Who thinks dog fighting is OK?

[Gamecube64]

Originally posted by Darius871
All I know is I met three pitbulls as a kid, and was bitten by each. That's all the evidence I need to know Michael Vick is a hero.

Umm... Are you a masochist then? I'm pretty sure Michael Vick's dogs would do more than just bite.

[DinoDoc]

I remember people being afraid of my pet Dobie just because of her size. Man I miss her.

[MRT144]

Originally posted by Straybow

Originally posted by Darius871
I can only conclude then that you're not very familiar with pitbulls. Just putting a pink bow on its head from birth won't "socialize" it to repress the bloodthirsty beast within.

I've met pitbulls that were total sweethearts and then there were the two kept by some trailer trash that lived near my parents in New Mexico. They were raised to be aggressive and made my feel quite uncomfortable as they'd saunter into the street when I walked by. I never walked our dog on that street.

When I was a kid, fourth grade I think, I used to play with a Newfie that weighed about three times my 65-70 lbs. He'd let me "tackle" him by the neck, and then he'd wrap me with his forelegs and roll.

I didn't even know the owners, the dog lived on a street I walked on to get to a friend's house. They were later forced by some ordinance to put him in a fenced pen, and then I had to pet him through the fence.

I was just working at a house guarded by "Sambo," a 1yo Boerbull (ie, near 200 lb but still half puppy). One roofer was visited by his wife and 2yo daughter. She was a little intimidated by his size but was happy to pet him through the fence. He is a total sweetheart, unless he perceives his owner Phillip is in trouble.

A couple weeks ago, on the weekend when nobody else was there, some guys were mad at Phillip over the sale of a boat. Phillip said, "Sambo, need some help here. Got a baaad man!" Sambo charged from the porch and knocked the gate off its hinges. The guys jumped in their truck and left in a hurry, chased to the property line by Sambo. Phillip did say it took an hour or so for Sambo to "wind down" after that.

Note that Sambo had never been trained to do any of that, it's his nature to understand territoriality and protectiveness without being needlessly aggressive. Pitbulls aren't that different in temperament.

so pitbull owners need to project intimidation via animal?
Also, WTF IS UP WITH SAMBO? RACIST MUCH?

[Elok]

Originally posted by DinoDoc
I remember people being afraid of my pet Dobie just because of her size. Man I miss her.

All the dobies I've encountered were relatively small dogs (considerably smaller than a German Shepherd), due to the standard Pinscher blood in them. Dobies are scary because of their incredible speed and tendency to aim for the jugular, not for intimidating size. Was your dobie unusually large?

[DinoDoc]

To me she was. God rest her soul. I was young when she died. If I wasn't living in an apartment right now, I'd have another one.

[LordShiva]

Dogs

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by LordShiva
Dogs

QFT

[Straybow]

Originally posted by MRT144
so pitbull owners need to project intimidation via animal?
Also, WTF IS UP WITH SAMBO? RACIST MUCH?

Yes, apparently that is a trend with a certain class of owners, anyway.

Sambo is just a name. If you interpret racism in it, it's your problem. Afaik, Phillip doesn't like "Puerto Ricans" (as he refers to hispanics) but has nothing against blacks.

[pchang]

Sambo

I thought that was an Indian name from Rudyard Kipling

[Nugog]

Sambo

Meh - it is a word. Nothing more.

[Nugog]

Dog fighting still sucks.

[Wiglaf]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYgXRU8gCls&mode=related&search=

This guy's tone could fit a speech about seceding from the union but I like it anyway

[Wiglaf]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=14pB6kTMC14

[Zkribbler]

Re: Sambo

Originally posted by pchang
I thought that was an Indian name from Rudyard Kipling

Little Black Sambo is a story set in India, where a little boy of the name outwits some tigers.

Sambo is also the name of one of Simon Legree's slaves in Uncle Tom's Cabin.

[b etor]

sambo is also a nickname for people with the last name of sambuchino