Sept 25, 2009: Dead Dogs Barking

[Shawnee123]

Originally Posted by classicman

You cannot legislate morality, responsibility nor intelligence. Get used to it.

But if we could, think what we could do for YOU.

[Clodfobble]

Originally Posted by rasafrasit

It does exactly NOTHING to address the root problem, assholes who can't or won't train their dogs.

Sure it does. It takes their dogs away from them. They may get new breeds of dogs, but the simple fact is that when those other breeds inevitably bite after being abused, it causes less damage.

Originally Posted by Shawne123

If I had small children and an asshole dog lived next to me, I'd just shoot its head off.

My mother-in-law has assholes next door to her, who have three different violent dogs--one's a pit, the other two are mixed pits-and-something-else. They are very violent with each other, and constantly try to break through the wooden fence separating the yards. The other week, they succeeded. My mother-in-law reports that the neighbors have sort of half-assed repaired it.

I have already made it quite clear my children will not be going in the back yard for even a moment when we visit this holiday season. And I'm very much of a mind to bring a little dish of antifreeze with us, to just casually leave out by the fence for them. Dogs like antifreeze, you know. It tastes sweet.

[Shawnee123]

case, will that include state illegal alien employees, like me and Cic?

[DanaC]

Staffs are banned? Damn that's harsh.

[Tawny]

Everyone is still missing something:

Although Denver has this law against pits, it would make no difference if they didn't. Pits would still die at their shelter(s) in the thousands.

City pounds look for any reason to put an animal to death because they have to kill something.

Better to kill a dog like a pit or Rott that has little chance of being adopted over say, a Chihuahua --- since a choice has to be made.

[monster]

If only we could employ the unemployed to turn their meat into pitburgers to feed the hungry, their hides into tends to shelter the homeless, and their bones into glue to seal the muzzles of those still owed by ignorant dickheads with small children.

[Diaphone Jim]

Deja vu all over again; a guaranteed hot button:
http://cellar.org/showthread.php?t=17232

[Shawnee123]

I knew it. Damn, I'm consistent.

[classicman]

eh hem

http://cellar.org/iotd.php?threadid=8836

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by Diaphone Jim

Deja vu all over again; a guaranteed hot button:
http://cellar.org/showthread.php?t=17232

Originally Posted by classicman

eh hem

http://cellar.org/iotd.php?threadid=8836

Goddammit I wish people would stop posting that pic. At least give me a warning. I hate that fucking pic.

Oh, and:

[Warren Peas]

There is no right answer here. These dogs can be great house pets or killers, however they act on instinct and training, as well as pack behavior. I wouldn't want to put a number on how many unpredictable dogs equal the life or even the scarring of my grandsons.
If I had my way the aggressive owners of these mutts would also be in cages, perhaps even cages containing other peoples aggressive dogs.
http://www.pitbullsontheweb.com/petbull/pete.php

[Nirvana]

Just to expound on this point. There are 100s of dog shows in this country and over a 156 AKC recognized breeds, with the number of dogs being shown at any one show can be from 600 to 4000, and a stranger has to go over them to judge them. The incidence of dogs biting at dog shows is negligible because dogs can learn to tolerate strangers. Not everyone is smart enough to have dogs or children....

[Undertoad]

And those judges give 'em every chance to get pissed, too! I'm gonna open your mouth and look at your teeth... I'm gonna feel your underarms... I'm gonna straighten your tail... then this other person is gonna lift you by the crotch and trot you around...

[capnhowdy]

Well you can't

ALL the time.

[Sundae]

It seems to me that if you live in an area that outlaws owning a certain breed of dog, then you are at fault for buying that dog in the first place. If Diz died (ouch!) and I lived in a town that banned owning Singapuras, I would get another type of cat - or more probably a moggie, to save it from being put down by an over-crowded shelter. Now Singas have a definite type - they have noticeable character traits which I adore, but I would not risk a cat I own being killed.

So how come people aren't spaying their restricted breeds and the numbers dropping? Surely these numbers can't all come from people moving in from out of state (a very harsh situation I admit). As usual, irresponsible people cause the problem, but they're rarely the ones to suffer.