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47. Pit bulls aren't "gigantic," they're medium sized dogs that weigh about 45 lbs-60 lbs

Wed Oct 28, 2015, 04:58 AM

Oct 2015

It's not uncommon to see dogs described as pit bulls (and phobic people seem to think any dog bigger than a bread box with a square head is a pit bull) that are obviously mixes with some mastiff or other large breed molosser, but those are still medium or large dogs. A dog can be "gigantic" or a pit bull but it can't be both.

I have a giant breed dog (a Tosa Inu aka Japanese Mastiff) who isn't even fully grown yet and he weighs more than two adult pit bulls. Fully grown he'll outweigh three. That's a gigantic dog.

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White Indiana woman viciously beats black meter reader for pepper-spraying her dogs [View all] still_one Oct 2015 OP

Hopefully Black meter reader will own white assholes car, house, etc., very soon randys1 Oct 2015 #1

At least they arrested her. I would think as you implied there should be a civil case also still_one Oct 2015 #3

My pets are like my children IVoteDFL Oct 2015 #2

Me too. n/t tabasco Oct 2015 #4

If she really cared about the dogs she'd be taking care of them and washing their eyes out WhollyHeretic Oct 2015 #5

We have a beloved pet, too, but would Laurian Oct 2015 #6

That is the key, and if the dogs approach a meter maid or postal person in a hostile manner, they still_one Oct 2015 #7

Are the meter people required to tell the home owners they are in the yard? IVoteDFL Oct 2015 #11

I have never had a meter reader tell me that they were in my yard. Orrex Oct 2015 #20

first of all I read it wrong. for some reason I read it as meter maid not meter reader still_one Oct 2015 #24

^This x10^ Hayduke Bomgarte Oct 2015 #8

Out of curiosity, have you had your children spayed/neutered? Orrex Oct 2015 #17

My pets are like my kids... a la izquierda Oct 2015 #46

If your kids charge out of the house with obvious intent to bite me, they get the spray too. n/t lumberjack_jeff Oct 2015 #50

Yep bravenak Oct 2015 #51

Skin color has nothing to do with this incident. virgogal Oct 2015 #9

What virgogal said. WillowTree Oct 2015 #12

My thought exactly. NaturalHigh Oct 2015 #13

And hopefully go to jail. Nt Logical Oct 2015 #15

I take it you don't like dogs? NaturalHigh Oct 2015 #27

Remember that we know nothing about the situation. Oneironaut Oct 2015 #33

Pit bulls aren't "gigantic," they're medium sized dogs that weigh about 45 lbs-60 lbs LeftyMom Oct 2015 #47

I don't like bullys. nt Logical Oct 2015 #43

Under the circumstances described in the article tkmorris Oct 2015 #31

Raw Story is like that.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Oct 2015 #18

Precisely. Lizzie Poppet Oct 2015 #19

You sure about that? tishaLA Oct 2015 #21

Regardless, it's irresponsible "journalism" at this point. Orrex Oct 2015 #25

Again, I don't know that it's irrelevant tishaLA Oct 2015 #26

You don't know, and neither does the "journalist" Orrex Oct 2015 #30

You think it's irresponsible. I think it's legitimate tishaLA Oct 2015 #32

But your speculation is, at best, premature Orrex Oct 2015 #35

I'm trying to avoid speculating, in fact tishaLA Oct 2015 #36

Well... Orrex Oct 2015 #38

Raw Story isn't journalism; at its best, it's plagiarism REP Oct 2015 #29

thank you. restorefreedom Oct 2015 #39

Nor does the breed of the dog. dorkzilla Oct 2015 #52

If the attack had happened in the moment I could understand mythology Oct 2015 #10

You sound like you might go to jail also. Nt Logical Oct 2015 #16

If somebody harmed my pets, I'd take the few hours "downtown", no problem. Desert805 Oct 2015 #40

And sued. But I m sure you are OK with that also. nt Logical Oct 2015 #44

*shrugs* Desert805 Oct 2015 #45

Ahhh, tough guys crack me up! Nt Logical Oct 2015 #48

Litigious cop callers give me a smile as well... Desert805 Oct 2015 #49

They're going to sue the meter reader for trespassing? Demit Oct 2015 #14

Good luck with that. Quackers Oct 2015 #22

This message was self-deleted by its author tishaLA Oct 2015 #23

When I was a kid, Snobblevitch Oct 2015 #28

I would be more afraid of that crazy lady leftyladyfrommo Oct 2015 #34

I expect this is partly why Philly & other cities deployed radio meters BumRushDaShow Oct 2015 #37

The house and yard are not fenced - the dogs would have been running free csziggy Oct 2015 #41

"It�s not clear how big the dogs are or what breed they are." melman Oct 2015 #42

Meter readers still exist? Travis_0004 Oct 2015 #53