On 2/25/10 13:12 , bpnjensen wrote:
On Feb 25, 10:21 am, wrote:
http://carams.org

A few weeks ago, WLBT tv news showed a Spaniel mix breed dog which
somebody had used for Pit Bull dog bait.The poor dog looked
Terrible.CARAMS got the dog.The dog is 95 percent healed now.The dog has
a new home in the suburb city of Ridgeland.A family in Ridgeland adopted
the dog.The dog has a new name too, Oaty, it was Hinds.

Damn Right,,,, I WANT ALL Pit Bull dogs and Pit Bull mixed breed dogs
BANNED FROM AMERICA, PERIOD!!!!
cuhulin

You seem to blame the dog for the abuse that was really the humans'
fault.

I say let's ban *dog fighters* from America. That alone would solve
99% of the problem. It would end a lot of rampant abuse of pit bulls
and non-pits alike, it would help dry up wanton breeding of the
critters, and it would leave a much larger proportion of pit bulls and
non-pits in the hands of people who will love them.

Le's face it - if they aren't training and fighting pit bulls, it will
be some other unfortunate breed that then gets the abuse and bad
press. It is the vile idiots who breed them that must be trounced.

Bruce Jensen

Not really. It's the idiots who train them to be mean, or who
encourage the aggression, that need to be trounced.

Some pits, like dobermans, are kept as a deterrent to
trespassers. Owners train, or have trained, these dogs for
aggressive containment of incursion by non residents. The proverbial
junk yard dog. The breeder has nothing to do with this.

Further, aggression can be enhanced by irritants like gunpowder
in the food, physical abuse, and violent play. All of this is the
owner's doing, not the breeder's.

Pits have taken many of the places formerly held by dobermans
largely due to their more muscular physique, as well as their media
enhanced reputation. Also not the breeder's fault.

Dog fighting is another issue. And that's pretty despicable on
its best day. And everyone involved with it deserves their day in hell.

There are, in fact, many breeds that have an aggressive nature.
Weimaraners are very gentle and protective dogs, with the family,
but can also be highly territorial, and aggressive with strangers,
attacking by going for the crotch. A Weim can render a pit bull
owner nutless in less than 5 seconds.

But controlling such behaviours is also a matter of training,
socialization and behaviour modification by owners who care to bring
a good canine citizen into the community.