Hello Lee,
On Thu 2012-May-31 10:48, Lee Lofaso (3:800/432) wrote to Richard Webb:
>LL>The problem is, most folks who own pit bulls (and certain other
>LL>large breeds) do so for illegal activities (dog fighting). The
>LL>vocal cords of these dogs are usually cut so the dogs will not be
>LL>able to make a sound when wounded in a fight.
LL> Oh, some of those folks are very bright. Bright enough to
LL> know how to make money in a sickening "sport". Also bright
LL> enough to make themselves (and their dogs) scarce when the
LL> law finds out about their nefarious activities.
Yeeah maybe, but this thing that adopted his cousin's rottie in cednter city
N.O. might have been cunning, but bright
doesn't describe this dim bulb. Standing him against a wall and shooting him
would have been neighborhood improvement.
The average intelligence of the enighborhood would have
immediately gone up about 50 points.
RW>INdeed, I've known some well behaved pitbulls, their owners
RW>are usually people of intelligence who properly trained the
RW>dog.
LL> There is a big difference between *responsible* dog owners
LL> and nincompoops.
INdeed there is, and usually responsible dog owners have the intellectual
capacity to understand what's going on around
them and govern themselves accordingly.
RW>Indeed they do, and it's the irresponsible ones who give
RW>certain breeds undeserved reputations.
LL> For the most part, that is true. However, the only difference
LL> between dogs that most folks are aware of is "big" and "small". In
LL> that sense, all "big" dogs are dangerous, and all "small" dogs
LL> (except for chihuahuas) are nice and friendly.
I've never met a chihuahua I liked . But, I guess if i
were small enough to be crushed to death in one average
person's hand I'd be rather vicious too.
>LL>Rottweillers are an old breed, used extensively by Romans.
>LL>Just because they have the physical ability to eat you alive does
>LL>not mean they cannot be trained to serve man.
RW>MIne is very good. If Kathy's blood sugar goes wacky in
RW>the middle of the night, she wakes Kathy. if the
RW>electricity goes off and the oxygen concentrator no longer
RW>pushes air into her nose and i need to switch Kathy to a tank,
RW>the Rottweiler wakes me. They were bred to be mountain herding
RW>dogs.
LL> Not all dogs have a good temperament. And not all dogs are
LL> well-trained. And some dogs are just plain stupid. Labradors often
LL> come to mind in the dumb category.
Have seen that. i had a shepherd/lab mix that was
dumb as a post years ago.
RW>Indeed, play is a reward, as well as a way to "blow off
RW>steam" and we use it as such.
LL> Daschshunds can jump high. Very high. One of my friends
LL> had trained his daschshund to jump on command, to go after
LL> a guy's family jewels. I thought he was joking when he
LL> told me about that. Fortunately I was on some steps when
LL> he had the dog prove me wrong, as I escaped becoming a
LL> eunuch by a fraction of an inch.
Have seen that. They're agile in lots of ways,
because of waht they were bred to do, go into badger holes.
LL> It was a friendly dog, and I had never had any problem
LL> being around it, the dog even allowing me and others to
LL> pet it. And, aside from cats, seemed to be tame and
LL> non-threatening. But it was trained to obey that one
LL> command...
They have very powerful legs for as short as said legs are,
but then they need 'em for what they're bred to do.
And yes, to respond to one of your earlier comments I"ve
snipped, I've been a dog owner off and on most of my life,
trained my own dog guide once, and assisted a friend in
training hers.
Regards,
Richard
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