Henrysue- those are the cutest pics EVER!! I love that one with the chicken. Poor, poor doggy!
My dog Lily is a brindle boxer mix. She kinda looks like a pit with that coloring. I never 'fess up that she's not as those that ask are always folks I'd rather not have coming around anyway!
We used to go to the dog park before we moved. In all the months we were there, they had only two dog fights break out. Both were instigated by un-neutered male rottweillers. Stupid owners had ignored all the signs banning uncut males and had strutted into the park with these enormous untrained dogs. Idiots. One time the male dog picked out the weakest dog in the park (a one-eyed cocker spaniel) and gave chase. The other time two uncut males got into it. It took most of the humans in the park to gain control of the situation. The pit bulls were cowering at their owners' feet, like most of the other dogs. I found that the park pits were sweet and loving dogs. They behaved like all the other goofy mutts running around. Clearly they were loved and socialized and trained.
My big issue is with people that don't spay or neuter. Neuter especially. 99% of us don't need an un-fixed dog. With these rottweillers it was purely an ego thing for the owner. Sadly, it was the dogs that were going to pay for it. They were eventually banned from the park and who knows what else. Arggg!!
I'll stop before I go off on a ranting tangent. Suffice it to say that there are many, many people that don't deserve to own dogs!
Good luck on your puppy quest. I'm impressed that you are doing research ahead of time and preparing as much as you can. You will be a good dog owner!
My dog Lily is a brindle boxer mix. She kinda looks like a pit with that coloring. I never 'fess up that she's not as those that ask are always folks I'd rather not have coming around anyway!
We used to go to the dog park before we moved. In all the months we were there, they had only two dog fights break out. Both were instigated by un-neutered male rottweillers. Stupid owners had ignored all the signs banning uncut males and had strutted into the park with these enormous untrained dogs. Idiots. One time the male dog picked out the weakest dog in the park (a one-eyed cocker spaniel) and gave chase. The other time two uncut males got into it. It took most of the humans in the park to gain control of the situation. The pit bulls were cowering at their owners' feet, like most of the other dogs. I found that the park pits were sweet and loving dogs. They behaved like all the other goofy mutts running around. Clearly they were loved and socialized and trained.
My big issue is with people that don't spay or neuter. Neuter especially. 99% of us don't need an un-fixed dog. With these rottweillers it was purely an ego thing for the owner. Sadly, it was the dogs that were going to pay for it. They were eventually banned from the park and who knows what else. Arggg!!
I'll stop before I go off on a ranting tangent. Suffice it to say that there are many, many people that don't deserve to own dogs!
Good luck on your puppy quest. I'm impressed that you are doing research ahead of time and preparing as much as you can. You will be a good dog owner!
