Whoa guys....slow down.
Can we all agree that......prey drive does not equate with out right aggression?
I sure hope so.
I think what Kelliope is trying to say is....."with great power comes great responsibility". I own a pit bull and as most pit bull owners know it is NOT like raising another breed. Obviously with great care, training and socialization they can live as peaceful as any other breed but with the obvious propensity to do more harm becasue of their size.
I think where most got offended was the misunderstanding that Kelliope was lumping all pit bull owners into one category.
Lets just pretend Kelliope is a pit bull hating monster ( hypothetically speaking).......the way we have conducted ourselves has not done well to prove our point and I am always the guiltiest of this mistake but I have recently realized I do not get my point across by being angry.
On the other hand WE ALL KNOW BSL DOES NOT WORK. Why did nobody address that issue in this topic, I posted multiple links. Wouldnt a solution to BSL and responsible ownership be the victory for us all?
Kelliope, left with no defense has now threatened us with favoring BSL because he cant see past our words to the truth of all living things beng created equal and as deserving as love. Now we have obscured Kelliope's value of what is right by some nasty words (myself included). So next time Kelliope is walking through petsmart he might sneer at a passing pit bull. Kelliope I want you to know that despite some altercations here on the forum we are all loving responsible dog owners. If ym dog does get out I am AS confident as you are with your dog that she would not kill or maim a helpless animal. I continue to strive to educate other dog owners to socialize, train, and exercise their dogs properly.
I also will never apologize for my breed of choice and a threat of BSL will not scare me into being submissive or lowering my voice when it comes to sticking up for my breed. You might be surpised to know I am 100% agaisnt the big bully type of pit bull that is now being bred and if it were up to me there should be a huge reform in teh Pit Bull bredding practices. However NOBODY will ever change the fact that "The Pride Is Worth the Prejudice". I apologize to any and all breed ban enthuisiats..............
I'm sorry you lack the understanding of this breed's true history,
gentleness with people, wonderful temperament, intelligence and
behavioral conformation. I'm sorry you won't read the ATTS stats
regarding our breed's true temperament, putting it in the top four
for temperament, scoring better than breeds like Golden Retrievers,
and cocker spaniels.
I'm sorry that you side with and protect animal abusers by marking
the breed of dog, and not the irresponsibility of the owner. I'm
sorry that by your logic I could steal a car, run some people over
with it and then you can blame the make of car for the accident, as I
walk free.
I'm sorry you generalize one breed of dog with one group of people.
I'm sorry you can't see the love and determination that many often
highly educated, non-criminal and "normal" types of people show
towards this breed and the great personal sacrifices that they make
to take care of their dog responsibly.
I'm sorry you cannot go into the shelters and see the hundreds of
abandoned and abused pitbulls, dying only for the inane "crime" of
being born the breed they are. I'm sorry you cannot see the look of
disappointment in their eyes as someone walks by their kennel, and
refuses to consider adopting them based on an ill educated fear
mongering reporter. I'm sorry that you cannot be there when the
animal looks at a human for the last time, and in spite of betrayed
by all humans they have met, their tail still wags as someone
approaches with the syringe of Euthinol.
I'm sorry cannot be there when law enforcement shoots one of your
dogs dead inside it's own home in front of the children it mutually
loves for simply getting off the dog bed and walking over to say
hello with it's tail wagging. I'm sorry you cannot be there to rescue
pitbull puppies from a plastic bag in a dumpster, dumped there by
someone switching their illegal, and inhumane activities to another,
more lucrative breed.
I'm sorry you cannot understand the difference between canine and
human aggression, in the way that this breed can. Yes, I'm saying my
pitbull is smarter then you.
I'm sorry that the medieval witchhunting genetics of intolerance,
generalization, and racism make you feel the need to vilify a breed
of dog. I'm sorry that justice, equality, tolerance, common sense are
all things you hold dear as a fellow human, and expect from
others, but do not yourself offer them towards a pitbull or its
caregiver. I'm sorry that you don't take the constructive time to
petition changes in a animal cruelty act, and in the
criminal code that would deal out serious punishment to the real
animal abusers.
I'm sorry you cannot see the disappointed look on a puppy's face when
the people petting it quickly frown, and walk away when you tell them
it is a pitbull. I'm sorry you feel the need to terrorize my family
and my dogs for crimes we never have and never will commit. I'm sorry
you don't have to live in fear of your dog's safety from hysterical,
and mentally unstable people trying to inflict all manner of evil
upon your dogs.
I'm sorry that you cannot see my breed working in some of the best
Search and Rescue groups in the world, saving countless lives each
year. I'm sorry our media censors and refuses to print the breed
name "pitbull' when in connection with a positive act such as saving
a person or child from a burning house, drowning, wild attacking
animals, etc. I'm sorry you cannot see the many pitbulls registered
as therapy dogs and bringing so much joy to another misunderstood,
neglected demographic in our society, the senior citizen.
I am sorry you can't see a pitbull kiss a child, step carefully over
a kitten, or play in a sunbeam. I'm sorry you cannot wake in the
morning to feel a warm pitbull cuddled next to you in bed, and know
that you are their total world, and even if the house caught fire and
trapped you, they would stay with you to the end.
But, now that I really think about it, I'm not at all sorry you don't
own a pitbull--you do not deserve one.
Rob MacBean
The Mongrel Hordes
Lake Cowichan BC
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