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Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAW 16: Cool guys with pooches
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Thu Apr 28 15:23:14 2005
References: <BE972C96.2319%philippe.orlent@pandora.be>

Philippe Orlent wrote:

> Good answer.
> But there must be a reason why pitbulls are more in the news than any other
> dog. I cannot imagine that only pitbull owners can be vicious towards their
> dog, and yet, I don't read horrible news about any other dog.
> Isn't it just possible that some 'overperfectionated" races have a higher
> risk to -and I'm sorry I cannot translate this in English-'perdre les
> p?dales' from time to time?
> 
> Philippe


we see more horribly mutilated children 
coming into the hospital after 
unprovoked pit bull attacks than from 
any other dog...either it's pure 
coincidence,  or they might have been 
bred for this particular   aggressive 
predisposition...

Steve

>>From: Didier Ludwig <rangefinder@screengang.com>
>>Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
>>Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 23:59:48 +0200
>>To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
>>Subject: Re: [Leica] Nathan's PAW 16: Cool guys with pooches
>>
>>No, Philippe, as family father I would not like that.
>>
>>But I disagree in the opinion pitbull = bad dog. A dog is only as bad as
>>his master makes him. You can make a biting monster out of a Dackel. Not
>>difficult. Just put a burning cigarette on his nose. Once. This dog will
>>bite every hand that comes close to him for the rest of his life.
>>
>>Pitbulls are easier to make aggressive, and their almost immune against
>>physical pain, that's what makes them problematic when they get in wrong
>>hands. I knew several pitbulls and staffordhire bulldogs. The were all well
>>educated, and you could let them run around in public places. I have once
>>seen french firemen who had educated pitbulls to run in burning houses with
>>asbestos suits, to search for humans.
>>
>>I guess the one on Nathans picture belongs to the well educated ones,
>>otherwise he would not sit quietly in a train while a stranger is
>>photographing him. That's why: cute.
>>
>>Didier
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>>>As in "It was so cute when Fido ate half of the child's face."?
>>
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