Brindle Pit Bull Hair Problem?

gahustle

The owner shouldnt have rescued the dog , should have let him just stay there and become in worst condition. lol entertaining once again

You did not "rescue" the dog according to your earlier posts you purchased the dog.

Mark

 Isnt that the same thing? So if i would have gotten a sick dog for free it would have been rescued? If it is  then technically i have. Since i havent paid yet.    So if you find a very sickling dog on the street go to pick him up to rescue him. But owner says hey leave the dog alone, and u just cant leave it alone, and he makes you pay. Your going to pay just because u feel for the pup...this dosnt mean u rescued him? Just means you purchased him? Clear it up for me please.

gahustle

 Isnt that the same thing? So if i would have gotten a sick dog for free it would have been rescued? If it is  then technically i have. Since i havent paid yet.    So if you find a very sickling dog on the street go to pick him up to rescue him. But owner says hey leave the dog alone, and u just cant leave it alone, and he makes you pay. Your going to pay just because u feel for the pup...this dosnt mean u rescued him? Just means you purchased him? Clear it up for me please.

  Usually the term "rescue" involves either a irresponsible breeder or a irresponsible owner.  In the case of your dog you have agreed to purchase the dog from the breeder.  By paying this breeder he is getting exactly what he set out to get which is money.  Because he was successful in getting money for this dog he may be more likely to breed his dogs again which continues the cycle.  A "rescue" generally does not pay the irresponsible breeder or owner for their irresponsibility! 

Mark

gahustle, you intented to purchase a dog, you claim you haven't paid for it yet. Usually, a good breeder will do no credit, cash or credit card only.

That is not rescue, rescue means saving a dog from a not so savory or even life threatening situation, such as shelters, off the street,rescues that go through strict protocol when adopting out, or even from a family member and friend.

Come on, you know what rescue is.......you mentioned google......google "Rescue".....you will get your answer if you don't like ours.

Marklf

 A "rescue" generally does not pay the irresponsible breeder or owner for their irresponsibility! 

That may be your belief but it is the state of mind, as gahustle points out, that determines whether it is a rescue.  For me, when I see puppies in pet shop cages, it is not the money that is key to the exchange.  It is my mental state to give the puppy a better life that I think I can offer.  Regardless of where the puppy comes from, it is here, it is alive, and the pup deserves a life.

I was trying to give you the benefit of the doubt. But you continue to be contentious and now your playing word games, suggesting that your dog could bea  rescue because you haven't paid this soi-disant (it's french, look it up) breeder, yet. You come back just to show how lackadaisical you are about all the other advice and try to sound so butch about how you are not going to keep or let the dog in the house.

While I can understand that you already had your mind made up about the purchase and only wanted advice on the skin condition your not helping your position by insulting this forum and acting as if you are above us all. I can't stop you from doing that but it's not going to make people give you the benefit of the doubt, especially when they do know more than you do, and that's not meant to hurt your feelings. And before you get mad at me, let me tell you that I stink at politics. I can agree with you one minute and disagree the next, because I say what I think or know. And yes, it causes me problems elsewhere, too.

And if it wasn't for your past track record here, it would be easier to believe that you would care properly for this dog, even if kept outside. But as it has been pointed out more than once, you have been here before, creating acrimony and its hard to not believe that it is your same motivation that keeps you here, again.

That is, it's not about the dog, it's about you bowing up (Texas slang for squaring off, throwing down, challenging) on people by way of words to prove how tough and resolute you are. That's not going to help much.

DPU

That may be your belief but it is the state of mind, as gahustle points out, that determines whether it is a rescue.  For me, when I see puppies in pet shop cages, it is not the money that is key to the exchange.  It is my mental state to give the puppy a better life that I think I can offer.  Regardless of where the puppy comes from, it is here, it is alive, and the pup deserves a life.

I understand your point but that also would not apply in his case.  According to his original posts he did not buy the dog to "save" it in fact he had agreed to buy the dog before he even knew their was a skin problem.  He has also justified leaving the dog chained up because that is the what the dog is used to so I fail to see how he is trying to give it a better life.

Mark

DPU, as much I respect you and your view on rescue, the OP just gave a dog away because some family members liked the dog.....he claims to have had many dogs before....hello, he is only 18......hmmm

I was trying and I am getting back to my original attitude of being toyed with and thinking that dogs are disposable to this person. He flat out went for purchase and was oh, so happy about it until he heard different views and opinions.....now, he changed it to rescue.....just another game up his sleeve.

Marklf

I understand your point but that also would not apply in his case. 

I think one has to read all the posts in order to understand how this dog will be cared for.  For me, my rescue priorities would be to take in a puppy from a kill shelter first, then a puppy from a pet store, and then finally a puppy from a "breeder".  How the puppy is cared for is very subjective.  Some dogs do well as inside dogs and some dogs do well as outside dogs.  People have different ways of confinements and for me I am not one to do tie-outs at all, full time or temporary.  As long as the dog is feed properly, has fresh water, exercises, has protection from the elements, has opportunities for socialization, and visits the vet on a regularly basis...that dog is better off than the fosters I bring into my home from shelters.  For me, the main criteria for giving up a foster is that the dog will get more than I can give.  I believe that gahustle will provide the mimimum care for this puppy to be happy.  I also believe that if the dog gets neglected and the owner becomes irresponsible, a rescue state of mind will prevail and the dog may be better off in a shelter, which is a potential rescue act in itself.

Snownose, the fact is gahustle has this dog under his care and for sure this dog as no other place to go.  Who knows what the fate of this dog would have been with the previous owner.  And who knows, maybe another family will take a liking to this puppy and they may be able to up the life condition of this dog.

gahustle

I only wanted to know about the hair problem that the owner told me about i will know about it tommrow.

I might of missed the specifics on the skin but if the skin is irritated there is an ointment--it's from the vet, but inexpensive-that they gave Willow.  It's called Panalog or Animax.  I use it on Willow for all kinds of skin itching, rashes, etc.  It works well and fast.

 What you all like me to say something to ease your mind tonight? Or is this just an assuming disccusion of your selves?

Rumour is on Animax for his chronic ear problem.....he has allergies and loves to dunk his head in water......not such a good deal for chronic ear situations......it usually subsides in the winter.

You are right that for many many thousands of years, dogs lived outside. And that was okay.

Because people were also outside, pretty much sunup to sundown. Look for food, hunting, then farming and taking care of the animals. The dogs were not tied up or confined except for the last few years of our evolution as a team, man and dog. Life was good for dogs, in many ways.

Then the humans moved inside, and many dogs were left outside tied up or confined. That's not the natural life that dogs have evolved for. They are social animals, pack animals. Even more so than humans. How many humans have you heard of that suffer from separation anxiety, who panick when they are left alone? I've not heard of that in humans, but I've heard of it many times in dogs.

When you are inside and your dog is outside, you have lots of things to do, like posting and reading on the internet. Watching TV. When you go where you have to go, work or school, there are people to relate to.

What does your dog have to do when you are inside or away? Not much. No companion. He can only chew that stick or bone for so long each day.

Being around their pack is not really about the amount of attention they get or the amount of exercise they get. Just being in the same place with their pack is a huge benefit to the dog. A puppy who is crated in the basement often cries and cries. That same puppy can be put in the same crate in the bedroom with his people, and be perfectly happy. Even though the people are totally ignoring him, and are in fact asleep. Just seeing us and hearing us goes a long ways towards meeting a dog's social needs.

DPU

For me, my rescue priorities would be to take in a puppy from a kill shelter first, then a puppy from a pet store, and then finally a puppy from a "breeder"

When you say "take" a puppy from a pet store does that mean you are purchasing it?  If so how is that "rescuing" it vice buying it?  Wouldn't the dog need to be in some sort of bad/dangerous situation before it could be "rescued"?  In this case the OP stated he was buying a dog from a breeder.  He did not even know that the dog had any problems when he agreed to buy it it was only after he had decided to buy it that the breeder called and notified him of the skin problem.  No mention was made by the OP of any problems with the conditions that the dog was living in and in fact it seems that the OP plans on continuing the tethered lifestyle that the dog lived in.  I am still failing to see anything about that that would indicate that he is "rescuing" the dog.  Instead the story that he has told sounds more like an average purchase with the only really unusual aspect being that the breeder let him buy it on credit.  But hey if he wants to claim he is "rescuing" the dog instead of the purchasing the dog  that's fine as long as he follows through and gives the dog the love and care it will need.

Mark