Let's Blame Rachael

I really afraid of dogs :(

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Rachel Ray *ack* Only she would name a dog Isaboo. So cutesy wootsy. She got mugged and now walks around with her "I'm skeered to get my ass beat" vibe that just has to set off dogs and people. So her dog tries to protect her stupid muppet owner, and this is the result. It's all fun and games til somebody loses an ear. Quit walking around like you are waiting to be punked and take the dog to obedience class.

@ cprincess

My dog would never hurt anyone unless he feels danger to us
or himself. New people always feel bit skeptical because he is very large for regular pit and his father breed was from some champion dog so he is massive size golden pure bred pit. If people are overwhelmed or if there are kids running around . I lock him outside the area ...sometimes he starts to cry and bark because he loves to be in company of people. What I meant by smelling people...well every dog does that
they get to know people by their smell and actions. He is kinda like a stalker and would follow people around see where they go what they do..basically observe new people for a while. If we sitting on a table having dinner he would come up to you and "beg" ..its like him trying to see how nice you would be to him. He would even rest his head on your thigh and wait til you give him some food lol
He would never even dare to bark on anyone unless you do something sketchy that he is not used to see in the house. The only time he can attack anyone is when he goin for his his nap on a couch and someone touch him... everyone needs space and I never bother him when he does it. Its impossible to explain but as dog owner sometimes you feel your dogs and communicate like that with them. So I let him have this me time and he is happy. Sometimes he is depressed and brings his leash meaning he want's to go for a walk and we do. We never had one incident with any dogs. I never go near owners with small dogs and if dogs run up to him
I keep him calm and walk away to big dog area and just let him socialize with same size dogs. When I see he is getting annoyed I call him up and we go for a run and some soccer ball kickin . As an owner of pit or even any other dog u gatta now ur dogs emotions. They are like kids and they know you know what they thinking.
so people who say that pits shouldnt be bred and their owners some show offs and wanabees..etc
ummm people like dif things ..dont compare some mexican gangs with other people
I find german shepherds ugly ass dogs but u don't see me sayin anything do u?
I got my pit because those dogs fit my personality and living near spanish harlem....I gatta have good protective dog in my apt
also I got cocker spaniel and two ferrets in the house along with my pit
for 2 years everyone been fine with each other so people need to stfu and stop blaming poor dogs or idiot owners!

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Submitted by literarylioness on Fri, 02/12/2010 - 12:52am.

I think German Shepards are the most unpredictable, but all dogs can be unpredictable, even poodles.
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I think this is a good mention. All dogs can get cranky as they get older, all dogs can attack unexpectedly (or expectedly), all dogs can hurt people or children, all dogs can have weird quirks - things they won't stand for, for whatever reason, creatures they can't abide by - just like people...I even had a chihuahua charge at my very large pit (dumbass dog) and have heard tell of a wheaton terrier biting a baby's face. It IS the owner. And it's not always aobut training - it's about being consistently responsible for your pet.

It's actually just impossible to avoid disaster if you're gonna be a spaced out tech-head without a body. You have to be able to FEEL your dog becuz just like people, life can effect them and cause reaction and sometimes those reactions are surprising.

and what EatYourVeggies said: the real issue with pitbulls is overpopulation, inbreeding, training and the kinds of people that are drawn to them in general. In the beginning, it was the only reason I wanted to keep my pittie - he was an innocent baby and some mean men wanted to turn him into a killer. After about 8 weeks, altho he was one of the toughest dogs to train ever, I kept him cuz he was the one of the sweetest, most loving creatures I'd ever known and I was full-on in love with him.

This pittie - I'm 90% sure this was an accident. Dogs get into scuffles all the time, just like people, they're not all life-threatening. With pits, you gotta be extra careful just cuz of the way they're built.

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Save the dog and put Ray Ray down.
I can't watch her anymore because she is constantly sticking her tongue out of her mouth while she talks. Annoying as hell.

I had a big dog charge at my chihuahua (im pretty sure he wanted to play but my dog its not that friendly) so I picked him up over my head and the dog was scratching me and jumping trying to get my dog and the owners were laughing that isn't funny no dog should come running at you small dog because it scares them and they tend to be more aggressive not a good combination
"I will pee myself today and when someone asks, "what is that smell?", I will happily tell them Veluptuous by KK!" Urmomma

sorry if you want a tough dog actually get a rottweiler
"I will pee myself today and when someone asks, "what is that smell?", I will happily tell them Veluptuous by KK!" Urmomma

I used to work in an animal clinic (my frst real job) there was a pitbull named xena that would attack anything that moved (except humans) because that is how they trained her
many people train pitbulls to be killing machines and by nature they are nice animals, nice sport huh?
but in all seriousness pit bulls are nice they do tend to get crazy when they age so its not recommended as an pet for a family if you want a tough dog get a doberman
I was the only one that would walk xena everyone else was afraid and she was rescued and no one person would adopt her finally the doctor said that she needed to get out of the clinic because it was abuse to keep her caged up and no walk she used to climb the cage as well.
"I will pee myself today and when someone asks, "what is that smell?", I will happily tell them Veluptuous by KK!" Urmomma

Submitted by Lory on Fri, 02/12/2010 - 12:31am.
Submitted by justaguest on Thu, 02/11/2010 - 7:45pm.

Had an experience with one once years ago. Was walking my afghan hound through the parking lot of my townhouse complex when a pit came flying out of nowhere and attacked my afghan hound. Well as luck would have it, my afghan's DNA kicked in (they were used to hunt wolves and leopards) and started to kick that pitty's ass. I told the pit's owner if it happened again, I would let my dog finish the job.

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My childhood dog was an Afghan too :) He was also a sweetheart and really gentle with kids and little dogs, but he didn't tolerate any sh!t from other big dogs. If they gave him so much as the side-eye, he would growl at them, letting them know he was not the one.

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Isaboo is adorable. Rachael really needs to get Cesar Millan on this.

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I personally love dogs. But I got alil antsy while walking past a dog breeder when he was exercising his dogs. One of them chased me and about 20 other followed. I had to run for dear life on 3inch platforms (mind you the spice girls, were huge then) into a private estate and the guard ( god bless him) quickly shut the door behind me.

TRUE STORY.
No shit.
And i'm still not afraid of dogs.

I'm still afraid of driving, roads and fast moving vehicles, but that's another story, for another day.

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I've never experienced the temperament of a pit bull personally, but the breed is seriously overpopulated. Especially here in Vegas. Every other ghetto asshole just breeds pitbulls to make a quick buck. It's sickening when you could just go to a damn shelter and get on of the many abandoned pitt bulls from there, for less than the cost of a bullshit "rehoming fee".

Those of you with "Dalmations", it's actually spelled Dalmatians.

Sounds like Isaboo is dog-dog aggressive, not dog-people aggressive. If so, she has to be kept on a very short leash and Rachael has to be in control at all times.

Doesn't Rachael have property in upstate NY? Get a big backyard for the dog and keep her away from other dogs. No need to put down a dog yet.

As a runner I find that dog owners usually show a blatant lack of understanding of the natural instincts of animals. On many occasions I have literally had to run for my life, because dogs can smell my fear a mile away. Pleading with their owners to keep them on a leash is usually fruitless. But then again, I live in a country full of rude, selfish, antisocial a-holes.

LEAVE BULLDOGS ALONE
ENGLISH BULLDOGS
FRENCH BULLDOGS

ALL BULLDOGS

LEAVEEEEEEEEEEE THEM ALONE

SOMEONE MAUL RACHEL RAY AND MICHAEL VICK , LEAVE THE DOGS ALONE!!

AND LET ME RUB THE LOTION WHILE I DANCE HIDING MAH BAGINA , LISTENING GOODBYE HORSES ............ PRECIOUS , PRECIOUS , PUT THE LOTION OOOOOOOOOOOON
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SERIOUSLY PAGODA THIS IS THE LAST TIME YOU STAB ME !!!!

I think German Shepards are the most unpredictable, but all dogs can be unpredictable, even poodles. Obviously, Isaboo has not been around many other dogs and does not know how to socialize with them.

Submitted by justaguest on Thu, 02/11/2010 - 7:45pm.

Had an experience with one once years ago. Was walking my afghan hound through the parking lot of my townhouse complex when a pit came flying out of nowhere and attacked my afghan hound. Well as luck would have it, my afghan's DNA kicked in (they were used to hunt wolves and leopards) and started to kick that pitty's ass. I told the pit's owner if it happened again, I would let my dog finish the job.

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This reminds me, last year, I was in the car, with my son, we were waiting for my mom to come out when we saw my mother's neighbour entering her house with a Golden on a leash. Out of nowhere, this pit bull ran up to the lab and went for the muzzle. He wouldn't let go!!! I had to cover my kid's eyes because there was so much blood, it was horrible... When the dog finally let go they took the wounded dog to the vet. Needless to say the lab didn't make it. The pit bull and his owner were never seen again. It all happened so fast -mere seconds- yet it was so horrible... I was petrified... My son cried all day...

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LEAVE PITBULLS ALOOOOOOOOONE!

♥ Threadkilla!
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I've always liked Rachael but when I first saw her loving around on this pit bull I wondered if she had a screw loose.

When are these poor misguided suckers going to stop adopting these dogs? No amount love or training can make a pitbull safe. They're unpredictable, and bred for jaw strength and tenacity. Three roommates were attacked by their pit in Hoboken last week. People, there are so many better, safer breeds. If you own a pitbull you're just out to prove something and it may come back to bite you. Literally.

Submitted by jerseygirl17 on Thu, 02/11/2010 - 8:44pm.

No worries! The smell thing is so important. If I walk him on a leash with another dog around the block behind the other dog and he has time to sniff them and see they are not mean, he is totally fine. However, if you do not give him that chance, and just let a strange dog get in his face, it's ova.

Speaking of cats: When my older brother was born, my mom has two siamese cats. One of them got so possesive over my brother that sometimes she would his and even tried to attack my mom when she tried to get him out of the crib.

My bad on the double post!

Submitted by jerseygirl17 on Thu, 02/11/2010 - 8:44pm.

No worries! The smell thing is so important. If I walk him on a leash with another dog around the block behind the other dog and he has time to sniff them and see they are not mean, he is totally fine. However, if you do not give him that chance, and just let a strange dog get in his face, it's ova.

Speaking of cats: When my older brother was born, my mom has two siamese cats. One of them got so possesive over my brother that sometimes she would his and even tried to attack my mom when she tried to get him out of the crib.

Hate people who can't control their dogs. I hate myself a little too right now because I kinda like those pants.

And like I said before, when it rains whores, it pours whores -MK

Submitted by gia on Thu, 02/11/2010 - 11:04pm.

...Her dog really should have been better trained or socialized.
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My dog, while really loving and "gentle" (he worked VERY hard at being gentle but in truth he wasn't very good at it), never really socialized - not outside. Inside he could keep it together but outside he was always getting called foul for unnecessary roughness - not violence, he din't bite but soft like other dogs - he was just really big and liked to wrestle. And I've socialized a few dogs with actual issues...he never had any issues except that he was a little bit..."feral", I guess - but that sounds violent. It wasn't violence (except as play), it was just these extreme impulses he couldn't override with consciousness. And I know he understood, cuz when the impulse (to snatch food or dig or chase a car or whatever) died down he felt really bad and would put himself in the corner. So anyways - I just went the extra mile to keep him outta trouble. It wasn't always easy but it wasn't always hard either and it was totally worth it:)

♥ Threadkilla!
And it isn't in education. It's history. It's poetry...It's in DListed.
~ J.D. Salinger, adapted by caprica six

If Rachel Ray loves her dog as much as it seems, she'll keep her as far away from that lunatic Cesar Milan as caninely possible.

I wish I could get him alone in a room and do to him some of the things he does to dogs in the name of "training". Let's see how he likes it.

I own a loving sweetheart of a Pitbull, but I wont go on about that & she was actually injured by a little puppy half her size at the dog park by accident. It can happen to any dog by any breed. This story makes me feel kind of sad, not because I like Rachel Ray, but because she tries to do a lot of positive things regarding Pitbulls & dogs in general...Her dog really should have been better trained or socialized.

Isaboo doesn't even get 3 strikes?
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It really was love at first hate. ~ MK

When I was a kid, the neighbors german shepard totally attacked our much smaller and nicer dog. It had to be beaten off of him. Our dog was completely torn up on his torso and back. I am sure it never occurred to anyone to put the german shepard down. (but then again this was the 70's) This seems so weird to me.
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Submitted by cuntess on Thu, 02/11/2010 - 10:48pm.

I realize that most of us who post on here are gays and/or women, but get over your media-fueled fear of pit bulls and stop acting like goddamn pussies. So far, my leashed dog has been attacked by a Dalmation,
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You wanna talk about a fucked up dog? Dalmations! Those dogs are always FULL of neuroses!

♥ Threadkilla!
And it isn't in education. It's history. It's poetry...It's in DListed.
~ J.D. Salinger, adapted by caprica six

I realize that most of us who post on here are gays and/or women, but get over your media-fueled fear of pit bulls and stop acting like goddamn pussies. So far, my leashed dog has been attacked by a Dalmation, a Boxer, and a Chihuahua. Any dog that is off leash or in the hands of an incompetent owner should be feared.

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Submitted by lway2009 on Thu, 02/11/2010 - 10:21pm.
I actually feel bad for her, but I wonder how she got her dog. I rescued a pit/whippet mix. We were her 4th home and put her through professional training, behavioral therapy, and medication. She was still insane (largely because of abuse, according to the "experts" we dealt with, and partly temperment). After she "nipped" my face three times and tried to rip off my hand (that same day she tried to maul a friend), all of our "experts" told us to put our beautiful, young, and healthy dog down - IMMEDIATELY. We were heartbroken, but we did what we could. We stick to labs now.

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Did you put the dog down? If so that is fucking sad to me, not because of what you did but because she was a dog that had a life of mostly crap and abuse. At least she went in peace.

In general, I believe if you can't properly care for an animal it speaks volumes of what kind of person you are in general. After all, serial killers torture animals before they move on to humans.

I did put her down...it was the week before my wedding and I was told that she was going to either maul me or a child...and we had a child staying at our home. It was one of the most difficult things that I have ever done in my life, but I took her to my vet, who loved her and agreed that she needed to put down, as there was no more that we could do for her. I held her. Eh this is too gushy, sorry. But I love and respect animals, and I come here to laugh at the foolish antics of people.

Submitted by sinnie on Thu, 02/11/2010 - 10:15pm.

I love my dogs, but I certainly agree that some breeds aren't meant for "pets", if that makes any sense.
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Pitbulls make awesome pets and are often known as "nanny" dogs becuz they tend to have a soft-spot for the young. Like, young ANYTHING: people, cats, birds, you name it.

♥ Threadkilla!
And it isn't in education. It's history. It's poetry...It's in DListed.
~ J.D. Salinger, adapted by caprica six

Aw that's sad. A ripped ear is actually not very bad an not uncommon in dog fights. It doesn't really denote "viciousness"....I'd have to know the whole story cuz my pit took a LOT of hits in his life becuz dogs would get a whiff of his super Alpha-dom (seriously he was so Alpha he din't even realize it) and attack him ALL THE TIME! And then the villagers would come out screaming at us. And every time we were covered in blood from it, it was our blood. Of course, the villagers never apologized either, after we all realized it.

♥ Threadkilla!
And it isn't in education. It's history. It's poetry...It's in DListed.
~ J.D. Salinger, adapted by caprica six

Submitted by lway2009 on Thu, 02/11/2010 - 10:21pm.
I actually feel bad for her, but I wonder how she got her dog. I rescued a pit/whippet mix. We were her 4th home and put her through professional training, behavioral therapy, and medication. She was still insane (largely because of abuse, according to the "experts" we dealt with, and partly temperment). After she "nipped" my face three times and tried to rip off my hand (that same day she tried to maul a friend), all of our "experts" told us to put our beautiful, young, and healthy dog down - IMMEDIATELY. We were heartbroken, but we did what we could. We stick to labs now.

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Did you put the dog down? If so that is fucking sad to me, not because of what you did but because she was a dog that had a life of mostly crap and abuse. At least she went in peace.

In general, I believe if you can't properly care for an animal it speaks volumes of what kind of person you are in general. After all, serial killers torture animals before they move on to humans.

I actually feel bad for her, but I wonder how she got her dog. I rescued a pit/whippet mix. We were her 4th home and put her through professional training, behavioral therapy, and medication. She was still insane (largely because of abuse, according to the "experts" we dealt with, and partly temperment). After she "nipped" my face three times and tried to rip off my hand (that same day she tried to maul a friend), all of our "experts" told us to put our beautiful, young, and healthy dog down - IMMEDIATELY. We were heartbroken, but we did what we could. We stick to labs now.

I love my dogs, but I certainly agree that some breeds aren't meant for "pets", if that makes any sense.

I'm totally not blaming the animal. Of course, ANY dog can attack if not trained properly with love, but some breeds have natural instincts that you just. can't. trust; Rotties, Malamutes, Pitbulls, etc.

And little dogs are, in general, not recommended for little kids to be around and can attack. They get frightened of a little kid's rambunctious behavior. I've heard of Poms being a breed not to have if you have little ones.

All in all, it's a sad situation. I've always had animals and will probably continue to have them as long as I can care for them properly. I feel for both owners.

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Submitted by sonah22 on Thu, 02/11/2010 - 9:50pm.

The most horrifying example of the lack of breed predictability is the October 2000 death of a 6-week-old baby, which was killed by her family's Pomeranian dog. The average weight of a Pomeranian is about 4 pounds, and they are not thought of as a dangerous breed. Note, however, that they were bred to be watchdogs! The baby's uncle left the infant and the dog on a bed while the uncle prepared her bottle in the kitchen. Upon his return, the dog was mauling the baby, who died shortly afterwards.

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That's terrible :( I guess most people wouldn't expect this from a pomeranian, they just -look- innocent.

I don't really have experience with pit bulls but I have heard time and time again that they will even turn on their owners. These are dogs with powerful jaws and I really don't trust the average fuckwit in america to take proper care of a pitbull and train it correctly. Seeing one come around me would raise the hair on my head. My worst experience with a dog was with my ex's mom's rottweiler. Whenever we went over to her house he was always chained up with a steel chain and on occasion managed to break right through that. He has multiple times attacked people, chased after me and others. Of course, he was chained up all day with little attention and was not neutered and never breeded so MAYBE that makes dogs more aggressive.

Sorry that's so long...half of it is an article!!!

I didn't know how aggressive all types of dogs could be until the recession started and a bunch of assholes started DUMPING their dogs in our neighborhood, a neighborhood full of kids. My dog has almost been attacked three times while going on her daily walk. Twice by black labs and once by this thing that looked like a Shepard mix. And then there are the morons who leave their dogs in the yard. Yes, all dogs bark when another one walks by, but the ones in the yard sometimes jump out, and they don't listen when I say NO like you're supposed to. And my dog is also a golden retriever, a very stereotypical one, however, there is a golden retriever in my neighborhood who is-get this-angry and potentially violent! WTF. That is a prime example of moronic owners. How the hell do you get a goldie and put him in the backyard?

As for pitbulls, I'm scared of them also because of their history. For a while I thought I was just generalizing, but most of their owners seem to want a "tough" dog, and I've even seen a man at the vet's office telling his pitty PUPPY to stop whining or sniffing other dogs. In other words, no socialization whatsoever. And now these stories scare me also!

I've also had a thing against little dogs. They are usually assholes. Partly because their owners want to be lazy or are just finicky types who reek of windex all weekend.

Check this out if you want more info on dog biting stats:

" T]he data indicate that Rottweilers and pit bull-type dogs accounted for 67% of human DBRF 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." (Sacks JJ, Sinclair L, Gilchrist J, Golab GC, Lockwood R. Breeds of dogs involved in fatal human attacks in the United States between 1979 and 1998. JAVMA 2000;217:836-840.)

The Clifton study of attacks from 1982 through 2006 produced similar results. According to Clifton study, pit bulls, Rottweilers, Presa Canarios and their mixes were responsible for 65% of the canine homicides that occurred during a period of 24 years in the USA. (Clifton, Dog attack deaths and maimings, U.S. & Canada, September 1982 to November 13, 2006; click here to read it.)

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The most horrifying example of the lack of breed predictability is the October 2000 death of a 6-week-old baby, which was killed by her family's Pomeranian dog. The average weight of a Pomeranian is about 4 pounds, and they are not thought of as a dangerous breed. Note, however, that they were bred to be watchdogs! The baby's uncle left the infant and the dog on a bed while the uncle prepared her bottle in the kitchen. Upon his return, the dog was mauling the baby, who died shortly afterwards. ("Baby Girl Killed by Family Dog," Los Angeles Times, Monday, October 9, 2000, Home Edition, Metro Section, Page B-5.) "

-From http://www.dogbitelaw.com/PAGES/statistics.html

The idea behind a muzzle is that you put it on BEFORE your dog attacks anything, this way you're not faced with crap like your dog biting another dog's ear off. Way to be a responsible pet owner, maroon.

I agree there are bad dogs and bad owners. Together they can be deadly. I'd never have a dog with jaws that could crush bone and lock shut, EFF that. I'll stick to my little ankle-biting potlicker dogs tyvfm.

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I'll admit that I'm scared of pitbulls because of their genetics, anatomy and because most of the pit owners (or wanna be owners) are dumbasses who own them for the wrong reasons. When I was a preteen we had a chow Rottweiler mix who was the nicest with us and our friends, he disliked most adult males, so we thought he was abused before we got him. He was sooo protective of us that walking him we had to have one person walk ahead to make sure we wouldn't have any issues, which we thankfully didn't. I hate to add fuel to the anti-pit fire, but he was attacked by a pit one night. The other dog went into my sister's yard and they went at it. When we got there there was so much blood and he was soaked in it and looked half dead. After the vet cleaned him up and checked him out, it turned out to be the pit's blood, all of it.
My and my hubby's dog now is some sort of schnauzer terrier mix, also adopted, who is mega pampered, extremely laid back, looks funny, loves to spoon, steals my covers, is so well behaved we always get asked for training tips, thinks he's a kid, and has a winning smile thanks to his underbite =D

Strange but I just had this conversation with my sister last night, Pit Bulls are inherently sketchy. You just never know when one is going to go off. My husband always had Rottweilers and it is all in how you condition an aggressive dog...however, even he was afraid of pit bulls. I have a Bull Mastiff who is as sweet as Scooby Doo, loves children, kittens and cats, but he has been raised to be the sweetest dog ever. He looks scary, but he is a doll. Sorry, pit bulls have a bad rap for a reason, as do Pressa Canarios.

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Amen to that-your sister sounds like a twat Im afraid to say...
My husband is also a twat-last week he announced he had got me my Valentines gift early and came home with a dalmation puppy-how many fucking times has he heard me get pissed off with people buying dogs when there are so many dogs that need to be rescued??
Thing is-my 16 year old dalmation x weimeraner died 6 months ago and I was heart broken for months ( he was a rescue and let me tell you he was the super model of dogs he was so unique looking)-our other dog -a lab mix and a rescue really missed him so we were talking about getting her a house mate so the next thing he shows up with the puppy who of course I love but he missed the point like men do(!).
Anyhoo -he's called Archie(the dalmation) not my husband and hes pretty adorable there no doubt about it...

7:59pm."NOSOPD -Not our sort of person darling"

Sorry, but I am not a pit lover, and I only say this from my personal experience with them. A few years back, two pit bulls who came from god knows where were on the loose in my neighborhood and attacked and killed my cat in our own yard. I try not to generalize dog breeds, but that was just something that hit me incredibly hard and I haven't been able to get past my pit bull grudge since.

Any breed is capable of turning even on its own master. My husband has the 47 stitches to prove it. Not a pit. Yes, the dog is still alive and well. My husband...a little bitter perhaps. Hey, I didn't bring that mutt home.