>>>-> 4. BARK mag. AD: a device to stop your dogs' tags from
jingling you awak
 > e
 >>>-> at night.

 >>>-> Gee... how about just removing his collar? Barnum was right!

 >>> The heck with jingling.
 >>> Spanky being a Pit Bull has when dreaming kicked me
 >>> out of the bed onto
 >>> the floor three times in the last couple of years.

 >>> The guy never employs his strength while awake but
 >>> you'd think he
 >>> was three times his size for the power of a leg kick
 >>> while dreaming 

 >  BM> Gotta question.  I was at the vet last month, and while I
 >  BM> was waiting, a couple came in with two pit bulls.  I may
 >  BM> not have seen this breed of dog in the flesh before; I
 >  BM> can't remember. These dogs, though, were very notable in
 >  BM> appearance: They both looked as to ordinary dogs the way
 >  BM> Mr. America compares with ordinary guys.  Is the average
 >  BM> pit bull that muscular in appearance, or was I looking at
 >  BM> dogs that had had weight/strength training?  These dogs
 >  BM> were smaller than mine, but their overmuscled appearance
 >  BM> and straining at the leash alarmed me.

 >  In Toledo it's illegal to have more than one. Yes,
 > they are that
 >  big and muscular, by nature. They are bred for
 > fighting in a
 >  pit.

My dog is medium sized, less than knee high.  These pit bulls were smaller
than that, and didn't appear to be puppies, but I was alarmed all the same.

 >  And they are considered a dangerous animal.

I can understand better why that is.

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