Pit Bulls: What's the appeal?

i want a yorkie, they're wonderful

granted i bet the looming cutback in my alcohol consumption (lol med school) ought to cover it, but still. gimme data, dog fanciers

xp u r correct

i want a dog big enough to rough house with, but small enough to fit in my messenger bag

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1016/1286957573_5cd602da7c.jpg?v=0

this guy's out.

6 months old there, wtf

basically i want an awesome terrier/sheepdog mutt, who i will name Neil Young

i want a yorkie, they're wonderful

One of the few small dogs that I endorse wholeheartedly. Adorable and spunky! Go teacup!

Other acceptable small dogs:

Shiba Inu and...

i want a dog big enough to rough house with, but small enough to fit in my messenger bag

You have selected: Jack Russell Terrier

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/PTGPOD/631706.jpg

http://www.dailypuppy.com/dog/Curtis_4812

http://ihasahotdog.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/cute-puppy-pictures-joy.jpg

Okay, I'll capitulate cash flow, bear in mind that it's for an untrained puppy from scratch.

We probably spent about five to seven hundred dollars on start up dog expenses: license, shots, vet physical, crate, first toys, nature's miracle (don't miss this stuff), cash to replace stuff she destroyed (she ate two wii games and two pairs of shoes), first food, first bowls, first leash, nail clippers, doggie shampoo, first collar, first harness, doggie bed, bones, treats, etc. etc. etc.

If you don't work at home or have a back yard and it's a rambunctious dog that you don't want to/can't leave in the house, you're gonna have to do doggie day care or dog walking services. We pay thirty bucks a day, five days a week for that in Jersey; they do pick up and drop off and let her play with other dogs all day and feed her. It's a nice facility. It wouldn't be less than 20 to get her walked twice daily; probably more.

We set aside (my girl and I collectively) about 200 a month. 100 goes to food, treats, new toys, new stuff that she chews up. The other hundred goes into the medical emergency fund; we've already agreed that we can't go into debt for the dog if she gets badly ill, so this is to supplement the "up-to-a-thousand-but-that's-it" limit we put on her when we got her. We probably spend a couple extra bucks beyond that on impulse treats.

Your milage may vary (we definitely spoil her), but for a city dweller I find that owning a dog is roughly as expensive as owning a car.

hello little child substitute:
http://photos-h.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v258/146/19/1202589090/n1202589090_46735_4410.jpg

Your dog is absolutely darling.

In not Pit Bull news, that crazy lady w/ the Presa Canario's that mauled the lady here in SF just got 15 years:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/09/22/state/n104833D43.DTL&feed=rss.news

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/magazine/12/22/vick.dogs/index.html

He enrolled Jonny in training for the program Paws for Tales, in which kids who get nervous reading aloud in class practice their skills by reading to a canine audience of one. Jonny was certified in November, and now once a month he sits patiently listening to children read.

ok what

http://jeromebecker.com/images/His-Masters-Voice-Print-C10076588.jpg

Haha, what a great idea. Still I hope Vick rots.

> Pit Bulls: What's the appeal?

Good listeners, apparently.

Jasmine, the dog pictured in the SI article, looks a lot like my dog. Same size and everything.

Jasmine is gorgeous.
Banjo in sheep's clothing:
http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v1381/146/19/1202589090/n1202589090_229197_840.jpg

Dog gets cover image! Fuck off, swimsuit girls.

I should start reading aloud to my dog.

The late John Jacob Astor, a personage little
given to poetic enthusiasm, had no hesitation in pronouncing my first
grand point to be prudence; my next, method. I do not speak it in
vanity, but simply record the fact, that I was not unemployed in my
profession by the late John Jacob Astor; a name which, I admit, I love
to repeat, for it hath a rounded and orbicular sound to it, and rings
like unto bullion. I will freely add, that I was not insensible to the
late John Jacob Astor's good opinion.

He looked in the other direction, but he always does that. Otherwise, he sat quite still and occasionally wagged his tail. Good boy.

cute, loving, smart. other breeds are a waste of time.

Plea for help, guys, from one of my colleagues:

Last night my roommate found a dog shivering on the street. He took her in and gave her some food and a bath and then she slept for about 4-5 hours. Clearly she was exhausted and hungry. When she woke up she was a pleasure to be with. Tail wagging, never barked, and responded to simple commands. We have some neighbors who work with animals, one is a former vet tech, another a dog trainer. They both examined her and she has a few scrapes but otherwise in good shape. While its clear she is housebroken, it seems her former owners did not take very good care. We estimate she is about 2 years old.

Because we have four cats, we cannot entertain the idea of keeping a dog. If you know anyone who can take in this sweet animal please let me know. We want to avoid bringing her to a shelter, please send this along to anyone you think can help. Thanks.

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e66/LimitedLiabilityGirl/FoundPit.jpg

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Can't help, but cute dog! Why don't they want to take her to a shelter?

NOSE SO PINKS

OMG. I could never take another pit, but so sweet. Laurel, are you NYC? If so, forward me more info and I'll circulate.

My baby had the flu for three weeks and then tore her acl. she's been cooped up in the house for five weeks and I came home last night to a stir-crazed pile of shredded magazines and video game boxes. We gotta get her back to regular playtime.

Nick: Most US shelters are packed full with pits already and even at a no-kill shelter, they're unlikely to be placed.

Yah, I'm NYC! That's all the info I have, that paragraph and that photo.

Such a cutie.

Can't help, but cute dog! Why don't they want to take her to a shelter?

when I lived in tennessee, the bastards who ran dogfighting rings would troll shelters for pit bulls, and since the shelters knew this, they would automatically put down pit bulls.

Fuck that's sad.

Sheesh, that is not good. Still, might be worth talking to local shelters to get their take on it anyhow.

that's how we ended up with our pit bull - a friend of ours worked at the pound and snuck her out cuz she was such a lovable, couldn't stand to put her down

xp

Forwarding and facebooking now. Let you know if I get a pos response anywhere.
She looks beautiful. Muskly!

I suspect her body fat is down from going hungry?? Poor girl. Thanks for passing it around.

Pits tend to get husky like that when they're low slung, which she seems to be, but yeah: she needs two squares for a few months.

She looks in pretty good shape in that pic. Pits are always pretty buff looking unless their owner overfeeds 'em and then they can get a bit rolly-polly.

yeah, those muscles look like they'd wrench your shoulder pretty good if she saw a squirrel while you had her on leash.

Hah well virtually any dog can do that. Dogs do like their squirrels.

http://ihasahotdog.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/funny-dog-pictures-dog-eats-your-homework.jpg

guys my banjo tore her right rear acl and after a month of going crazy in the house, may need two months recovery/3000 bucks of surgery and I'm v v v unhappy

Laurel, how'd your friends pit end up?

Jeez. Didn't she already have a hip/leg problem before?

Yeah, it got worse.

three grand is kinda like, shit I love my dog, but an axe is twenty bucks and it's reusable

:( I think my wife and I are going to start stuffing more money in our just in case dog fund.

we had 1200 over the past two years. Now we're back at negative, presumably. Seeing a specialist at the start of next week.

I don't know what happened to the rescue pit, but that sucks about your baby. Can't you just get a little fishing line and sew that up under the power of, like...chloroform? Please do not go all Misery on us w/r/t that axe.

Also I'm looking for an apt and my roommie has a little dog, and people keep asking us "What kind of dog is it? Because you know, they don't want any pit bulls or nothing in the building."

:( :(

I'm finding out that acl injuries are real common with pitbulls; lotta weight at a high velocity on little spindly legs.
Reading forums like this are scary: http://www.pitbullforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=114658&highlight=ligament

Torn acl's are fairly common for pits are they not?

xp!

This page is making me melt.

http://www.badrap.org/rescue/adoptions.cfm

That is the best page ever. I'm sure I've linked to it a dozen times on ile.