Subj : Re: Cop shoots dog
To   : SUSAN PEREIRA
From : WAYNE CHIRNSIDE
Date : Fri Oct 06 2000 01:31 am

-=> SUSAN PEREIRA wrote to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE <=-

 SP> WAYNE CHIRNSIDE was heard barking to ALL about Cop shoots dog!

 WC> I've never met any creature more reliable, trustworthy, responsible
 WC> and obedient than my Pit Bull as I raised this dog to behave in order
 WC> to receive praise for good behavior.

 SP> Working at an Animal Shelter's Pet Hospital I totally agree with you.
 SP> Some of the nicest dogs I have met to date have been Pitties or Pittie
 SP> Crosses. I have found them on average to be big sweet lugs, or compact
 SP> cuddlers. Because of the way they were bred they DO have potential to
 SP> be very dangerous, but all of the nice pit bulls I have ever met
 SP> were gentle as lambs, playful and really quite the jokers. The ones
 SP> that did have owners seemed to be raised with firmness, but completely
 SP> loving attitudes from their owners.

 SP> There is NO ONE to blame but the irresponsible breeders who bred
 SP> ANY breed to be viscious and then complained when the dog turned on
 SP> them. Fortunately the trend seems to be to bring out the gentle,
 SP> loving, family oriented side of this misunderstood breed, and I can
 SP> only hope that some day their unfair reputation will be a memory.

I don't think dogs, 'turn' at all except in the rare case of 
insanity. I think dogs that 'turn' have merely been brutalized
or never had proper alpha leader domination drilled into them.
I've never struck my Pit Bull but on a very few occassions
he balked at a command I simply repeated it louder and
sharper until he complied. Punishment for my dog consists of
BAD DOG in a loud sharp tone, he's ashamed, slinks away and hides.
My vet says he's only seen one bad tempered Pit, it seems that those that
are well taken care of are no problem.
Thanks for your letter and support.
 
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