Pit Bulls: What's the appeal?

Lady is bringing over a staffy terrier for me to meet and possibly adopt after work tonight. Landlord is hesitant, for wahtever landlord reason, so i'm having him come by to meet the dog, too.

We'll see.

!!!!

Good luck!

grown or pup?

grown. 4 years old.

pups run around too much and try to eat your feets while you sleep.

dammit, landlord is being a stick in the mud about this, so they took her back with them to Gresham. i have to work on him for a coupla more days, it seems.

i dunno how it is where you are but you don't actually need your landlords permission to have pets here. even if you sign a lease saying "no pets" they still can't do nuthin'. or are you asctually a decent person that cares what your landlord says? if so that's very nice of you.

my lease said that i had to get written or emailed permission to have a pet. And my landlord/ex-roommate has done favors and extended certain polite things, so i still keep a good relationship.

but i still want a dog, dammit. MOre work left to do, i guess.

Tho landlord was not actually here to meet the dog, which is what i had set up to do, since i figured it would be far harder for him to say no when he's under attack by hound snouts.

I was going through the park carrying some groceries home yesterday when I saw a woman relaxing on a bench with what appeared to be two guide-dogs-in-training lolling at her feet. As I passed, one of them started wagging its tail and even stood up to let me know how glad it was to see me.

PITTY GUIDE DOG PEOPLE!

This being the internet, I believe the appropriate expression is 'squee.'

SHOULD I GO TO THIS Y/N

http://portland.craigslist.org/clk/pet/370148125.html

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g23/mistyduey/tmpphpFma6RC.jpg

http://www.wcbba.net/
http://www.network54.com/Forum/523218/

I'm a-feared that all the hounds there will be too thugged out to enjoy a good hug wot with their cubicle heads and all that.

I would go.

http://www.wcbba.net/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/p1.jpg.w300h400.jpg

FEARSOME!

seems like a spectacularly bad idea.

You must go & REPORT.

Okay, went out and visited this today. Place was way the fuck out there in Camas, by a run-down mid-century bowling alley. Most of the dogs were hanging out in their crates under the nearby shade trees, and there were at least 5 blue puppies. Nice people, but heavy on the redneck/chronic obese bit. There was a nice river just down the hill from the bowling alley, so the dogs could flop about in that to cool off. They had a funky little treadmill contraption that the dogs fucking LOVED; they get hooked in this harness and put on the treadmill and race their doggy minds out, having the grandest time.

Almost every other dog had its ears cropped; one puppy still had the stitches.

Conclusion: i still want a dog. I'm debating attending the 2007 Basset Hound Games in one of the far-off exurbs tomorrow. Apparently, 200 basset hounds are nothing to sneeze at.

Pictures to come.

;_' at cropped ears

About this:

http://www.wcbba.net/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/p1.jpg.w300h400.jpg

Have I done too many drugs or does this look like a Viewmaster image with 3 separate photos stuck together?
1. background with truck
2. fat girl
3. black and white photo of a dog

No? Smoke a joint, drink a beer, eat some mushrooms and get back to me. Plus, wear binoculars.

truck was not there today, but stacked cinder blocks with caution tape to denote dog show area was.

girl was there.

ain't you never seen a blue pitty? Here's another, that somebody on the local CL is giving away:

http://portland.craigslist.org/wsc/pet/372113651.html

http://images.craigslist.org/010100010208010409200707121cb426c40569e4430b001435.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/stokelake/blue_irish_staffie_puppies.jpg

<img src=http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1128/796854273_93d620a399.jpg?v=0>;

me with my favorite pit friend, such a sweetie.

dammit, code isn't even new.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1128/796854273_93d620a399.jpg?v=0

yay! big snout attack!

there was a woman at Crate & Barrel today carting around her 11-week old brindle bulldog - if I weren't a macho bro it would have been total 'squee' time. I am now convinced that English Bulldogs are truly the greatest of all things.

Pit bulls and staffies are aight, but they're a good four or five spots down the list (1. English bulldogs 2. Catahoula Leopard Dogs 3. Manx Cats 4. scotch 6. Anatolian Shepherd Dogs 6. pit bulls & staffies)

I got a pit RIGHT when King posted.
Her name is banjo and i love her and we may need to get rid of her because the girlfriend is having a terrible rash reaction to something (likely dog) that required an emergency room visit today. Left eye is half swoll shut.
I'm stressing.

Also:
They're ugly (she's gorgeous)
ill-tempered (loves everybody)
dangerous (she's as soft as a marshmallow)
and, I imagine, probably smell quite bad (smells fine! better than most dawgs)

http://www.tvacres.com/images/backup.jpg

POC (proof of cuteness)

I'm really hoping i don't need to get rid of this dawg. She's a straight pain in the ass sometimes, but I luv her.

aww, that sucks.

xp

doggie looks lovely

http://tofuhut.racknine.net/2007/Banjo/DSCN1226.JPG

"My Kong, let me show you it."

I really hope your gal ain't banjollergic, forks.

Dear Michael Vick - fuck you asshole.

What a douche puddle!

OMG Kingfish box of puppies!!!

Banjo looks like a cuddly sweetpile.

I hope they got a couple of people to turn on Vick and they can actually make this stick. Kiss your $100mn in contracts and endorsements goodbye, asshole.

Man, fuck that guy. One of the Portland Trailblazers was rumored to be involved in dogfighting, and the cops came down on his ass like a ton of bricks.

Okay, found it. here's a press release, when they went after that guy, who was a reserve forward at the time.

meanwhile, here's a taste of the weekend's fun:

http://img466.imageshack.us/img466/4145/pupsjy7.jpg

http://img466.imageshack.us/img466/1352/66688432iz3.jpg

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/853/84453858kp3.jpg

I like the shot of the two blues against the asphalt. "Camouflaged puppy is camouflaged."

grrrrrr. my friend's sweet half-pit was killed yesterday by a vicious neighborhood dog (not a pit).

I'm very sorry to hear that.

That's awful. My downstairs neighbour has a scary little Staffy puppy and a 9 month old baby, doesn't strike me as a very sensible combination.

doesn't strike me as a very sensible combination.

RONG

Staffy = nanny dog

guys i just reread this thread and got myself all worked up again! wtf. the white muppet pit puppy is the cuetest thing!

also it is still true that my worst animal scars are from a bulldog and a ferret ;_;

Box of puppies was just an example found on GIS, unfortunately, not an actual box poppies i encountered u_u

fun for today's photo needs: http://pitbullsintruth.blogspot.com/

That Vick story (if proven) is making me looking forward to seeing him get plastered on the turf...
Girl goes to allergist tomorrow; please keep paws crossed.

I can't get into the FUMV thread here at work, but I sure do like the title!

Any pet + baby is a bad idea if you're not in control of the situation. Even cats can fuck up a baby if they want to.

heh. I was looking for a pic of a dog with a saddle & baby, and i found this instead:

http://www.houndsaroundtown.com/lifestyle/images/dogwithpack.gif

Doggie saddle bags!

wait--why were you looking for the first thing to begin with?