posted 12-01-2003 11:23 AM         

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"I've spent a lot of time observing these dogs and their owners and learning about them, and my knowledge is for everybody to use."

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he's just like a little fact book isn't he!! they also said that 90% of the people who own pit bulls are convicted felons. i guess the other 10% of us just haven't got busted yet. this person knows nothing of the breed and is spewing crap out of his mouth. i'm just going to go through and pull out some of his fun little quotes.

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"We haven't had any attacks yet, that's right. We've had close calls. Fortunately, most of them have involved me.

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then i have to say too bad they were only close calls and not attacks. they might as well run free in the street if you're going to ban them anyways.

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"Have we had aggressive dogs, complaints, dog bites? Yes."

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but they weren't pit bulls. so we don't care it's okay for other dogs to bite people just as long as it's not a pit bull

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"I would estimate that the way things have been progressing, in two to three years there could very likely be something very serious happen," he said. "For me to sit back and do nothing would be irresponsible. It's playing Russian roulette."

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he won't live to see it though. one of the convicted felon owners will surely get fed up with him by then.

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"Regardless, I feel more for the animal, because in every case where bloodsport is involved, and even in just complying with the strict ordinance we have, the animal loses."

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is he saying that they have strict city ordinances for bloodsports? nope he's just a dummy and can not word his sentences in a way that won't confuse poeple.

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"They feel about their dogs just as adamantly as if their kids were being taken from them, and for those people, I feel. They probably feel like I would if it were me," he said. "Unfortunately, this, as in everything else, is a situation in which a few people can ruin it for everybody.

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he is one of those "few" people that ruin it for everybody else. not once in this article did he talk about dog fighting being a problem(well he did, but do you really belive him) or talk about catching anyone who was fighting there dogs.

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"I've been here long enough that people know when I am talking about something, it needs attention," he said. "The commissioners know this; my bosses know this; my co-workers know this. Now the city knows this.

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cmon' guys we have 30 pit bulls in our city, no reported attacks YET. blah blah blah, they probably can't wait for his stupid a** to retire.

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"I'm not against the dogs," Crites said, "and right now, the dog is losing."

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i'm confused......if he's not against the dogs then who is trying to ban them. hey, you can't trick me. i know a tricky tricker when i see one.

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"Another difference between pit bulls and other dog bites is that other dogs will go after an arm or a leg, and they'll hit and then let go, over and over," Crites said. "A pit bull will go for the head and throat every time and crush and rip loose with every bite."

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just like a great white shark. it'll rip your throat right out.....i can't belive the nerve this guy has.

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Severity of injury from pit bull bites, in addition to the 2,000 PSI jaw strength, results from jaws that virtually lock when a bite is made. Pit bulls generally do not release their foes until they quit moving. Dog fights sometimes last up to two hours and occasionally last up to eight hours. When pit bulls bite, their jaws aren't opened and removed; rather flesh is torn loose as it is ripped from another dog -- or human victim

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oooh are you scared yet? i think that this one's my favorite. he officially proves he's a 10 on a dumb**s scale of 1-5. and how does he know how long fights go for. he might as well say yeah the dog fight i was at last friday night went for 8 hrs. i honestly belive with all of my heart that this man did not complete any grades in school beyond 5th.

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"Right now, it's shrunk down to a lull," Crites said. "It's probably been 6 months since I've seen any active signs (of dog fight evidence, such as wounds or scars on dogs)."

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is that the only way to tell? hey my neighbor has a pitttt bull and it had scars oh golly gee i'de better call the police.

america will fall to itself, i see more and more things that bother me everyday. does anyone want to come with me and start a pit bull rescue in mexico, land's cheap.

posted 12-01-2003 12:49 PM         

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The other scare was in answer to a "possible bite situation." When Crites arrived to investigate, he found a 5-month-old pit bull with a 1-year-old girl and 4-year-old boy. The boy was hitting the dog's body in play, and the dog was jumping and hitting the boy's face with its open mouth.

"And then the dog went and did the exact same thing to the little girl," he said. "What that told me was that the dog's instinct was to attack the face someday. When he reaches puberty (at about 6 months of age), the likelihood of it attacking the face for real becomes a much more likely possibility.

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"When you've seen a dog on a rope like that, or on a cat mill or a treadmill, in most cases the dog is being prepped for either dog fighting

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The normal strength of a pit bull bite, before it is exercised on a rope

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is 2,000 pounds per square inch. Any other dog, including Rottweilers, German shepherds and Doberman pinchers, has a bite strength of 1,000 PSI.

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results from jaws that virtually lock when a bite is made

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Another difference between pit bulls and other dog bites is that other dogs will go after an arm or a leg, and they'll hit and then let go, over and over," Crites said. "A pit bull will go for the head and throat every time and crush and rip loose with every bite."

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The Humane Society of the United States documents approximately 90 percent of pit bull owners have criminal backgrounds of some sort in which they've been convicted of felonies.

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Pit bulls cannot be left alone in a vehicle, for risk of breaking side windows and escaping.

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"I'm not against the dogs," Crites said, "and right now, the dog is losing."

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"Some have 'dangerous dog' ordinances, where a dog is listed after it's bitten someone. To me, that's too late."

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"I've spent a lot of time observing these dogs and their owners and learning about them, and my knowledge is for everybody to use."

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