[Leica] Home Again

[steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour)]

On Nov 3, 2011, at 11:31 AM, Peter Klein wrote:

> So sorry to hear this news, Tina.  Rooster Cogburn had practically become
> a LUG member. And this kind of senseless destruction is always
> sad--especially of animals that are part of our "circle."
> 
> I don't mean to be a dog-racist, but some dogs are bred to be killing
> machines, and pit bulls are in that category.  Their jaws are
> significantly more powerful than most other dogs, and once they decide
> someone or something is the enemy, they just don't let up.
> 
> I have known a couple of really sweet pit bulls, but the majority I've
> seen were owned by people who had them for "protection" or machismo. Which
> means that the dog is a time bomb.
> 
> A pit bull nearly killed my previous dog at a state park a few years ago.
> It was playing a game of stick chasing in the water with its owners when
> it spotted us. It actually ran about 300 yards away from its owners to
> attack Harpo, who was walking right beside us. It chased Harpo around us
> several times and pulled him down like a deer.
> 
> Fortunately, the owner ran up and pounded on his dog's chest just as the
> pit bull got Harpo's neck in his mouth and was about to bite down. Then
> the guy's girlfriend started yelling at us that it was all our fault,
> because Harpo wasn't on a leash. It made no difference that their dog was
> also off leash, and had just gone out of his way to attack us. It was
> still all our fault, and she continued to proclaim so and insult us,
> loudly, until we were out of earshot.
> 
> A guy in our neighborhood had a pit bull and two Rottweilers.  Once he
> left the gate open and they rushed us as we walked by his house. He
> eventually came out and called them off, but it was pretty scary.  Some
> time later, he moved. I later read in the paper that the dogs had
> seriously injured someone, and had been put down.
> 
> A pit bull bit off the ear of my cousin's stepson many years ago. Pit
> bulls killed one dog and seriously injured several at a dog park here in
> Seattle in 2009.
> <http://www.komonews.com/home/video/63571552.html>
> 
> Another guy in our neighborhood had a small female pit bull, who once
> jumped on my wife, who was walking Tilly. The dog was actually just being
> friendly, but Katya didn't know that. When my wife said she'd call the
> police if he didn't call the dog off, he threatened to call Immigration on
> her (she has a noticeable accent).
> 
> I know they say "It's the owner, not the dog." But when a dog has been
> bred to fight to the death and is extremely powerful, you have a very
> dangerous combination. Unless the owner is extrememly responsible, which
> many are not, bad things can happen. Sometimes even well-trained pit bulls
> can run amok, with horrible consequences. Any dog can do significant
> damage, but pit bulls can be lethal.


well stated Peter, and well balanced too....

many experiences have convinced me that your words are correct,


Steve



> 
> --Peter
> 
> 
>> Dear LUG:
>> 
>> We are home from 9 days traveling around Maine.  We had non-refundable
>> tickets to Boston for the Leica Seminar, so when it was cancelled, we
>> decided to go to Maine instead.  Made it all the way to Canada and took
>> almost 3000 photos, to be edited.
>> 
>> Unfortunately, things did not go well at the farm while we were gone.  My
>> daughter came out once a day to feed the chickens but somehow a stray pit
>> bull got into the chicken coop and killed all of my chickens except two,
>> including my brave Rooster Cogburn who died defending his hens.  The dog
>> could  not get back out of the coop so Laura called the police and animal
>> control and they came and got the dog.  Nobody has claimed it yet.  The 
>> dog
>> didn't eat the chickens, just killed them for the sport of it.  The two
>> remaining chickens, who surviived by staying on a high roost, are so
>> terrified they won't go back into the coop and are sleeping with the
>> guineas.  The dog also killed one guinea and one duck.
>> 
>> It's a sad day around here.
>> 
>> Tina
>> 
>> --
>> Tina Manley, ASMP
>> www.tinamanley.com
> 
> 
> 
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