BuddysMom

Oh how frightening ... this could happen to ANYone. You will find her OK, I'm sure... and please let us know when you do...

PETA is SO disgusting ... and then those who REALLY care about animals get associated with these scum ... it is infuriating!!!

[quote]True Pits, good posting[/quote] I agree, too! But no height report? ... that would have made it perfect. 8)

Oh, your great patience has paid off!!! Can't wait for pictures! Congratulations x100!!

5' 9 ... and thanks the weather's fine up here (right ellie?) :D

Thanks everyone, this is some great advice (and great story about the fire station! lol ) I think Buddy is especially well suited. For one reason among meny, he just calmly looks at other dogs (and cats) when they are going beserk ... And this morning he would not take his "cookie" until I asked him to sit (I had forgotten and was breaking the routine!) Once I said it, he sat, took the cookie, ran off and gobbled it happily!

HA HA HA Now we are really off the subject.

Thank you, that was so beautiful! Lots of tissue needed here ...

Thanks court, I didn't THINK I was among a pack of murderers but it never hurts to check. :lol: I certainly understand venting!!

When Buddy recovers fully from HW treatment I would like to commence obedince training and eventually try to obtain the Canine Good Citizen certification (I think...) Has anyone else done this? If so was it a good experience? Was it hard? Are the recommended training methods sound? I have obtained the book "The Canine Good Citizen" by Jack and Wendy Volhard ... it seems pretty good ... also we have a trainer in town with a great rep who can give us a one hour private lesson for only $20 "and I acn teach you an awful lot in an hour" he says over the phone 8) ) I think my plans are on the right track but since I have a little time to think about it, would love to hear thoughts from y'all.

I APOLOGIZED for that ... not only for hijacking the thread but also for being prejudiced against the local dog... I was wrong about that, I am learning something here. Sorry I took up your thread to do that ... But in a way it was related. I just want to make sure we aren't just saying here "Oh s*** another kid got himself killed, now I have to suffer more breed prejudice, poor me!" And as of now, I DONT think that is what is being said here, but it took reading alot of past posts in the meantime to satisfy myself of this.

The rascals!! That was really funny, thanks for sharing! :)

[quote]Hmmmmm maybe we should gather all the pitties from dogo and assemble a search party to bring her down and kill her! That'll show her just how much pit bulls are "walking assasins." Just so stupid! When will my poor pitties ever get a break???[/quote] EEEEEEk! I know this is old ... I know this is sarcasm ... I know I vowed not to comment in this area any more if I could help it ... but jeeez you guys, and esp. CC ... someone can make a comment like this here and not be called on it?! YIKES! [OK, I'm editing as I tend to do...] ... maybe no one need have "called" CC on it ... and again I know it is sarcasm but only because I "know" CC to a small degree through other posts. But if I did not know, and just came across this I'd be terrified!

THANK you! LOL that is brilliant. I second this, what is it and where do you get it? I don't need it for Buddy (oh he is so angelic we are still pinching ourselves!) :angel: However down the road or if friends and family need advice I love this bitter apple idea if done ONLY in the way you describe.

Aaaaaaw ... that's great. They do a really nice job "marketing" their adoptable dogs. Yes Buddy is the cutest but I am partial to the name! :wink:

Sorry too about hijacking the thread. As a relative newbie I'm just figuring out that the "thing" that's been gone over a million times can be read about ad nauseum in previous threads. However this "thing" is important and it raises emotions (children getting killed!!!! And people's rights being threatened....) But I for one am going to just read these other posts, past and present, trying not to add my $.02 because the real pleasure and usefulness of Dogo for me is the health / care / training advice, and the comeraderie with people who TRULY love dogs and do not view and treat them merely as status symbols. OK, getting off my soapbox and going into my garden now...

HA HA HA that was my first big laugh of the day. So happy for you HF!!

[quote]I too wish the little pup had aimed lower , then that guy would've been neutered !! Don't need him spreading his evil seed either.......[/quote] HA HA HA - Amen that.

[quote]For those of you who got it: Do you have your email address listed in Dogo?[/quote] I have my email address listed here but it went to my work email which is not listed here. I don't think the connection could have been made.

[quote]ut what if you had an aged dog, with real issues, and the vet said "its time to put him down". but you cant afford the euthanasia.[/quote] This to me is the Old West version of shooting old Hoss' when his time has come. One dog, one bullet, done right ... probably OK IMO. (Not to mention more environmentally benign ... ) I repeat about this puppy thing though, shooting a bunch of them one by one it would be terrifying to the ones "in line". You know how, in many areas they have the "abandoned baby" laws that say you can leave a baby at a safe place (church, fire station, or police station) without prosecution ... can we have the same thing with puppies???!!!

[quote]If you dont like the people at the shelter handling it, you could call rescue societies to see if they will take and adopt out the dog.[/quote] That's a great idea. He is a beautiful animal, I could try this. I did persue it through American Foxhound Rescue with Lilly (the one you advised me on) ... I also talked the excellent "no kill" shelter in town into taking her on if she was not adopted by the time she's through with her New Leash on Life obedience training. [quote]IMO, the big problem we are seeing with Pit's is that, in a lot of cases, they're NOT.[/quote] This also reminds me of the experience with Lilly, because after I sent her picture out to the AF rescue they told me she was not even an AF but a Walker Coonhound.

Kendalyn, please go back, I edited this post in the meantime. One thing I omitted was "especially pit bulls". I regret this comment and don't really believe it. I also added a paragraph. Buddy was neglected (of course that is mistreatment) but he was not trained to guard a drug house, fight other dogs for human profit, etc. And if he had been I would not be the tight one to handle him (though I'm sure there are some special people who would be).

OK, this is what I'm hoping - convince me I'm wrong (not that you've done that, but it's a start...) What did better to start changing my mind was going beck to the debate section and reading the thread "Should fighting dogs be adopted?" "agression trained" is the wrong terminology than. I don't know what is. Of course I mean trained to fight other dogs for sport, to defend drug houses, to be vicious to anyone other than the owner, etc. And it's unfortunate but a fact that the slimeballs who do this overwhelmingly choose pit bulls to do it. Yes this dog could be fostered, asessed by competent people, etc. and be OK. I just happen to think (from some experience with them) that the staff of this particular facility is not competent. I would like to see some better more universal standard of asessing dogs (ANY dogs) as to whether they are dangerous before adopting. And I have gone back to edit this because I just started thinking maybe I am wrong in believeing there is an epidemic of pit bull cruelty and criminal use. Maybe it's just in Pontiac/Detroit (where I grew up?) because many people don't seem to even think it exists.

I think it's spam. I got it too, to my work box which is not connected to this one.

YES! Doggie Daycare 3x per week cured my mom's 1 year border collie of chewing up the house.