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Amen to that! CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2013 #1
My neighbor across the road has a pit bull rescue. Cleita Mar 2013 #2
Truly terrifying. ZombieHorde Mar 2013 #3
My dog actually is breed conscious. bluedigger Mar 2013 #4
Ha! Vanje Mar 2013 #8
It's not me, it's her. bluedigger Mar 2013 #9
The arch enemy of one of my bitches OnyxCollie Mar 2013 #33
Mine doesn't really cotton to Border Collies or Aussies, either. bluedigger Mar 2013 #36
That's a cool dog. OnyxCollie Mar 2013 #42
You won't see them at shows. bluedigger Mar 2013 #44
Dogs have little patience for discussion on political message boards. OnyxCollie Mar 2013 #62
I actually had an akita who couldn't stand german shepards justiceischeap Mar 2013 #173
On Sunday my vicious beast Pit Bull tried to kill & eat Springs first spider crawling on the floor. baldguy Mar 2013 #5
Any dog that hates spiders is A-OK with me. bluedigger Mar 2013 #10
She just couldn't stand to have that THING crawling on HER floor. baldguy Mar 2013 #28
My boxer Jake stomps on ants in the house robbob Mar 2013 #35
her ears are super cute BainsBane Mar 2013 #97
I love dogs greytdemocrat Mar 2013 #6
Then you don't love dogs. baldguy Mar 2013 #40
Maybe, just maybe IrishAyes Mar 2013 #61
Pit bull =/= getting bitten. gcomeau Mar 2013 #127
And they don't trust you. secondvariety Mar 2013 #161
And I've never met a Pit Bull who wasn't just the sweetest tavalon Mar 2013 #186
I have had 2 pit bulls and 2 Rottweilers. RebelOne Mar 2013 #7
Chihuahuas are not my favorite BainsBane Mar 2013 #13
Indicating IrishAyes Mar 2013 #63
They do tend to be tightly strung. Helen Reddy Mar 2013 #131
You hear of some that way BainsBane Mar 2013 #135
Not long ago . . . Brigid Mar 2013 #16
lol BainsBane Mar 2013 #18
Chihuahuas can be nasty little things. Brigid Mar 2013 #24
The only time an animal has ever bitten me........... PDJane Mar 2013 #77
better safe than sorry JEFF9K Mar 2013 #11
Smiles :) shenmue Mar 2013 #12
I hate the anti-pit bull stuff BainsBane Mar 2013 #14
That's a cute pup. Built like my cat. Hoyt Mar 2013 #15
there were two brothers BainsBane Mar 2013 #17
Had a Chihuahua when little that routinely would scare big dogs, even German Shepherds. Hoyt Mar 2013 #19
if they are mean BainsBane Mar 2013 #20
And Forget about buying a house with a Pit bull. ErikJ Mar 2013 #22
Best and most interesting dogs are mixes ErikJ Mar 2013 #21
we just got a mix and are dna testing her for curiousity La Lioness Priyanka Mar 2013 #151
I disagree FreeBC Mar 2013 #23
it certainly wasn't your fault for being mauled BainsBane Mar 2013 #26
yes FreeBC Mar 2013 #32
I'm inclined to agree with you cpwm17 Mar 2013 #48
Why do you think that? flvegan Mar 2013 #50
List of fatal dog attacks in the United States: cpwm17 Mar 2013 #59
"The following table summarizes the number of people reported by news sources..." flvegan Mar 2013 #80
What does Foxnews have to do with anything? cpwm17 Mar 2013 #85
So then, you don't really know where that data comes from do you? Be honest. flvegan Mar 2013 #86
I got these from the links in the references for the 2013 dog attacks: cpwm17 Mar 2013 #94
Interesting OwnedByCats Mar 2013 #100
I work with dogs as well and have had a similar experience. The pit bulls and pit mixes I've worked smokey nj Mar 2013 #108
Well it does OwnedByCats Mar 2013 #110
I rescue them. Tell me again that I'm an insecure asshole. flvegan Mar 2013 #49
What? IrishAyes Mar 2013 #75
Someone else's overreaction entitles me to nothing except correcting them. flvegan Mar 2013 #82
Pit Bulls, because the nanny state won't let us own Hyenas. FreeBC Mar 2013 #96
Hold up OwnedByCats Mar 2013 #114
It didn't sting, dear IrishAyes Mar 2013 #123
I suppose OwnedByCats Mar 2013 #101
What I find incredible IrishAyes Mar 2013 #122
So what you're saying is OwnedByCats Mar 2013 #144
Please IrishAyes Mar 2013 #182
No need to lecture me on life OwnedByCats Mar 2013 #188
Eating my own words now IrishAyes Mar 2013 #203
I completely understand OwnedByCats Mar 2013 #209
you rescue them from whom? hfojvt Mar 2013 #93
Seriously! There aren't other breeds going un-rescued? FreeBC Mar 2013 #99
Wow OwnedByCats Mar 2013 #102
A waste of time talking sense to some folks. Don't waste the keystrokes. zonkers Mar 2013 #115
We have 4 other rescues. ( dogs )None pits. easttexaslefty Mar 2013 #162
lol Sheldon Cooper Mar 2013 #112
my definition of trash BainsBane Mar 2013 #98
"What's your definition of trash"? -- The stuff in my waste basket -- not poor people whathehell Mar 2013 #107
+1 BainsBane Mar 2013 #142
what a ridiculous post noiretextatique Mar 2013 #136
Just call me trash, then. secondvariety Mar 2013 #165
Really? Texasgal Mar 2013 #29
and not all gun owners are trash either FreeBC Mar 2013 #34
Okay...so? Texasgal Mar 2013 #41
I'm feeling trashier by the minute. secondvariety Mar 2013 #176
Probably doesn't even go to parties OwnedByCats Mar 2013 #210
I've got a scar on my knee from when our neighbors toy poodle bit me when I was 6. baldguy Mar 2013 #38
not my point FreeBC Mar 2013 #43
Your point seems to be to prove that you're ignorant & irrational. baldguy Mar 2013 #46
+1000 noiretextatique Mar 2013 #137
Then I guess OwnedByCats Mar 2013 #105
I agree with you. good post. zonkers Mar 2013 #113
For cripes sake... gcomeau Mar 2013 #128
What a horrible thing to go through. n/t Helen Reddy Mar 2013 #133
Trash, really? easttexaslefty Mar 2013 #159
Or maybe we adopt them because they are at greatest risk of being murdered in the shelter? Lucky Luciano Mar 2013 #168
It could very well have been your fault. Wait Wut Mar 2013 #170
I was actually injured by a pit bull once SouthernLiberal Mar 2013 #25
I don't have a dog anymore but I love to walk by the dog park near me to see them play with one hrmjustin Mar 2013 #27
This message was self-deleted by its author BainsBane Mar 2013 #55
She must give you a lot of joy. hrmjustin Mar 2013 #60
Oh, yes. BainsBane Mar 2013 #65
Glad to hear it! hrmjustin Mar 2013 #69
5 cats BainsBane Mar 2013 #70
My sister's Golden retriever and sheep dogs come up to play with my cats. hrmjustin Mar 2013 #73
My chows IrishAyes Mar 2013 #183
Awww! What a beautiful, sweet little face! smirkymonkey Mar 2013 #104
Thanks! BainsBane Mar 2013 #132
If we meet on the street, do I really need to smell your butt? Thor_MN Mar 2013 #30
Maybe someday dogs will wise up. Hoyt Mar 2013 #37
How do you know BainsBane Mar 2013 #53
You may have a point. Don't have a lot of experience with that greeting/surveillance. Hoyt Mar 2013 #71
I suppose I could let it slide BainsBane Mar 2013 #52
OK, but let's see if we can find some fish guts or roadkill to roll in too. Thor_MN Mar 2013 #119
sounds like the kind of fun BainsBane Mar 2013 #134
I hope yu don't bear the scars the rest of your life! Honeycombe8 Mar 2013 #31
I love dogs... Kalidurga Mar 2013 #39
I am surrounded by guns all the time, especially at my sister's house The Straight Story Mar 2013 #45
OK, you win. Brigid Mar 2013 #47
It's a well known fact IrishAyes Mar 2013 #56
The only problem is that they're all jaw Warpy Mar 2013 #51
yes, they can do damage BainsBane Mar 2013 #57
ahwook at z puppies so cute. lonestarnot Mar 2013 #54
The young sea lion attacked Jenoch Mar 2013 #58
Dogs are animals with a prey instinct BainsBane Mar 2013 #66
Your chicken was raised for consumption. Jenoch Mar 2013 #138
Nature isn't for sissies. BainsBane Mar 2013 #139
I'm a hunter and an occasional fisherman. Jenoch Mar 2013 #140
That's not a Pit Bull. It's an American Bulldog. baldguy Mar 2013 #67
His head! ellie Mar 2013 #64
I don't know if anyone gave you a copy of the official rules... snooper2 Mar 2013 #68
Everyone IrishAyes Mar 2013 #72
I have no problem with that BainsBane Mar 2013 #74
I understand IrishAyes Mar 2013 #78
Absolutely IrishAyes Mar 2013 #125
Grabbed your NECK? In it's JAWS? My Good Babushka Mar 2013 #106
You're entirely correct IrishAyes Mar 2013 #124
Wow, I should have read this post of yours before I posted tavalon Mar 2013 #193
Why would anyone have a problem with your post? tavalon Mar 2013 #192
Shorty and Hercules approve of this post opiate69 Mar 2013 #76
I love him and his dogs OwnedByCats Mar 2013 #109
The guy`s pretty inspirational all the way around.. opiate69 Mar 2013 #185
I don't know why people are so freaked OwnedByCats Mar 2013 #195
Hey.. I admit to a certain visceral reaction myself... opiate69 Mar 2013 #196
I get that people have a genuine fear OwnedByCats Mar 2013 #197
yep.. just going to take a lot of good people countering the fear mongering opiate69 Mar 2013 #199
!!! Wait Wut Mar 2013 #166
I'm so torn about this subject. Evoman Mar 2013 #79
some are bred for fighting BainsBane Mar 2013 #83
Fair enough. Evoman Mar 2013 #87
I'm a mutt fan myself BainsBane Mar 2013 #88
You'd be surprised. Dogs can smell threats. Evoman Mar 2013 #89
People keep telling me that BainsBane Mar 2013 #91
My Brigid and Molly IrishAyes Mar 2013 #126
I hear lots about sweet pits teenagebambam Mar 2013 #81
that's understandable BainsBane Mar 2013 #84
Is racism a problem with you too? flvegan Mar 2013 #90
I think about that parallel BainsBane Mar 2013 #92
Absolutely. teenagebambam Mar 2013 #116
I think, but I could be wrong - OwnedByCats Mar 2013 #117
Equating human traits to dogs... 99Forever Mar 2013 #129
They are not called OwnedByCats Mar 2013 #160
Dogs are not people, period. 99Forever Mar 2013 #164
Hey, feel free not read my essays if it's too OwnedByCats Mar 2013 #174
Thanks for permission. 99Forever Mar 2013 #175
Not liking certain breeds is not analogous to racism or sexism. nt redqueen Mar 2013 #130
Rottweilers are my bane Riftaxe Mar 2013 #95
not a small dog fan myself BainsBane Mar 2013 #143
Lord, people who extol the virtues of exterminating things that disagree with them Riftaxe Mar 2013 #212
Yet I live next door to a pit madokie Mar 2013 #103
Yes, I'm sure 'butt smell' is important here, somehow. SamReynolds Mar 2013 #111
that particular greeting is applicable only to dogs BainsBane Mar 2013 #146
This thread Aerows Mar 2013 #118
And then was asked to show the receipt. nt OnyxCollie Mar 2013 #120
Alas, one can't have everything in life. BainsBane Mar 2013 #121
This is a complete aside tavalon Mar 2013 #194
Yes, that's what it is BainsBane Mar 2013 #198
Yeah, I figured it out for sure from some one else's post tavalon Mar 2013 #200
Apparently, every fatality due to dog attack in the US this year has been caused by a pit bull. Zorra Mar 2013 #141
Apparently, out of those 6 incidents (yes, only 6 - from 80 million dogs) only 2 are from Pit Bulls. baldguy Mar 2013 #145
That looks like the dog park we take our dog to MineralMan Mar 2013 #147
It probably is BainsBane Mar 2013 #148
Ah, OK. I think that's the one then, just off Arlington, in the MineralMan Mar 2013 #150
yep BainsBane Mar 2013 #152
We have a friend who uses the Riverside park. MineralMan Mar 2013 #153
i think there is something to breeds, since i have never met a nice akita La Lioness Priyanka Mar 2013 #149
Yea GreenRanger Mar 2013 #154
"She judges based on butt smell and who is the most fun" demwing Mar 2013 #155
LOL BainsBane Mar 2013 #156
That's one ugly Easter Bunny! rdharma Mar 2013 #157
Oh, no it's not BainsBane Mar 2013 #158
Move over Grumpy Cat! rdharma Mar 2013 #163
I just want to know BainsBane Mar 2013 #179
I don't know.....not my dog. rdharma Mar 2013 #184
I still miss my pitties. Wait Wut Mar 2013 #167
OMG - cuteness! I can't believe some countries ban these adorable babies. nt TBF Mar 2013 #169
Yes, such adorable cuteness . . . markpkessinger Mar 2013 #180
Yes that really convinces me, well done OwnedByCats Mar 2013 #191
Very mature. nt TBF Mar 2013 #204
It was immature -- but I was trying to illustrate a point -- markpkessinger Mar 2013 #208
I've only ever seen two pitbulls in my life that I was afraid of MynameisBlarney Mar 2013 #171
MSP Airport dog park? grahampuba Mar 2013 #172
ib#86 geckosfeet Mar 2013 #177
When I tried to learn that same lesson I was told to quit sniffing peoples' butts Bucky Mar 2013 #178
that's cause you haven't figured out BainsBane Mar 2013 #181
I wish I could rec this 100 times! Every pit bull I have ever met has been a cuddle bunny, with the DesertDiamond Mar 2013 #187
gun powder? BainsBane Mar 2013 #190
glad u survived Liberal_in_LA Mar 2013 #189
The breed Notafraidtoo Mar 2013 #201
"The breed is popular among people that had rough upbringings.." whathehell Mar 2013 #202
No IrishAyes Mar 2013 #205
Yes whathehell Mar 2013 #206
Someone sent me a pm re your complete misreading of my post IrishAyes Mar 2013 #207
That's nice. Maybe they should: A. Send it to me or B. Post it online whathehell Mar 2013 #211
Your right i went to far. Notafraidtoo Apr 2013 #213
Not the ones I see BainsBane Apr 2013 #214
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