lifeless corpse.
May God help this stricken family eventually to find some peace and reprieve from the effects of this horror.
The shelter here lists them under “terriers need homes”. I was looking for a rat terrier or a jack russel. Every single one was a pit bull terrier. My friend who is heavily involved with the local shelters told me if a small terrier comes in they’re adopted within hours.
Maybe she would let you take her cat before the dog kills it and she has to make the usual excuses. She obviously cares nothing for the cat’s life.