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| Name: Your DAddy | Date: Oct 22nd, 2006 1:42 PM |
| Hiddy are you really going to stick to pit bulls have locking jaws? Even after all that was shown to you. Are you actually going to say that all the Vets and doctors in the worlds history that have studied the Pit bull are wrong? You can honestly stick to it to that degree, rather than admitting you are wrong. That is hysterical and just goes to show how much of a professional you are not. You will go against all the proven biology and anatomy in history and continue to stick to some newly discovered locking mechanism in animals. Secondly you will need to know and should know that if you studied as an animal behaviourist that human aggression was BREED (since you have been reduced to correcting spelling since you have no leg to stand on argument wise) out of the Pit Bull breeds so that the dogs owner and handler could pick up or break apart dogs in the heat of battle or a dog that was wounded. They had to trust the dog would not bite the handler. Therefore human aggresive dogs were culled by responsible breeders. The problem today is that every dog attack is reported as a pit bull and the media storm that surrounds the breed. There is a game on aunderst-a-bull.com , find the pit that I bet would be very hard for anyone to get right. When another dog attacks we are lucky if it makes the back page of the comics let alone any space at all. A Pit Bull attacks it is front page story and has a 1/2 hour slot on the nightly news. Why is that? In the seventies it was German Shepards, the 80's dobermans, 90's rotties, and now the Pit Bull. Saddly for one reason or another the amount of irresponsible owners have far outweighed the number of responsible owners in the media. FAct is there are more pit bulls in loving family homes than in irresponsible homes. Remember Petey the little rascals, he was a Pit Bull. The RCA dog pit bull. SGT. Stubbs the first war dog to be declarated and was responsible for saving the lives of his troops on more than 2 occasions. Helen Keller owned and loved Pit Bulls, The Target dog and Spuds MAckenzie, Pit Bulls. We do not judge people the way we do a pit bull. If we did lets see how it would look. Crime has a higher rate among minorities. Yet do we condemn and imprison every black and hispanic person walking the earth because their is a higher crime rate amongst them? Some people do have prejudices and say yes they are all bad, but for the less iggnorant and educated we know to take each person ona case by case base. So why would we not offer the same treatment to the Pit Bull? WE all now that the overwhelming majority of minorites are not killers and drug dealers. The majoriy are hard working, honest people, who are law abiding citizens. Same as the Pit Bull most are fun loving family dogs. Some do fall into the hands of irresponsible owners. Yes they are a breed that is not for everyone as are a lot of the power breeds. The are not for everyone. You need to be a strong willed, alpha, and energetic owner. WE can not seriously base what could be several hundred thousand of the bully breeds in loving family homes to what is possibly a few thousand irresponsible owners. What needs to happen is we need to start making real laws to punish dog fighters. Laws and sentences that will deter and outweight the monatary gains of dog fighting. Then and only then will we see once popular breeds start to be displayed less and less in the media for aggression and more and more for the positive. Punish the deed not the Breed. Write your local legislators and demand harsher penalties for dog fighting and the abuses that come along with it. Chako.org understand-a-bull.com dogwatch.net petakillsanimals.com pitbullsontheweb.com ↑ |
| Name: momof3 | Date: Oct 22nd, 2006 3:37 PM |
| I just wanted to point out something. Hiddy you compared Dalmations to Pitbulls. A friend of ours has dalmations, and the female dalmation attacked and killed a neighboors pet for now reason. The dog it killed was a German Shephard. No breed is a "safe" breed. They are all animals and you can't breed that put of them. Can't we end all of this and all agree that a dog is a dog and that we need to love them all no matter what the breed. ↑ |
| Name: steven | Date: Oct 22nd, 2006 4:43 PM |
| Hiddy my best guess is that you are like millions of other idiots who don't know as much about pitbulls as you think you do .They are great family pets and i do have children two girls and 4 pitbulls I have raised and bread pitbulls for ove a decade and never had one bite anyone !!!! I sugguest you do a little more research before you start bad mouthinh a breed you know nuthing about by the way a pitbull has the same jaw pressure as a hog 1200psi german shepard has 800psi get educatied dumb ass ↑ |
| Name: Bobbi | Date: Oct 22nd, 2006 6:02 PM |
| Hey, know-it-all....they were bred to be ANIMAL AGGRESSIVE....not human aggressive. And, they don't have "lock jaw". They have "game", which means that they don't let go or give up. They do not lock. Oh, my. Your ignorance baffles me. Are you sure you have a degree? ↑ |
| Name: Caroline | Date: Oct 22nd, 2006 10:02 PM |
| "To the person on the other thread, Pit Bulls DO INDEED have locking jaws..." Geeeeeeez. See, at first I thought "Mayyyyyyybe she is somewhat intelligent. Her posts aren't badly written, she seems kinda smart, if ignorant". But now ... Eh. I mean, really Hiddy? LOCKING JAWS? And where did this amazing talent come from? From which ancester did the pit bull derive their locking jaws? How come they are the only dog who evolved with this specific trait? Tsk tsk. It must suck to be so gullible. ↑ |
| Name: Caroline | Date: Oct 22nd, 2006 10:07 PM |
| "Staffies were bred for fighting. BUT, because of their popularity over the years as a loyal companion the aggressive gene has become a lot less previlant in the breed. They have been bred as pets far more often than a dog to be used as a guard dog." Yeeeah. You DO realize, All Knowing One, that American Pit Bull Terriers and American Staffordshire Terriers are essentially the same breed? They come from the same stock of dogs. If I owned an American Pit Bull Terrier that was registered with the UKC, I could send it's paperwork to the AKC and have it registered as a American Staffordshire Terrier. Pit bull = Staffies. Duh. ↑ |
| Name: LadyB | Date: Oct 22nd, 2006 10:08 PM |
| Someone who doesn't know what a "fact" is, doesn't know the difference between "your" and you're", and spells pit bull "pitbull" can't be that smart!! ↑ |
| Name: Pit_lover | Date: Oct 24th, 2006 12:13 AM |
| It is a myth, I have been told this by more than one person who works with animals. Its wrong that people are discriminating them. I have owned many pits, and not one of them was aggressive. They were loving, loyal, and dependable pets. People teach them to be mean and aggressive, they are not born wanting to fight. You should be putting on this site The truth of pit owners, cuz what is there to know except that they are good dogs. Some people just dont give them a chance. Have you ever owned a pit, or do you just go with the crowd and decided to belive them? Answer me that... ↑ |
| Name: Me | Date: Oct 24th, 2006 1:22 AM |
| Lady B, I'm gonna have to disagree with you... Everything I've read and been told by breeders is that APBTs and Staffies were at one point all APBTs but then certain bloodlines were singled out to create Staffies. They are two different breeds, but are basically "half siblings." But that's just what I have been told... ↑ |
| Name: soloe | Date: Oct 24th, 2006 2:01 AM |
| Hiddy ---where did you get your diploma? How many breeds hae you done studies on? On all the pitbull instances you refer to , How many where owned by assholes that made them mean(beat them ---fought them---mistreared them) I seriously i think you need to retake your animal behaver classes--THIS TIME PAY ATTENSION!!!!!!! ↑ |
| Name: charla | Date: Oct 24th, 2006 2:05 AM |
| the truth is that you dont know the truth about bit pulls aka bit bull terriers. ↑ |
| Name: Me | Date: Oct 24th, 2006 2:18 AM |
| My question is what does she do with her "degree"? I mean besides sit online and attempt to brow beat people about their pet choices... And why on earth should we even pay attention to her when she has admitted on several occasions that she's never been in contact with a pit?! She's probably never even been in the near proximity of one! And she needs to go back to school and study biology... if pits are bred for aggression, and it's such a notorious trait for pits, then it's obviously not a recessive gene! According to her and her "diploma" all pits are dangerous and aggressive, which means it's a dominant gene! Before spouting out big words and trying to make yourself sound superior to the rest of us about genetics, go look up The Punnett Square and read about dominant and recessive genes. ↑ |
| Name: LadyB | Date: Oct 24th, 2006 3:54 AM |
| They are essentially the same breed. The ony difference is Staffies were bred smaller. The dogs that were originally registered by UKC as APBT's were re-named when approved by AKC to American Staffordshire Terrier because of the stigmas associated with the term "Pit Bull". Funny how times never change. ↑ |
| Name: stick4pit | Date: Oct 24th, 2006 5:48 PM |
| I must say that Hiddy probably knows very little about "pit bulls", I'd also guess she knows very little about any of the things she has a "diplomo" for... isn't it normally a degree. Pit bulls are no different from any other breed, except they were breed for catching and holding other animals, and then breed to fight other dogs. Maybe you should go back to school and get a couple more diploma's, see if they have a class on how to make friends on the net. ↑ |
| Name: T-rabbit | Date: Oct 24th, 2006 5:56 PM |
| read the working pit bull by diane jessup!!!!!!!!! hiddy you are educated in any thing you claim. locking jaw is a myth and its busted my dad is a vet. ↑ |
| Name: T-rabbit | Date: Oct 24th, 2006 6:09 PM |
| eat this hiddy!!!!!!!! Pit Bulls have locking jaws. NO! The pit bulls jaws are the same as any other breed of dog! Any Veterinarian can verify this is simply a myth. Pit Bulls have been bred to not let go, however, their jaws are not locked. Prepared by: Al W. Stinson, D.V.M. Director of Legislative Affairs, Michigan Association for Pure Bred Dogs, and the Michigan Hunting Dog Federation, and a Member of the Board of Directors of the American Dog Owners Association The following quote was sent to me from Dr. Howard Evans, Professor Emeritus, College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University, Ithaca New York. We were colleagues in the veterinary college for four years. He is the author of the textbook, ANATOMY OF THE DOG, (the world's definitive work on the anatomy of the dog). His statement was in a letter addressed to me on March 26. 2002. His quote was: "I have spoken with [Dr.] Sandy deLahunta (the foremost dog neurologist in the country) and [DR.] Katherine Houpt (a leading dog behaviorist) about a jaw locking mechanism in pit bulls or any other dog and they both say, as do I, that there is NO SUCH THING AS "JAW LOCKING IN ANY BREED. We all agree that the power of the bite is proportional to the size of the jaws and the jaw muscles. There is no anatomical structure that could be a locking mechanism in any dog." As a Professor Emeritus from the College of Veterinary Medicine at Michigan State University, I agree completely with their conclusion. Pit Bulls have a 1800 PSI Jaw Pressure. Wrong again. Working with author Karen Delise (Fatal Dog Attacks) we have researched the references used for this data and have found there is no factual research to support this claim. This myth stems from an article published in the 1989 The Journal of Trauma "Mauling by Pit bull Terriers: A Case Report" by Bret R. Baack, M.D., John O. Kucan, M.D., Gerland Demarest, M.D and E. Clyde Smoot, M.D. On Page 519 it states: "Pit Bulls bite with greater force than most dogs (up to 1,800lb/in2) (4). Reference (4) cited for this fact is: "Dog bites in children: Epidemiology, microbiology, and penicillin prophylactic Therapy but Douglas A. Boenning, M.D., Gary R. Fleisher, M.D., and Joesph M. Campos, PhD. However, neither the topic of bite pressure nor pit bulls is addressed or even mentioned throughout the entire article. This case report is promoted by many people as fact, yet it's not substantiated anywhere. On the other hand, here is scientific evidence proving this myth is an urban legend: Dr. Brady Barr of National Geographic (Dangerous Encounters: Bite Force, 8pm est 8/18/2005) – Dr. Barr measured bite forces of many different creatures. Domestic dogs were included in the test. Here are the results of all of the animals tested: Humans: 120 pounds of bite pressure Domestic dogs: 320 LBS of pressure on avg. A German Shepard, American Pit Bull Terrier (APBT) and Rottweiler were tested using a bite sleeve equipped with a specialized computer instrument. The APBT had the least amount of pressure of the 3 dogs tested. Wild dogs: 310 lbs Lions: 600 lbs White sharks: 600 lbs Hyenas: 1000 lbs Snapping turtles: 1000 lbs Crocodiles: 2500 lbs Pit Bulls are born to be mean. Not True! Pit Bulls like all other breeds, are not born inherently mean or bad! They can, like any other breed, become mean through lack of training, abuse, neglect and irresponsible ownership and breeding. (From ACF) There is no scientific proof that Pit Bull’s, or any other breed of dog is dangerous. The Foundation's collective experience and research has found the American Pit Bull Terrier is a "terrier." All terriers have animal prey drive, but this does not make them dangerous or vicious. The Pit Bull type dog comes from Europe and evolved from some Mastiff based breed such as with some Bulldog blood either in a pure form or to a variation of any of the many terrier and hound groups beginning with the now extinct Black and Tans Terriers and Olde English White Terriers. English and Irish immigrants imported the dogs. Unfortunately, it was discovered in the late 1800's that if trained, the dogs could be used in the inhumane sport of dog fighting. Due to federal laws passed in the 1970's prohibiting dog fighting fewer dogs are now trained for the illegal sport. The American Pit Bull Terrier is shown in the American Kennel Club (AmStaff), United Kennel Club, American Dog Breeders Association, Canadian Kennel Club, and the American Rare Breed Association . The American Pit Bull Terrier is shown in the conformation and obedience ring. This breed competes in weight pull events in the ADBA, UKC and International Weight Pulling Association. The American Temperament Test Society (POBox 4093, St Louis, and MO 63136 Phone 314-869-6103, in the 24 years of testing over 185 breeds of dog, rates the Pit Bull at 83.1%. This is higher than the national average for all other breeds of dog. This means the Pit Bull has the best overall temperament. The American Pit Bull Terrier also rates high in the Canine Good Citizens Test. The Pit Bull is used for Search and Rescue and as a Therapy dog. Our Foundation uses them along with other breeds for bite prevention and responsible ownership classes in the Washington School Districts. Two US Presidents owned Pit Bulls and countless famous people own them. In our country more families own the Pit Bull than any other dog breed in existence. (WAFAmicus Alabama 2002) From American Canine Foundation: Since 1936 there have been an estimated 4.8 million registered American Pit Bull Terriers, American Staffordshire Terriers and Staffordshire Bull Terriers that have been selective bred for companionship and conformation dog shows. These dogs are not bred for dog fighting and HSUS estimates 200,000 thousands Pit Bulls are used for illegal activity. There is no proof that the 4.8 million APBT's are included in this figure, because the registries AKC/UKC/ADBA that register these dogs prohibit illegal dog fighting. If it could be proved that any of the registered APBT's were involved in illegal activity, it would be less than 4 percent out of 4.8 million. There is an estimated 52 million dogs in the United States and the American Pit Bull Terrier takes up 9.6 percent of the dog population and that does not count unregistered ones. There is no such dog called a Pit Bull Type Dog, it would be a mix breed. (ACF2003) Dr. Cornelia Wagner DVM, an expert on canine behavior from the University of Wisconsin, states: BLAMING THE GENETIC MAKEUP OF THE DOG IS WRONG. (Fedderson-Peterson, D.U.(2001) Zur Biologie des aggression des Hundes, Disch Tierarzil, Wschr 108 (3),94-101, environmental and learning effects are always stronger than genetic influence. Although certain dog breeds such as the Rottweiler and American Pit Bull Terrier have the reputation of having stronger jaws than other breeds, valuable scientific studies showing significant differences in jaw strength among breeds does not exist. In summary, the classification of dog breeds with respect to their relative danger to humans makes no sense, as both the complex antecedent conditions in which aggressive behavior occurs, and its ramifying consequences in the individual dog's ecological and social environment are not considered." Will a pit bull that shows aggression towards a dog, go after people next.? No animal aggression and human aggression are 2 completely different things! There are many types of aggression in the canine world and they are all very different. Pit Bulls attack more than any other breed. No, the statistical data on dog bites and attacks are inaccurate. Many dog bites are never reported. There is nothing in place to track dog bites in the US accurately. There are 25+ breeds that are commonly wrongly identified as pit bulls, Those of us who have been involved with the breed for years have trouble identifying them 100% of the time, so, we certainly can’t expect inexperienced people to be able to properly ID a dog. That said, it leads us to believe that many of the bites that claim to be from pit bulls are in fact, inflicted by other breeds. Here are a couple of links to tests, you try to pick the pit bull! http://members.aol.com/ra dogz/find.html http://www.pitbu llsontheweb.com/petbull/findpit.ht ml ↑ |
| Name: tcolston | Date: Oct 24th, 2006 6:36 PM |
| you do need to go back to school pit bulls were bread for hog hunting thats where lock jaw come from they grab the hog around the throat whit massive fource i have two male&female and are big babies they love my children now you have to pretty much have them from pups or get them that have been around kids i seen an old pit never around kids bit a child ↑ |
| Name: pittielover | Date: Oct 25th, 2006 5:04 PM |
| i have a 2 almost 3 moth old female pittie and i've had pitties all my life....my next door neighbor also has a pittie the same age (they are from the same litter) there is also 7 children in the house between ages 1 and 8 and both dogs love all the children especially the 1 year old...i also have a 4 year old nephew that is here quite a bit and i have pictures where my pittie is laying right next to him while he was slepping....all the pits i've ever had are very protective of children and all the dalmations i've ever seen are EXTREMELY agressive....and i plan to have pitties around all of my kids and not just pitties i'll have a few rotties and adoberman too because in my opinion they are the best dogs in the world and great with kids....so suck on that Hiddy you psyco bitch ↑ |
| Name: lol | Date: Oct 26th, 2006 1:34 PM |
| 1. hiddy 4 thumbs up Shorter word for hideous as in extremely ugly Shut up, Hiddy! Alright, Hiddy. tags hideous fugly gruesome gross ugly by blackmamba charlotte Apr 4, 2006 email it ↑ |
| Name: spankyx0711 | Date: Oct 27th, 2006 11:33 PM |
| Proof that pitbulls are not dangerous animals: http://seattletimes.nwsource.c om/html/living/2002810196_pitbullside19.ht ml http://www.badrap.org/rescue/myths.c fm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pit_bul l ↑ |
| Name: T-rabbit | Date: Oct 28th, 2006 12:19 AM |
| MYTH: American Pit Bull Terriers have 1600 P.S.I. in jaw pressure Dr. Lehr Brisbin of the University of Georgia states, "To the best of our knowledge, there are no published scientific studies that would allow any meaningful comparison to be made of the biting power of various breeds of dogs. There are, moreover, compelling technical reasons why such data describing biting power in terms of "pounds per square inch" can never be collected in a meaningful way. All figures describing biting power in such terms can be traced to either unfounded rumor or, in some cases, to newspaper articles with no foundation in factual data." MYTH: American Pit Bull Terriers lock their jaws. Dr. Brisbin: "The few studies which have been conducted of the structure of the skulls, mandibles and teeth of pit bulls show that, in proportion to their size, their jaw structure and thus its inferred functional morphology, is no different than that of any breed of dog. There is absolutely no evidence for the existence of any kind of "locking mechanism" unique to the structure of the jaw and/or teeth of the American Pit Bull Terrier. ↑ |
| Name: Hiddy | Date: Oct 28th, 2006 12:46 AM |
| No they dont! You people are getting your information off the sites of pro-Pitbull people and breeders. Which stands to reason, because morons, support morons. Did it ever occur to you that there is so much sticking up for the Pitbull breed on the internet, because Pitbulls have such a bad reputation? There is VERY little of people speaking of them negatively because the statistics and the breed characteristics speak for themselves. So do the news reports. ↑ |
| Name: LadyB | Date: Oct 28th, 2006 12:54 AM |
| Pro Pitbull sites?? How about just googling "Pit Bull"? It brings up alot of info...not "pro pit bull" sites...all kinds of different information. You are a little "short bus" special, aren't you?? ↑ |
| Name: spankyx0711 | Date: Oct 28th, 2006 1:02 AM |
| I made sure Hiddy, that the sites from which I got my information were non-biased. The Seattle Times and Wikipedia are not pro-pitbull ↑ |
| Name: T-rabbit | Date: Oct 28th, 2006 6:46 PM |
| Pit Bulls have more bite pressure per square inch (PSI) than any other breed." This is pure speculation at best, damaging myth at worse. There have been no exhaustive studies conducted to prove that Pit Bulls have the strongest jaws of any breed. There likely could not be any truly conclusive testing done to measure something like strongest breed PSI. A reason for this lies in the fact that dogs bite with varying pressure depending upon the situation, and what factors are driving the bite at that particular point in time. A dog cannot be instructed to bite down on a measuring device as hard as possible, so a tester could have no way of knowing whether or not a particular dog being tested is actually using its jaws to capacity in any given testing phase. There is also large size variation in any breed, and one must assume strength varies as well. A very large (but not typical or standard) Pit Bull may bite harder than a small Rottweiler, German Shepherd, or other breed, while a standard sized Pit Bull may not have as much jaw power as a larger, typical sized Rottweiler, etc. Also, if one breed is to claim "highest bite pressure", all breeds would have to be compared. All 500+ of them. Dr. I. Lerh Brisbin of the University of Georgia states, "To the best of our knowledge, there are no published scientific studies that would allow any meaningful comparison to be made of the biting power of various breeds of dogs. There are, moreover, compelling technical reasons why such data describing biting power in terms of 'pounds per square inch' can never be collected in a meaningful way. All figures describing biting power in such terms can be traced to either unfounded rumor or, in some cases, to newspaper articles with no foundation in factual data." (From the ADBA booklet, "Discover the American Pit Bull Terrier.") ========= = ↑ |
| Name: T-rabbit | Date: Oct 28th, 2006 7:00 PM |
| IAABC Position Statement on Breed-Specific Legislation: The International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants (IAABC) is an organization representing professional animal trainers and animal behavior specialists. The IAABC strongly opposes any legislation specifically designed to target or discriminate against dogs based solely on their breed or appearance. The IAABC does not believe that a dog poses a danger to society solely because of its breed. Dogs can become dangerous as a result of faulty socialization, inappropriate training, poor living conditions and other factors having nothing to do with their breed. The IAABC believes that the objectives behind breed specific legislation can be met more effectively through rigorous enforcement and, where necessary, the strengthening of existing laws. We fully understand and support the need for laws to protect society, human and animal alike; however, our organization feels that any new legislation should be based on specific behaviors or actions and should not discriminate based on breed alone. ↑ |
| Name: T-rabbit | Date: Oct 28th, 2006 7:56 PM |
| When I was a puppy, I entertained you with my antics and made you laugh. You called me your child, and despite a number of chewed shoes and a couple of murdered throw pillows, I became your best friend. Whenever I was "bad," you'd shake your finger at me and ask "How could you?" -- but then you'd relent and roll me over for a bellyrub. My housebreaking took a little longer than expected, because you were terribly busy, but we worked on that together. I remember those nights of nuzzling you in bed and listening to your confidences and secret dreams, and I believed that life could not be any more perfect. We went for long walks and runs in the park, car rides, stops for ice cream (I only got the cone because "ice cream is bad for dogs" you said), and I took long naps in the sun waiting for you to come home at the end of the day. Gradually, you began spending more time at work and on your career,and more time searching for a human mate. I waited for you patiently, comforted you through heartbreaks and disappointments, never chided you about bad decisions, and romped with glee at your homecomings, and when you fell in love. She, now your wife, is not a "dog person" -- still I welcomed her into our home, tried to show her affection, and obeyed her. I was happy because you were happy. Then the human babies came along and I shared your excitement. I was fascinated by their pinkness, how they smelled, and I wanted to mother them, too. Only she and you worried that I might hurt them, and I spent most of my time banished to another room, or to a dog crate. Oh, how I wanted to love them, but I became a "prisoner of love." As they began to grow, I became their friend. They clung to my fur and pulled themselves up on wobbly legs, poked fingers in my eyes, investigated my ears, and gave me kisses on my nose. I loved everything about them and their touch -- because your touch was now so infrequent -- and I would've defended them with my life if need be. I would sneak into their beds and listen to their worries and secret dreams, and together we waited for the sound of your car in the driveway. There had been a time, when others asked you if you had a dog, that you produced a photo of me from your wallet and told them stories about me. These past few years, you just answered "yes" and changed the subject. I had gone from being "your dog" to "just a dog," and you resented every expenditure on my behalf. Now, you have a new career opportunity in another city, and you and they will be moving to an apartment that does not allow pets. You've made the right decision for your "family," but there was a time when I was your only family. I was excited about the car ride until we arrived at the animal shelter. It smelled of dogs and cats, of fear, of hopelessness. You filled out the paperwork and said "I know you will find a good home for her." They shrugged and gave you a pained look. They understand the realities facing a middle-aged dog, even one with "papers." You had to pry your son's fingers loose from my collar as he screamed "No, Daddy! Please don't let them take my dog!" And I worried for him, and what lessons you had just taught him about friendship and loyalty, about love and responsibility, and about respect for all life. You gave me a good-bye pat on the head, avoided my eyes, and politely refused to take my collar and leash with you. You had a deadline to meet and now I have one, too. After you left, the two nice ladies said you probably knew about your upcoming move months ago and made no attempt to find me another good home. They shook their heads and asked "How could you?" They are as attentive to us here in the shelter as their busy schedules allow. They feed us, of course, but I lost my appetite days ago. At first, whenever anyone passed my pen, I rushed to the front, hoping it was you that you had changed your mind -- that this was all a bad dream... or I hoped it would at least be someone who cared, anyone who might save me. When I realized I could not compete with the frolicking for attention of happy puppies, oblivious to their own fate, I retreated to a far corner and waited. I heard her footsteps as she came for me at the end of the day, and I padded along the aisle after her to a separate room. A blissfully quiet room. She placed me on the table and rubbed my ears, and told me not to worry. My heart pounded in anticipation of what was to come, but there was also a sense of relief. The prisoner of love had run out of days. As is my nature, I was more concerned about her. The burden which she bears weighs heavily on her, and I know that, the same way I knew your every mood. She gently placed a tourniquet around my foreleg as a tear ran down her cheek. I licked her hand in the same way I used to comfort you so many years ago. She expertly slid the hypodermic needle into my vein. As I felt the sting and the cool liquid coursing through my body, I lay down sleepily, looked into her kind eyes and murmured "How could you?"Perhaps because she understood my dogspeak, she said "I'm so sorry." She hugged me, and hurriedly explained it was her job to make sure I went to a better place, where I wouldn't be ignored or abused or abandoned, or have to fend for myself -- a place of love and light so very different from this earthly place. And with my last bit of energy, I tried to convey to her with a thump of my tail that my "How could you?" was not directed at her. It was directed at you, My Beloved Master, I was thinking of you. I will think of you and wait for you forever. May everyone in your life continue to show you so much loyalty. ↑ |
| Name: Hiddy | Date: Oct 28th, 2006 9:56 PM |
| I dont know where you got your information from T-Rabbit but Pitbulls actually have double that pressure PSI ↑ |
| Name: wifey | Date: Oct 28th, 2006 10:16 PM |
| first and foremost pits DO NOT HAVE LOCKING JAWS you seem to be smoking to much butt crack. I have a staffordshire pit and he is the greatest dog for the whole family. the dog that is known for the most bites is the cockerspanial. i never hear any bad rep over any little dogs. my mother in law has a rat terrier and that thing has bit me four times. I would trust my pit over any other dog. ↑ |
| Name: T-rabbit | Date: Oct 29th, 2006 4:04 AM |
| hiddy these people are real Dr.s with real degrees unlike you! you have no facts and frankly I am done I have put proof in your face more than once. just keep sucking that lemon baby girl/ ↑ |
| Name: tilly | Date: Oct 29th, 2006 9:17 PM |
| For Hiddy You are a fool and you must have come to get your diploma out of a rice bubble box. I too am in Australia and am a registered dog trainer. I think you are giving australians a bad name by your coments. Any true dog trainer or behaviour worker knows any dog can be aggressive or bite. You have blinkers on and listen too much to the Guru of fools Hugh Worth. ↑ |
