morningsong said:

Well, someone in my neighborhood just had their pitbull shot and killed. Apparently, it attacked someone's husky one too many times then attacked the husky's owner who went and got his gun and shot the pitbull. No charges are being pressed, there were witnesses. Of course the pitbull's owner is all up in arms, making threats so we'll see how this turns out.

I wouldn't be surprised if the pitbull's owner is all up in arms and claiming it wasn't even his pitbull because little Hitler wouldn't hurt a fly. I watch the judge shows and they have multiple dog attack cases every week, 95% of them are pits. It just amazes me how pitbull owners will defend those things to the bitter end, even going as far as to blame a 6 pound Shih tzu or even a child for provoking it (even though it was off the leash). And then they present pictures to the judge of the thing cuddling with their 4 month old baby or napping with Fluffy the cat. This is supposed to be solid evidence that it is impossible for their dog to attack anyone or anything.

kitbradley said:

CocoRock said:

Slave2daGroove said:

I thought it was as charming as your dog taking a dump story.

[Edited 6/28/13 21:15pm]

I WAS referring to "drunk guy", but now I can see how wrong I was...

You're BOTH charmers!

Tremolina said:

Slave2daGroove said:

Walking my puppies past a bar with an outdoor deck and this drunk ass says "how can you even call THOSE dogs".

My babies were about 2 and both chihuahah's and both deerheads so they looked like little greyhounds.

My response was "Let me tie them up and I'll knock your fucking teeth in. You'll have trouble pronouncing the word dog."

Drunk guy shut the fuck up.

kitbradley said:

I live a few doors away from a dude who had two grossly huge dogs. I don't know what kind of dogs they were. They looked like horses. Anyway, he would let them roam the neighborhood. They were hungry because they looked really thin. It had gotten so bad that I couldn't even take my cat out on the front porch anymore because one of them snuck up on us once and scared the crap out of us. Anyway, the dogs were constantly escaping from the backyard or wherever. The neighbors were constantly calling Animal Control. They would come out and talk to the dude but it never did any good. Finally, the man who lives directly across the street from the dude told him the next time he saw those dogs running loose, he was going to shoot them. I guess the dude finally got the message because I haven't seen the dogs since.

Shoot dogs for running loose, knock some drunk's teeth in for talking bad about your dogs.

Apparantly violence or the threat of it is the only thing that can solve these extremely urgent issues. (yes note the sarcasm).

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#1 nobody was hurt...

#2 who said anything about "urgent"?

#3 add something to the story or have a point (yes, note the sarcasm here)

kitbradley said:

morningsong said:

Well, someone in my neighborhood just had their pitbull shot and killed. Apparently, it attacked someone's husky one too many times then attacked the husky's owner who went and got his gun and shot the pitbull. No charges are being pressed, there were witnesses. Of course the pitbull's owner is all up in arms, making threats so we'll see how this turns out.

I wouldn't be surprised if the pitbull's owner is all up in arms and claiming it wasn't even his pitbull because little Hitler wouldn't hurt a fly. I watch the judge shows and they have multiple dog attack cases every week, 95% of them are pits. It just amazes me how pitbull owners will defend those things to the bitter end, even going as far as to blame a 6 pound Shih tzu or even a child for provoking it (even though it was off the leash). And then they present pictures to the judge of the thing cuddling with their 4 month old baby or napping with Fluffy the cat. This is supposed to be solid evidence that it is impossible for their dog to attack anyone or anything.

Now of course pits can be just as vicious as any other dog out there, but I really cringe when I hear this type of fear-mongering bullshit. And yes, I have a pit mix who is the sweetest dog in the world. If she was abused as a puppy and not raised in love, could she have turned out to be vicious? Sure.

My theory is that yes, pitbulls have the ability to be fearsome dogs because they are strong and love to use their teeth, and if they are conditioned to be vicious, they will be. But it's the owners, not the dogs. We take our dog to the park several times a week, and without a doubt the most vicious dogs we run into are huskies and german shepherds ... but just a handful of them, who have some crazy-ass owners, while the ones who have normal owners are great dogs. So it's about the owners, not the dogs.

Then, of course, you always have your outlying dogs that are simply dangerous - growing up, we had a yellow lab that we had to give to a family who lived on a farm because she kept biting the kids in our neighborhood (of course, the kids used to throw rocks at her).

I just get so upset when people perpetuate the stereotype of pitbulls being evil ... they aren't, but they can be trained to be vicious.

theblueangel said:

kitbradley said:

I wouldn't be surprised if the pitbull's owner is all up in arms and claiming it wasn't even his pitbull because little Hitler wouldn't hurt a fly. I watch the judge shows and they have multiple dog attack cases every week, 95% of them are pits. It just amazes me how pitbull owners will defend those things to the bitter end, even going as far as to blame a 6 pound Shih tzu or even a child for provoking it (even though it was off the leash). And then they present pictures to the judge of the thing cuddling with their 4 month old baby or napping with Fluffy the cat. This is supposed to be solid evidence that it is impossible for their dog to attack anyone or anything.

Now of course pits can be just as vicious as any other dog out there, but I really cringe when I hear this type of fear-mongering bullshit. And yes, I have a pit mix who is the sweetest dog in the world. If she was abused as a puppy and not raised in love, could she have turned out to be vicious? Sure.

My theory is that yes, pitbulls have the ability to be fearsome dogs because they are strong and love to use their teeth, and if they are conditioned to be vicious, they will be. But it's the owners, not the dogs. We take our dog to the park several times a week, and without a doubt the most vicious dogs we run into are huskies and german shepherds ... but just a handful of them, who have some crazy-ass owners, while the ones who have normal owners are great dogs. So it's about the owners, not the dogs.

Then, of course, you always have your outlying dogs that are simply dangerous - growing up, we had a yellow lab that we had to give to a family who lived on a farm because she kept biting the kids in our neighborhood (of course, the kids used to throw rocks at her).

I just get so upset when people perpetuate the stereotype of pitbulls being evil ... they aren't, but they can be trained to be vicious.

There was a case a couple years ago here in Michigan where some idiots brought a new born baby into a home with a pit bull. The pit ate the baby. The father was on TV crying, swearing up and down the dog showed absolutely no signs of aggression in the past and was telling pit bull owners if they have infants or small children to get rid of the dog because it's not worth the risk. Now, I do believe that any large dog is capable of attacking, but it just seems that pits are more prone to that type of behavior. And, from my understanding, unlike like other dogs, once they clamp down and have you in their jaws, it's almost impossible to get them to let go.

I'll never understand why people insist on getting pit bulls Here in my area (SF Bay Area),we frequently hear about pit bulls attacking young children.Recently,a young boy (aged 5) was killed by the family's pit bull.This stuff happens waaaaayyyy too often.And yet,the owners still bend over backwards to defend these dogs,with the typical nonsense excuses ("the owner trained the dog to be that way"...."the kid was bothering the dog"....etc),SMH.

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I have a golden retriever. He loves every passer and likes to stick to the people and lick them.
I really try not to give him the opportunity to approach strangers, because he is big and can scare them.

^^ I love golden retrievers and golden labs.These dogs are so incredibly friendly and approachable.They really love people.

LiLi1992 said:

I have a golden retriever. He loves every passer and likes to stick to the people and lick them.
I really try not to give him the opportunity to approach strangers, because he is big and can scare them.

This type of dog is almost always friendly to people. I am not afraid of such a dog biting me or my child. Same for Irish setters.

Completely unrelated...but since we're talking about dogs...

My brother's chihuahua has scored some tail...a pretty daschmund one block over.

Now he escapes every chance he gets and heads over there. We have a "picket fence" and he squeezes through the openings. I'm going to buy some type of screening or something to try to contain him (it wasn't a problem before).

My real question is; Is it true (or an urban myth) that when a dogs impregnates a bitch, he'll try to be at her side at all times?