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Rex

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93. Beautiful dog, I can tell you take great care of her.

Sun May 19, 2013, 01:51 PM

May 2013

What a healthy coat! DON'T let the people here who want to criminalize a breed of dog get you down!

I work at a local animal shelter and have seen countless Pits come through here. Some from fighting and some from people scared that it was a Pit. They are some of the friendliest dogs I've ever encountered. Even the ones that were tortured into fighting, turn out to be gentle giants only wanting some positive attention. I have sat with them and felt the pain of their scars from life (some of them with hundreds of scars). I've had more than one lean on me and groan with joy that someone would sit on the floor and hug (and give a good ear scratch) until they felt enough love and courage to lay down and fall asleep by themselves.

The pain and torture this breed is put through breaks my heart in half.

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Celebrities with their Pit Bulls [View all] baldguy May 2013 OP

nurture brings out the true nature Voice for Peace May 2013 #1

Another... GoCubsGo May 2013 #2

Hearing Ira Glass talk about Piney is amazing. PeaceNikki May 2013 #3

So cute - the whole batch! Nt xchrom May 2013 #4

K&R With one comment. Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #5

Fionna Apple and Janet: The Letter (Hanky Alert!) demmiblue May 2013 #6

Here's another great link - Pit Bull heroes Hall of Fame PeaceNikki May 2013 #7

Yes, I suppose they can afford to go without homeowners insurance too ErikJ May 2013 #8

Automatically? Wednesdays May 2013 #9

HA! Like health insurance. They wont pay out if youre sued a couple Mill. ErikJ May 2013 #10

Will they pay if you are sued for what your st bernard did? uppityperson May 2013 #11

Probably. ErikJ May 2013 #22

Prove it. Show us any link to any national insurance carrier baldguy May 2013 #25

Many 'pitbulls' are not large. roody May 2013 #29

Exactly. uppityperson May 2013 #31

But insurance company might define them as such. It's going to depend on the company. baldguy May 2013 #32

He's lying. baldguy May 2013 #17

That's simply not true. PeaceNikki May 2013 #12

Sorry it is. Top 10 dangerous dogs disqualify ErikJ May 2013 #13

No, it's not. PeaceNikki May 2013 #15

THat's odd-State Farm asked me if I had any dangerous dog. ErikJ May 2013 #24

you can use the Internet for research too... snooper2 May 2013 #73

Of course you know that's a lie. baldguy May 2013 #16

My insurance company has never asked roody May 2013 #27

Well they sure do in my state. States have different standards I guess. ErikJ May 2013 #40

agents have their own standards. PeaceNikki May 2013 #43

Wil Wheaton's Seamus looks just like our dear departed Jocko. Whisp May 2013 #14

Wil has Marlowe too. baldguy May 2013 #33

Awesome! BainsBane May 2013 #18

my next dog. Jon Stewart lives his stuff. My hero, that roguevalley May 2013 #19

Yeah, for anyone who missed the slide show on HuffPo PeaceNikki May 2013 #21

Is it bad quakerboy May 2013 #20

The point is 99.9999999% of dogs that look like Pit Bulls **DON'T** and **WON'T** bite people. baldguy May 2013 #30

where did you get your information? Pit bulls bites are by far the most in number and BREMPRO May 2013 #77

First off LostOne4Ever May 2013 #79

Well, that pretty much puts all that to bed (to sleep?) DirkGently May 2013 #88

ok. so here's a more objective wikipedia link that sites numerous studies that support their BREMPRO May 2013 #89

You do realize that any numbnuts with an internet connection can edit Wikipedia? baldguy May 2013 #96

sure from dogbites. but the study was performed by JAMA, well respected for their adherence BREMPRO May 2013 #105

Probably because of the media LostOne4Ever May 2013 #107

Lots of Abstracts LostOne4Ever May 2013 #106

I delivered papers as a kid dsc May 2013 #110

Dogsbite,com is an anti-Pit Bull propaganda site, full of outright lies. baldguy May 2013 #82

are you saying their statistics are wrong? or simply misleading? BREMPRO May 2013 #85

According to Wikipedia LostOne4Ever May 2013 #108

Bullmastiffs (from the UK) and Presa Canarios (from Spain) are two entirely separate breeds Celerity Jun 2023 #111

Josh Hutcherson adopts pit bull ErikJ May 2013 #23

And as we all know whatchamacallit May 2013 #26

How many of these people are now dead from mauling since the pics were taken? Buzz Clik May 2013 #28

u forgot the sarcasm emotie. dogs are like people. good or bad, it's all in how they are trained. ellenfl May 2013 #35

Surely I didn't need the little sign! Buzz Clik May 2013 #36

Seems the genocidal dog haters lack the sarcasm gene. baldguy May 2013 #48

i thought you were being serious. sorry. eom ellenfl May 2013 #90

Now for a reality check: ErikJ May 2013 #41

And media reports are notoriously inaccurate when in reporting the breed in dog attack stories. baldguy May 2013 #42

there are plenty of threads shitting all over pits. kindly shit in one of those PeaceNikki May 2013 #44

There are plenty of shit on pit bull... one_voice May 2013 #50

Dog breeders are shit-STOP the insanity ErikJ May 2013 #51

And spreading lies about the majority of normal, well-adjusted, happy family dogs is evil. baldguy May 2013 #52

I was talking most specifically about the English Bull Dog but it does apply to other breeds as well ErikJ May 2013 #58

No, you weren't. You're just spreading shit. baldguy May 2013 #59

Breeding dogs to kill other dogs is equally bad or worse. ErikJ May 2013 #60

Look at the OP again. Just like 99.99999% of all dogs, not a killer in the bunch. baldguy May 2013 #61

Post removed Post removed May 2013 #63

The animal abusers are doing what you want them to do: punishing your guilty party. baldguy May 2013 #66

Yes! PEOPLE are the evil ones breeding killer dogs. ErikJ May 2013 #68

And 99.99999% aren't killers. Yet you want to do away with them anyway. baldguy May 2013 #69

Pit bulls are a product of MAN! NOT GOD! ErikJ May 2013 #70

So are horses. And they kill more people than dogs do each year. baldguy May 2013 #72

you should look into how many in the op were rescued. PeaceNikki May 2013 #53

Dog breeders you say? one_voice May 2013 #55

And if you look up further in the thread LostOne4Ever May 2013 #62

Oh boy, is the NRA branching into Pit bulls now? nt ErikJ May 2013 #64

If you think LostOne4Ever May 2013 #65

Too Absurd ErikJ May 2013 #67

You know those numbers are based on incorrect & inaccurate media reports. baldguy May 2013 #71

Your premise is absurd. flvegan May 2013 #74

That would require the NRA to have a sense of ethics. Scootaloo May 2013 #76

0% BainsBane May 2013 #46

OH MY GAWDS THOSE EVIL DAWGS SHOULD BE PUT TO DEATH!!! 1111 Apophis May 2013 #34

Why don't you just buy into the pitbull hysteria like everyone else!? Rex May 2013 #37

I've got this little girl to keep me grounded in reality. baldguy May 2013 #38

aw she's a beaut!!! Skittles May 2013 #80

She looks cute and dorkly! especially her ears! x darkangel218 May 2013 #81

Beautiful dog, I can tell you take great care of her. Rex May 2013 #93

she's beautiful! eom ellenfl May 2013 #94

Torrey Smith does fundraising for our Baltimore animal shelter shireen May 2013 #39

My baby girl pit does that too, and I call it "helicopter hinee" dorkzilla May 2013 #83

Welll golly gee willikers... 99Forever May 2013 #45

here`s a favorite of mine.. opiate69 May 2013 #47

Rachel Ray's dog looks like my Baby Girl susanr516 May 2013 #49

Ten minutes after the photoshoot, all of them died!!!!!! ZombieHorde May 2013 #54

Worse-their faces were ripped off. ErikJ May 2013 #56

Aaaahhhhh! nt ZombieHorde May 2013 #57

Sweet! I didn't know what to expect before I saw the photos... Quantess May 2013 #75

Our pit is the sweetest damn animal you'd ever wanna meet ... brett_jv May 2013 #78

Bless you, BaldGuy! dorkzilla May 2013 #84

So baldguy, if abuse is the reason these dogs become violent whatchamacallit May 2013 #86

Tragically, these are the last known photos of the victims ... DirkGently May 2013 #87

Are you sure those are pit bulls? GaYellowDawg May 2013 #91

Ut oh... 99Forever May 2013 #92

I call them Pit Bulls simply because their owners do. baldguy May 2013 #97

Insufficient. Where are the papers? GaYellowDawg May 2013 #99

The breed only matters when dumbfucks are looking to place blame on someone. baldguy May 2013 #100

OR when you're being hypocritical about it. GaYellowDawg May 2013 #102

What is a breed other than a race of dog? baldguy May 2013 #103

It's very different. And where are the papers? GaYellowDawg May 2013 #109

Our Border Collie "Mix" Rescue Dog Turned Out To Be A "Pitbull" Tace May 2013 #95

More guns!!! Iggo May 2013 #98

Cute puppehs! nt tblue37 May 2013 #101

It is not the dog that is the problem. It is the people that care for them. LiberalFighter May 2013 #104