Fight4yourights: February 2013

The town of Winthrop Ma like many across the Country for many years had a restriction on Pitbulls that stoped you from owning one in that town. MassPaws a rescue group from the area has been working to have that reversed along with dog people from Winthrop. I got to

meet the Winthrop dog officer through Oceanview Kennels a local shelter where I donate time they are the pound for the surrounding city's . Well there's a woman from Oceanview who people call the doglady and she is a Pitbull advocate who had been working with Mark for a while and had his attention on the matter and we had quite a few good conversations about the dogs their breed and the impact of the owner on the dogs. One day he shows up with a 75 pound Black Pit mix ( DUKE pictured left ) he had found this dog on a beach and took him to that citys pound thinking someone was looking for him but it was so late that night he couldn't do it till the morning he has a Pug and another dog cant remember what kind but he was nervous about bringing the dog in the house but didnt want to leave the dog outside so he leashed him and walked him in well there was no blood thirsty flesh ripping attack there was just a dog that wanted to be patted & play fetch just like his dogs. Well the dog made such an impact on him he kept calling and checking if anyone had come to claim him

because if nobody comes looking for them within ten days they euthanize them. Well ten days passed and nobody claimed him but Mark went down paid for his shots and his release called us up to
see if we could find him a home and of course we said yes and soon after the ban was lifted. Now we have been doing dog days in Winthrop to promote responsible ownership and to show pitbulls are just dogs that want to be treated like any other dog. We have been welcomed there by people of all ages and have been interviewed by the local cabel network and all who we have encountered have given us high praise.

We had two celebrity dogs in attendance this week Lilly the Pitbull who lost her leg saving her owner from being struck by a train and there was Bruin who I took there was accused of attacking someone and shot in the face by police even though he showed no aggression when police arrived and then come to find out the boy who said he was attacked by Bruin had lied , he was trying to break in the house where the dog lived saw the dog and ran leaving the back door open which allowed Bruin to get out of the house and that's when the police pulled up to find him sitting on his own front porch and decided that shooting him was the proper response. This dog is a about a hundred pounds but is as gentle of a dog as any that I have met in my life even after being shot in the face he still is happy to meet everyone he comes across a great example of a Pitbull Terrier here are some photos of a the walk it was a good time with guess what no incidents because thats what happens with responsible owners.

Little Tan and white guy is Luke he is up for adoption he is being fostered by two girls who have a chawawa a Golden lab and a cat and he is great with all of them 100 % house trained and happy to meet everyone we have come across he is a perfect dog to use as a therapy dog he is one of my favorites

Me and Coal I fostered her for a couple months she was almost my third dog
but she got a great home they love her so much they want another one.

here are the rest of the pics

                               The one sticking out her tounge was born deaf but she is very
                       smart and has learned to understand sign language she loves our dog days.

We are at the local cabel station being interviewed.

                           All breeds are welcome to come and have had many other dogs come
                                          out and enjoy the attention that we attract.

Although his name is Bruin he supports all Boston teams.

Hard to keep up with only three legs so she took a break
where and when ever she wanted and thats just fine by us.

Is the APBT the problem ?

I agree there's a problem but BSL means that the crimes of a small amount of dogs a year punish million's of dogs who haven't done anything wrong and never will.

I guarantee 90 percent of the dogs who attack are irresponsibly owned abused or trained by bad people to be bad not to mention back yard breeders cross breeding for looks & size instead of temperament and disposition cross breeding is a tricky thing.
That's the problem with half of the Pit bulls today they took people aggressive breeds and crossed them with Pit bulls a breed with extreme determination and drive and hung papers on them as Purebreds thats how Pit bulls went from 25 to 55 lbs for 150 years to 70 to 135 lbs in the last 10 or 15 years. What they did was create monsters that are " Dangerous" Not all of them are bad but the ones that are can do alot of damage.

Because of this allot of good dogs and their owners suffer.Pitbulls are a very loyal & loving breed by nature who are being exploited. There are 100 other ways to fix this problem tattoo id numbers on dogs that attach them to their owners Large fines for unregistered dogs when you register you have to bring your dog in an evaluation... anything except BSL...Are we going back to hanging women for witch craft next.

To say a whole breed is born bad is just ignorant and narrow minded. With the amount of Pit bulls that are abused fought trained or just encouraged to be bad Im surprised there's not more problems out there .

Bsl does nothing to address the real problem it just victimizes good dogs & responsible owners & it lets the guilty ones go out and buy another dog of another breed and repeat the whole thing over again. Do you truly think if Pit bulls were gone tomorrow ..there would be no more dog fights or people would stop abusing them.
Sounds like People might be the real problem not Pit bulls.

We have made mistakes in our country in the past and have come along way in just 300 years but BSL is like taking ten steps back,,it's the easy way out to blame a dog when the real problem is people. People fight the people abuse them people make them aggressive people poorly breed them, and now people want to blame them and kill them. Tell me how that's fair how its in Society's best interest... its a travesty and makes me ashamed of a country that I truly love.

It doesn't take a genius to know what they are doing in Denver Florida Ohio & Georgia is disturbing only sick people would do this
& the rest of the people who can put a stop to this madness and haven't are not much better. I thought everyone was innocent until proven guilty in this country.... where is due process ?

The Constitution of the United States guarantees us these rights, and countless thousands died to ensure us of these rights and every time we allow them be violated we dishonor all those who died for our country.In Ohio you can have Lions Tigers & Grizzly bears but Pitbulls are Illegal...... Ya that makes sense !

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