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benny boy
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From:lewisville, texas, united states
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posted 11-17-2003 02:19 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for benny boy     Edit/Delete Message
yikes!! tell me what you think about this one. i don't know how much of this is garbage but it probably scared a bunch of people into wanting to ban our babies. http://www.city-journal.org/html/9_2_scared_of_pit.html

on a lighter note:
http://www.pitdog.com/pitnews.html

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neek
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posted 11-17-2003 02:50 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for neek     Edit/Delete Message
Oh my god!!! That was a horrible article! At least they thought to muzzle a dog instead of destroying it, but fancy being scared of a neighbourhood because of a few idiotic owners. I guess though it would look disturbing to most people walking down the street though. Some owners need to be shot!!

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neek
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posted 11-17-2003 02:51 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for neek     Edit/Delete Message
OH yeah, that second article was pretty funny and definately more like a pitbull would act.

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goob
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posted 11-17-2003 07:53 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for goob     Edit/Delete Message
That first article is old, published in the late 90s, though that doesn't make it any better . I personally LOVE this line:
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"Perhaps more ominously," Benepe adds, "these owners have started to use young trees to train the pit bulls."

Oooohhhh... I dunno which is MORE ominous... the fact that they were "training" the dogs on trees, or that they were *young* trees

Speaking of which, how's this here for a fighting dog in training...
(no, I don't normally let her hang like that, and that pic doesn't show the 6" or so of fabric she ripped off the end to make it short enough that she couldn't touch the ground while playing with it ).

There's tons of other crap in the article, but here's another choice tidbit...

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First, the pit bull is quicker to anger than most dogs, probably due to the breed's unusually high level of the neurotransmitter L-tyrosine.

Luckily for me that this is a complete lie... otherwise, I could be in a lot of trouble as I repeatedly trample and trip over two of these "quickly angered" beasts on my way to bed some nights.

Yet another...

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"The dogs may be junkies, seeking pain so they can get the endorphin buzz they crave,"

This one is beyond words, though I can't help but wonder where they "found" it.

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Not the pit bull, which attacks without warning.

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"Some of the pit bulls coming in will actually have their vocal cords removed in order to surprise someone lurking around a crack house,"

Huh... that sounds a little contradictory to me. If the dogs "give no warning", then why would people cut their vocal cords?? Pehaps this person should choose which it is before deciding to share it as "the truth".

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I recalled a Bronx mother screaming at two teen lowlifes fighting pit bulls in the park in front of our apartment building. The teens, sporting military fatigues and shaved heads, ignored her and went on with their barbarous fun.

Obviously, dogs are't the only thing this person discriminates against.

The other is a great (and fun ) article, though sadly, most people who haven't had a chance to get to know the breed would never believe it.

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goob
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posted 11-17-2003 08:49 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for goob     Edit/Delete Message
Double post, sorry about that

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ignergehl
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posted 11-18-2003 09:25 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for ignergehl     Edit/Delete Message
These hordes of man aggressive dogs just arent pits.The country-fried definition of a pit is a dog that will fight without quitting,lick its owner and wag its tail even in the midst of the fight,go home greet its family warmly despite its sore spots,and be a model house-dog,regardless of what it does at work.This dog will never have been encouraged to be aggressive towards poeple,but god help the man who breaks in,the pit will know what to do without having been taught.THATS a real pit,these dogs in the article are a seperate breed,plain and ssimple.

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