Pit bulls often have a bad name, but much has been made to change this. Since 2005, San Francisco has made it mandatory for all pit bulls to be spay or neutered since the mauling death of Nicholas Faibish, a twelve year old. There now is a 25 percent drop in seized pit bulls and 33 percent drop in pits being euthanized according to Rebecca Katz, animal control director at the shelter.
“It’s absolutely made a difference,” said Capt. Vicky Guldbech of San
Francisco’s animal control department. “When I started this job, pit bulls
were feared. We were afraid of them. Now when I see pit bulls in the
field, they have cute wagging tails.”
The dogs are more calmer if spayed or neuter and become more pet quality so they are easily socialized into normal society.
The law is enforced easily and the control officer can check if spayed or neuter, and if not the owner is cited and if not fixed in a certain number of days, the dog will be taken.
Some will question, what is a pit bull? This breed was formally known as American pit bull terrier. Experts say this breed is from the Staffordshire bull terrier, from the 19th century England and later mixed with the bulldogs. This breed is not recognized by the AKC.
It is through generations of breeding for strength and aggression that became what people know as the pit bull fighting dog. The word pit came from the fighting pit the dogs would fight in.
Mum personally, and i, have never met an unfriendly one. They are big and strong, but they were all nice. One lives right next door to me and is very sweet. He does not even bark much, but he is right behind the fence. When he is walked by his human, i used to run up and bark and he would just stand and did not do a thing. Now i know him and i do not bark at him much.
This is me and Juju, the pit bull pup from next door. I am fine with him being in front of my house!!!!!!!!!
“Every pit bull is born dangerous, but certainly not every pit bull is
born vicious,” said Colleen Lynn, director of a Texas nonprofit called
Dogs Bite, which lobbies for legislation to control aggressive dogs. “If
the pit bulls choose to bite, chances are something very bad is going to
happen. But not all pit bulls choose to do that.”
An attack from pit bull can be deadly,for this breed will clamp down, shakes it victim and not let go.
There are many groups that work with pit bulls to have them socialized and adopted into family and home situations. One has to really be a more responsible dog owner if one chooses such a breed. It is good to know, pit bulls are being worked with and given fair chance.
i just got out of bed and still stretching…mum had to take me out for pics with JuJu…she went to check for him in the yard but he was not there…his human was returning from the walk…what good timing!!!!!!!!
us pups have to keep up with what goes on in our neighborhood! We street watch every moment we can when we are outside!
kaley corgi kisses!….it is nice to have a nice dog pal as a neighbor!
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Airports should have bathrooms for us pups…we travel just like humans do!
The federal government is making this happen for us pups cuz of the service dogs! There are a few airports that have bathroom areas for us…Chicago O’ Hare, Phoenix, Atlanta, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington National, and Washington Dulles.
“Many of our members travel,” says Melanie Brunson, executive director of the American Council of the Blind, which pushed for the rule. “Increasingly, you don’t get much time between flights. You don’t have a whole lot of time to take care of your dog’s needs.”
The bathrooms are mostly outside and required to be kept clean and odor free and proper drainage! Some have fake grass and even a fire hydrant. I was coming home from Phoenix, Arizona one time with my family and a rest area for pups, even had rattle snakes!
If this was at an airport, it would be way in the boondocks! Federal government now made changes last year to the Air Carrier Access Act that says, that says, people with disabilities have to have convenient relief areas. Sometimes there is not enough time between flights and sometimes one does not want to go far to………..go!
“If there was one (before),” she says, “it was in the boondocks, and (travelers) didn’t have much time to get there.”
Neva Fairchild of Carrollton, Texas, who has a service dog and is an American Foundation for the Blind employee, says it can be embarrassing for owners of dogs that relieve themselves at an airport curb.
“I can understand if people are offended by dogs relieving themselves at a pole 20 feet from the airport,” she says. “But when the dog has to go, it has to go.”
Us pups deserve the same rights as human sometimes and this is one fine example!
one more dog walk please!
hmmm, maybe i better hold off on the water!
i think i need to find the relief area…calif to austin is a long flight!
kaley corgi kisses!…summertime travels, sure hope where ever i go there is plenty of r and r areas for me, rest and relief!
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Yes, it is Furminator time. Every time, mum sees clumps of my fur on the floor and carpet…..or when she figures she is vacuuming too many times in a day. We have hardwood floor and the fluff finds its way behind the doors and under the bed, but she finds it….with mop!
My fur gets so long sometime she steps on it and a clump, gets pulled off….
think i need to be furminated?
Mum was fortunate enough to get to test out the different Furminator tools from the Furminator company. They all do the same thing…..take off the excess undercoat that ends up on clothing, carpets, under the furniture……..and so on and so on and so on….but they have different features.
There is the double edge one…two edges so double the furminating power…more gets brushed off at a time…sorta like a double whammy feature!
There is the ‘eject the fur off’ model so humans do not have to take time to grab it off so close to the blade!
the blue one is the one that has a push button to eject the fur….the fur does not fall off, but puts it to the edge so humans can grab it off easier…. the other one has the noticeable two blades…double the de shed tool power!…mum likes the double edge one best, cuz it makes for double the fur removal!
This is only the small furminator and it sure takes of lots..they do come in different sizes, of course the larger the more de shedding . Mum furminates me, on top of a table and watches a movie sometimes, sure makes for double use of time!
On my page is a Kaley recommends box, of a few things i recommend, you can get from Amazon, and you can check out the sizes and models………….if anything my mum recommends and uses lots…..it is the Furminator tool!
kaley corgi kisses!…sure a lot off of me, and i even had a bath yesterday…. top pic is of me, fresh and clean, and white…..i have lots more white on my face now…notice?
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me and my furminator bath
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