0n (27 Sep 07) Mike Roberts wrote to Cindy Haglund...


 >  MR> Hi Cindy...


 > Well! Hi there stranger! :) Where the heck have you been?

 MR> Hey! Well it is a public forum. I'll Just say, My father has been very
 MR> ill for almost the last Year. We have become his sole caregivers.
 MR> Almost lost him a couple of times, but he is a stubborn cuss 
 MR> and thankfully we still have him around a bit longer. It has been a
 MR> rough time on him and all of us. But things are looking up a bit. I
 MR> will say, I have pretty much lost my Faith in Dr.s thoough.....

 I understand. And yes, been there too. Please feel free to email me
sometime. You've got my addy on the bbs. Maybe it will help to serve
as a distraction. You need that.

 MR> Anyway, back to topic..

 >  MR> pitbull fly to the back of the truck and hit the tailgate. I murmered
 >  MR> truck, it would help a lot with the dogs safety.


 > REPORT THIS PERSON TO THE SPCA. If you get his licence plate again...
 > find out who he is.

 MR> Sometimes You just don't always think of these things as they are
 MR> happening. I do guarantee if it happens again, I definitely would.

 Nod. It's ilke the gal who wanted to say something when seeing a
young mother with a newborn sitting very close to an amp at a concert.
:(.... the what to do doesn't kick in til later. I think our emotions
are such at the moment we can't think ahead. That happens.

.....


 > Abusing a dog, especially a high power breed as  pit bull, well caluse
 > this dog to become the very sort of dog pit bulls are said to be
 > "famous for".

 MR> Did You hear about the one down in your old area, the pitbull killed
 MR> the 6 year old, down in Bath  as the kid was feeding him. Sad..

 Yeah. :(  And you know it's not the dog. It's the owners. If the
owner of this kind of breed is not the leader of the pack  ; iif he or
she or the family acts fearful around this dog (0r any dog but mostly
the powerful breeds which tend to be more assertive by nature) - the
dog responds in an aggressive way toward any strangers ; protecting
his pack. HE is the leader of... :( And he shouldn't be.

.....

> You have heard of people who train dogs, usually the power breeds
 > (because they're big and powerful not because they're naturally
 > aggressive because they're not, HUMANS make them that way!).... to
 > fight. They do this by deliberately abusing them as puppies. :(

 MR> This makes me sick!! Can You say Michael Vick?  Sure You Can! 8)

 Me too. I saw the news . Lots of 'comic's on that one too. One with
Lassie taking a leak in the well he's crying for help from.


 > This sort of behavior is not acceptable- and it's not the dogs fault.
 > Its the owners.

 MR> I'd have to  agre with that.. I still get edgy though, like with the 6
 MR> year old I mentioned above. However I have to keep in mind those
 MR> people did not raise that dog, so they did not know how thhe dog was
 MR> raised. So he was euthanized the night after he killed the kid.

 You can tell how a dog was raised by his / her body language ; how
they respond to you. Any dog will be "subissive(relaxed) calm with an
assertive calm human. Fear create agression. And you know you can't
even pretend to be calm around a dog. They can always tell.

 MR> Have a good One!

 You too and keep in touch!  

 Cindy



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