Posted on 07/22/2007 5:36:41 AM PDT by libstripper
Our dogs were more like comedians than commandos. They showed zero unwarranted aggression towards people and pooches. They had amazing discernment, insane athletic ability and undaunted courage. This breed impacted me so much I wrote a book about their magnificent spirit (go to amazon.com The Bulldog Attitude).
As far as I’m concerned, the Pit Bull is one of the most awesome animals on the planet. And before hype hit the fan, and the local news needed fresh chum for the gullible ones and the pimps and thugs became the owners of this noble animal, The United States of America thought so as well.
(Excerpt) Read more at townhall.com ...
You make bread out of dogs? Gnarley!
Yes, we do need to outlaw and entire bread.
Entire bread = whole wheat toast?
You're drunk early.
I had no idea they had a short life span, I hate to hear that.
Everyone comments on her graceful beauty when she sprints across a field. She has twice jumped from my second story balcony (about 13 feet off the ground) into the yard to chase something she sees in the pastures. I quit letting her go out on the balcony.
She is so loving my cats nap with her when she is resting. She seems to have a sense of humor. She pouts when my son visits with his German Shepard. She can’t stand that particular dog. She likes all other dogs and willingly plays and runs with them when they visit. I have geese and ducks and she respects them as part of the territory. She is really wonderful.
No, he was playing. A dogs mouth is as tactile as your hand. I am the third owner my dog had in the first year of his life, and it was me or the pound. Pit Bulls are often killed in the pound. I can think of a few humans that deserve that, but not any dogs. I never wanted a dog, but I am happy that I have my pit. He is about 1.8 years old now and is a friend to everyone.
We disagree on a point.
Have a wonderful Sunday.
” ...the data indicate that Rottweilers and pit bull-type dogs accounted for 67% of human DBRF (dog bite related fatalities) in the United States between 1997 and 1998. It is extremely unlikely that they accounted for anywhere near 60% of dogs in the United States during that same period and, thus, there appears to be a breed-specific problem with fatalities.”
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/duip/dogbreeds.pdf
You’re really funny. Why would I attack a dog with its stupid owner standing right there ready to be sued right down to his g-string.
As well as a breed specific relationship with their owners.
And another vicious, chihuahua-like flame from one of the posters famous on the site for his floods of vituperative logorhea and internet courage.
Anyone know this?
Was the dog in the movie Patton a Pit Bull?
Ah yes, let’s ban our way to bliss via social engineering.,
Shoo! Go join your “comrades” on DU.
Why?
Dogs that deviate from the traditional standards (see above) must be put down lest they turn back into wolves.
Wolves are generally not fit company inside the stockade, and certainly not in the wikiup.
"Gen. Patton's Bull Terrier "Willie" Mourns His Master, January 1946"
He was a Bull Terrier.
That is HILARIOUS, especially about the tiny dogs enraged at you for petting another. My golden gives me a total look of betrayal and “how could you?” whenever she smells another dog on me.
‘Not Even a Jaguar Will Do That’
Skeldon, who has been a crusader against dog fighting for more than a decade, described just how effective the training can be.
He had a pit bull that had been used in fighting in his pound, and when the dog started “going wild,” biting at the walls of the kennel. He shot the dog with a tranquilizer, and then left it for five minutes to let it pass out.
When he came back the dog had indeed passed out, but not before it had leaped up and clamped its jaws on a cable used to open the door of the kennel.
“Everything else was relaxed, the dog was out cold, but its jaws wouldn’t let go of that cable, and he was hanging in midair,” said Skeldon, a former zookeeper whose father and grandfather were both zookeepers. “Not even a jaguar will do that.”
http://www.all-creatures.org/adow/cam-anfi-20030128.html
My Irish Setter hugs me all the time. She'll come over to the chair when I'm on the computer and put her front paws on the arm. If I don't pay any attention to her, she puts her paw on my arm, making it very difficult to type or move the mouse. I must turn and face her completely, and give her 100% of my attention. Then she'll put her paws up, one on each shoulder. Sometimes she'll give me kisses, other times lean her head against mine, like a hug. Other times she just wants her back or butt, or sides scratched.
How many times have we all seen or read these words by some Pit-Bull owner as some child or adult is getting this head and body sewn up.
I'm a big-time animal lover (well, maybe not cats) but this breed, you will have to admit, has inherited charactericts to go off at any time when felt threatened or protective.
Parents of toddlers and infants would have to be nuts to have this breed in the home.
Another Ditto!! The best dog I ever had! Aggressively loving is a good way of putting it and also the most intelligent dog I’ve ever seen. Wouldn’t hurt anybody unless you laid a hand on myself or my Mother (who fed her people breakfast every morning of her 13 1/2yr life, usually oatmeal). It’s all in how they are raised. You can make them vicious or a loving member of the family. They get a bad rap because they are so good at either one. If I ever get another dog, I want another Pit Bull Terrier!
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