DOG

[Gravdigr]

The dog was a Dobie. I guess we should be glad it wasn't an article about a fireman getting his throat torn out.

Did I read once that Dobermans turn on/bite their owners fairly often? Like, more than most other breeds.

[xoxoxoBruce]

It's circular. If word on the street says a breed/type of dog is more antisocial the people who want a guard/attack/fighting dog will buy more of them and train them mean. That reinforces the word on the street and it goes round and round. I've met some sweet lovable pit bulls and dobies.

[xoxoxoBruce]

(1897 in France) Hey Fido, go for a ride?

[Carruthers]

Another savage dog rescued by the Fire Brigade.

This is the moment firefighters rescued a puppy from the wreckage of a van following a horrific three-vehicle pile-up.

One-year-old Memphis was wedged in the foot well of the Vauxhall Vivaro after it collided into two cars during rush hour on Friday morning.

Firefighters dashed to the scene of the crash which happened at 7.57am on the A500 near the Barthomley junction, Staffordshire.

A woman in her 20s had some leg bruising and a man in his 30s was taken to Royal Stoke University Hospital.

Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service spent almost an hour using hydraulic cutting equipment to free the grey-and-white Staffordshire Bull Terrier.

A fire service spokesperson said: 'At 7.57am crews were called to report of three vehicle collision half a mile from Barthomley junction.

'Crews from Sandyford and Newcastle attended and used hydraulic cutting equipment to free a small puppy called Memphis from the foot well of a van involved.

'Miraculously the puppy was uninjured. Crews left at 8.50am.'

A West Midlands Ambulance spokesperson said: 'We were called at 7.50am to a two vehicle RTC.

'We treated the driver, a man in his 30s, of one of the vehicles and he was taken to Royal Stoke University Hospital.

'We also assessed a woman in her 20s who had some leg bruising. She did not require any hospital treatment.'

It is not immediately clear what the puppy was caught in but it appears to be some sort of dog's bowl.

The fire service posted pictures of the rescue on Twitter with more than 5,000 users viewing and sharing them online.

That was a Staffordshire Bull Terrier rescued in Staffordshire.
All we need now is a Yorkshire Terrier rescued in Yorkshire and a Norfolk Terrier rescued in Norfolk and we'll have the complete set.

Link

[Undertoad]

Are you sure that puppy wasn't rescued in Boston?

[Gravdigr]

I am all but positive that is not Staffordshire Bull Terrier.

My friend a few towns over used to breed them. That don't look like no stage of Staffie. Definitely not a year old. A year old Staffie would weigh like 50 - 80 pounds.

Unless their Staffordshire Bull Terrier's are different.




ETA: Apparently my buddy bred the Sasquatch of Staffies.

[Carruthers]

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

I am all but positive that is not Staffordshire Bull Terrier.

My friend a few towns over used to breed them. That don't look like no stage of Staffie. Definitely not a year old. A year old Staffie would weigh like 50 - 80 pounds.

Unless their Staffordshire Bull Terrier's are different.

I think you're right, Mr. G.
I must admit I had my doubts when I saw the article but, while familiar with the appearance of the adult Staffie, the junior version thereof is something of a closed book.
Under the circumstances I suspended my disbelief and posted away.

The Carruthers family motto: 'I read it on the Internet so it must be true'.

[xoxoxoBruce]

But, but, it's the Daily Mail.

[fargon]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

But, but, it's the Daily Fail.

FIFY

[xoxoxoBruce]

From a 2004 Vassar newspaper. I'd read about Border Collies degoosing golf courses by chasing geese into the water and when not allowed onshore they would go somewhere else. First I've heard of actually chasing them in the water.
$45,000, holy goose crap.

[Gravdigr]

Ok, start this vid playing first;



When that's going, start this one:



Heh, that's awesome.

[Carruthers]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

But, but, it's the Daily Mail.

A beacon of journalistic rectitude, moderation and accuracy.

[Carruthers]

Dogs will do anything for a biscuit; even perform CPR.

[Diaphone Jim]

Tweedmouth? I thought that was Bruce's humor, but from Wikipedia:

"Dudley Coutts Marjoribanks, 1st Baron Tweedmouth, also known as the Laird of Guisachan and Glenaffric."

[Gravdigr]

My father was the wind, my mother was fire. I was raised by the wolves and I grew up wild.