Pets
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pits are really good dogs when they have clear direction. it's a shame they get such a bad rap because of bad owners/people/pack leaders
what up @DougNg
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@madmonday Same ole over here. Living the dream.
We have a dog fighting problem here in Maryland, there are tons of pits with ripped up faces that need new homes when the dog fighting rings get broken up. My wife and I try to get involved, but it's like trying to plug a leaking dam with spackle.
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I swear it's a cultural thing, kind of like cock fighting in some circles (PAUSE, hahahahahaha) be well all you animal people
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@TrickHell:
The same qualities that make for a good ("game") fighting dog also make for a good family pet, strangely enough. A good fighting dog is a dog that fights other dogs when you tell it to, not a dog that attacks everything in sight.
That's why police generally use German Shepherds or Belgian Malinois: strong/fast and HIGHLY trainable. Any dog that can't turn it off on command doesn't have the temperment for that type of work.
I feel that these days people are generally scared of anything that could potentially cause harm, regardless of intention,mindset, or even factual statistics.
I read somewhere that chihuahuas and dachshunds have the highest incidence of unprovoked attacks, but nobody talks about it. It's the one big dog that rips off someone's face that causes a negative stereotype.
My rotties are as gentle as can be, they even walk next to the baby so she can use them for balance now that she's learning to walk. It's pretty shitty that people are scared of them.
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My ferocious (sarcastic) pit mix Daphne:
And my highly trainable (even more sarcastic) Shepherd mix Buddy:
Both both dogs were abandoned - luckily Daphne was fostered by one of or friend until we could buy our first house a few years ago, but buddy found us in a rainstorm.
Here is what he looked like the day he stopped me on my front porch. Still breaks my heart that anyone could just leave an animal to fend for themselves.
Poor guy dosnt have any bottom teeth. The vet says he was probably chewing on rocks since he was out alone for so long. Heartworm positive, flea positive - everything was against him. Luckily, almost two years later, he is still with us causing havoc haha
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@Appfaff what a heartwarming story, Buddy and Daphne were lucky to find you
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Thanks Black Orchid - they were our children before we had children, and we always are ready to welcome another pup into our home if it's the right time.
And as Trick Hell pointed out, Pits were Nanny Dogs… Just like ours is:
She always wants to be with us while the kids are up.Sadly, buddy just likes to steal the babies stuff:
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@Appfaff You're awesome for taking in Buddy like that. If you PM me your address I'll mail you a box of homemade dog treats next time we do a big batch for the fosters.
@TrickHell I don't have much experience with Chows, I know they have a reputation for biting kids in the face. I wonder if it's precipitated by the fact they look like teddy bears and the kids are roughhousing with them before the Chow gets comfortable with it.
I do the same thing on Youtube with rotties. Someone would say how they're scared of big black dogs (I don't know why the fur color matters) and I show them videos of Rotties mauling children with their tongues and smiles.
Funny story about Hex and Lia from several months back: when Neener was learning to crawl, Lia would soldier crawl behind her on her belly (cutest thing ever), and Hex decided she needed help and flipped her ass over head. Neener just laughed.
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great photo @DougNg - love hearing about people's experiences with their dogs and babies. Mighty kind of you regarding the treats. Daphne and Buddy would very much like that.
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I've the worst behaved mutts on the planet. They are Yorkshire Terrier & Maltese "mix" I took from someone so they wouldn't break them up (they are brother & sister from the same litter).
Untrainable, aggressive little so & so . . . but they remind me of my 2 legged kiddies, hahahaha
images in a bit as I just wanted to chime in on the pet convo
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Yorkshire Terriers [emoji4]
Respect from a Yorkshire man [emoji106]
Puppy shenanigans - our pup foxy is buried somewhere in the huddle!
We have been given access to a website, by the breeders, where we can view the puppies development over the 8 week period prior to collection which is a great idea.
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@DougNg I have always loved Rotties.. Great dogs.. In the Uk the hated on dog of the moment is the Staffordshire bull terrier, I've never come across a "bad" one.. It's the only dog breed I see repeatedly off a lead, very well behaved, incredibly loyal but very friendly too
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That's unfortunate, my dogs quickly become friends with Staffordshires. We have a few of them out here.
Actually, the only breed of dogs my two routinely have issues with are Boxers, because they keep punching them in the face.
It never ceases to amaze me how people always find a new way to be bigots.
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I've the worst behaved mutts on the planet. They are Yorkshire Terrier & Maltese "mix" I took from someone so they wouldn't break them up (they are brother & sister from the same litter).
Untrainable, aggressive little so & so . . . but they remind me of my 2 legged kiddies, hahahaha
images in a bit as I just wanted to chime in on the pet convo
We were advised early on not to adopt two from the same litter. They wind up bonding with each other instead of their humans and don't respect people as they get older.
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Dude, you cut your hair. You look boring now.
