Comparing Pit Bulls to Chimpanzees.

I've been watching a lot of the Animal planet shows about Chimps attacking their owner. So I was reading some stuff on the internet about Chimp ownership and believe it or not if you change up some of the words, it sounds like an article about Pit Bulls!


Original article:
Chimpanzee and monkey infants are irresistibly cute, and it might seem that raising one would be just like raising a human child. As infants, chimpanzees are affectionate, needy, and a delight to interact with. But chimpanzees grow up, and their unique intelligence makes it difficult to keep them stimulated and satisfied in a human environment. By age 5 they are stronger than most human adults. They become destructive and resentful of discipline. They can, and will, bite. Chimpanzee owners have lost fingers and suffered severe facial damage.

The article revised:
Pit Bull puppies are irresistibly cute, and it might seem that raising one would be just like raising a human child. As pups, Pit Bulls are affectionate, needy, and a delight to interact with. But puppies grow up, and their unique intelligence makes it difficult to keep them stimulated and satisfied in a human environment. By age 1 they are stronger than most human adults. They become destructive and resentful of discipline. They can, and will, bite. Pit Bull owners have lost fingers and suffered severe facial damage.

The Pit Bull Problem by the Trentonian

TRENTON — They were in the attic for days. Chardonnay Evans paid no mind to the ruckus up there because the noise makers were just a couple of dogs barking and scratching and doing whatever else doggies do.

“But I never thought my roof — my ceiling — was going to get bit,” said Evans, the Trenton teenager, whose bedroom was below the attic.

What Evans didn’t know is that the dogs were gnawing on the floor, chewing through the wood planks, satisfying some kind of hunger. The constant abuse created a weak spot in the floor, and the weak spot caved, and then one of the dogs fell through and crashed onto the girl's head.

“He was just growling and barking,” Evans told The Trentonian a few days after the encounter last July. She said she was cleaning her room the day it rained wood planks and dogs. Presumably frightened and confused, the dog scampered into the hall even though the girl screamed “Mom! Mommy!”

Shouldn’t the dog have smelled her fear and sunk its teeth into the girl’s flesh with 10,000 jaw-locking pounds of pressure and eaten Chardonnay like a Milk Bone?

Why not? It was a stereotypical pit bull, right? Well, yes. But maybe not.

Because no one knows what breed of dog fell onto Chardonnay Evans’ head. It could’ve been a pit bull, or a dog that looked like a pit bull.

And therein lies the rub: There is no clear consensus of what a pit bull is even though you can’t turn around these days without reading massive headlines like “VICIOUS PIT BULL ATTACKS BABY AND CHEWS OFF HER FACE THEN TEARS OUT HER HEART, LUNGS & GUTS!”

Read the rest of this piece here -- http://www.trentonian.com/articles/2010/07/04/news/doc4c2fa25b512af457229390.txt


I think this piece is just a way for them to get hits. All they did was take bits and pieces from different people and put them together to show different sides of the issue. Just because they went to a house to 'meet' their Pits and because they were not mauled to death, what that is supposed to prove, they may be safe dogs?  To Joey Kulkin, all I have to say is I hope you have an angel watching over you... Bill Owens clearly does not know the potential of what his dogs are capable of, and speaks very ignorantly about the breed. If you keep on going up to strange Pit Bulls like that, one day your luck could run out. As they say "Keep playing with fire and one day you will get burned."

Happy 4th of July

Dead Pit Bull found, reward being offered for information.

$2,600 reward offered for info on dead pitbull


TROY -- A $2,600 reward is being offered for information about a pitbull found dead in the Poestenkill gorge earlier this week.


Animal control Officer Kevin McDonough said he remains puzzled about how the female pitbull’s body came to be in the water, where it was for at least a week before being removed Tuesday morning. The animal had a collapsed lung and a weight around its neck that McDonough said was likely used as a sort of strength training for the tan-colored, 5- to 7-year-old animal.

"I’m looking at it from every angle, and I’m dumbfounded by this," he said Friday morning.

He said he hoped the reward money, which is being offered by the Humane Society of the United States, will lead someone to come forward with information on the animal. He said he doubts it would be the animal’s owner, as the sand weight around the animal’s neck would likely constitute a misdemeanor charge of overdriving, torturing or injuring an animal under the state’s Agriculture and Markets Law.

"We’re hoping the public will step up to the plate," McDonough said.

The pitbull, which had no identifying tags or implanted microchip, was removed from about a foot of water at the bottom of the gorge. Nearby is a section of water roughly 10 feet deep, and McDonough said the animal may have floated to the surface from that section.

The sand weight around its neck became substantially heavier when wet and could have weighed the animal down, he said.

McDonough said he will be seeking more information from the animal hospital where an autopsy was performed Wednesday.

http://www.troyrecord.com/articles/2010/07/03/news/doc4c2dfc9c6d4c0563882226.txt

How long does this have to go on before Pit Bull owners realize that the power to stop things like this is in their own hands...

Pit Bull puppy has jaw severed in what appears to be abuse case.

Rockford, a six- to eight-month-old pit bull, nearly had his jaw broken off. The CNY SPCA is investigating. He was treated at the Fruit Valley Veterinarian Clinic in Oswego.

What kind of person can do this to a dog? 

The CNY SPCA investigators are trying to determine how a puppy’s jaw was nearly severed.


Rockford, a six- to eight-month-old pit bull, was found Tuesday by employees at Absolute Auto and Audio, in Fulton, in the van of a customer who came in to get new wheels, according to store manager Rachel Dean.

“The jaw was literally hanging from the dogs head,” Dean said. “It was only held on by skin. ... The bones were completely severed off the dog.”
Dean said the van owner, Reginald Stepp, who has been a customer at the auto shop for more than three years, told her that the employee should not worry about the dog in the car because “there is something wrong with his jaw, he can’t bite.”

The manager said she started to cry when she saw the dog.


Dean said she told Stepp the dog needed immediate medical attention. Stepp said he had an appointment with the veterinarian that afternoon, Dean said. Dean called the police and animal control and was given permission by the authorities and Stepp to take the dog to Fruit Valley Veterinarian Clinic in Oswego.

In addition to the jaw injury, the veterinarian found the dog had previously suffered broken bones in his left leg that hadn’t been treated, Dean said.

So far, the auto shop has helped raise more than $3,100 to help pay for Rockford’s medical bills.

Only in a Pit Bulls eyes is it really 'dog eat dog' world.

It's finally Friday and I am pushed for time as we all are trying to get ready for this big holiday weekend.
I've got cooking, and cleaning, and a million other things to do, so the post for today had to be short and sweet.
Have a happy holiday weekend, and be safe..

Shelter gives pit bulls patriotic makeovers to boost adoptions

SALT LAKE CITY — The Fourth of July weekend may mean fireworks, barbecues, camping and an all-around good time for most, but it could mean trouble for many of man's best friends.


To help promote animal adoption, pit bulls were dressed in Lady Liberty headbands, miniature Uncle Sam hats, sequined American crowns and red, white and blue leis Tuesday at Salt Lake County Animal Services.
You can dress them up, paint their nails, or whatever... It doesn't change what they are or what they do!
"We know that fireworks holidays get in the most dogs (at the shelter) because dogs get scared of the loud noises," said Melissa Lipani, a campaign coordinator for Best Friends Animal Society. "So we just want to educate people about the precautions they can take to keep their pets safe during the fireworks holidays. (We also want) to get people to come and adopt before the holidays so we can empty out some of these kennels ... for new dogs coming in."

The situation is more dire this year because Salt Lake County Animal Services is filled beyond capacity — before the holiday has even begun. There are more than 160 dogs in 82 kennels, which leaves no room for the 14 new dogs per day that are picked up this time of year. Around Pioneer Day, that number increases to about 25 dogs per day.

"If you've been thinking about getting a dog, it's the perfect time because we're full," Lipani said. "We need to get these guys into good homes."

Don't forget to warn them that fireworks could set off a fatal attack!

What they should have done is dressed them up to suit their personality

http://archive.deseretnews.com/article/700044238/Shelter-gives-pit-bulls-patriotic-makeovers-to-boost-adoptions.html