Impossible! Pit Bull owners are high-achieving upstanding members of society.
Posted on 06/29/2014 12:09:39 PM PDT by nickcarraway
An Arlington Police officer’s act of kindness towards a pit bull is going viral. Sergeant Gary Carter went out on a call from some people worried about a vicious dog, but when he arrived, he realized it was the dog that needed help.
Arlington Police Sergeant Gary Carter has always been a big fan of dogs – which is why he now has a lot of fans himself.
“I’m still kind of speechless on how this has turned out,” said Carter. “I never expected this at all.”
On Thursday, he and another officer went out to the 400 block of N. East Street, where some people had reported seeing an aggressive pit bull walking around.
“People, unfortunately, when they see a pit bull, they don’t see a lost dog,” said Carter. “They see something that in their mind is extremely dangerous.”
When they went to check things out, they quickly determined that wasn’t the case.
“He was friendly,” said Carter. “He was, I think, more trying to make friends than hurt anybody.”
The Arlington Police Department, like many other agencies, has responded to aggressive dog calls in the past that end with the dog being shot. They say those incidents are very traumatic for the entire community – and they want to minimize them. That’s why last year, they began stepping up training for all of their officers.
“We had training to show us what to look for in a dog,” said Sgt. Jeff Houston, spokesperson for the Arlington Police Department. “That way we can tell what their demeanor is and if they’re truly an aggressive dog.”
Carter took the dog, whose name is Jeffrey, to Arlington Animal Services.
In an effort to find his owner or find him a new home, Arlington Police wrote a post on facebook describing the situation. As of 5:00pm Friday, that post had been viewed more than 4 million times, and had nearly 74,000 likes and 7,800 comments.
“It makes me feel good that I’ve had that kind of a positive response,” said Carter. “Maybe people can realize that first of all, not all big dogs are dangerous and second of all, not all police officers are out to shoot big dogs. Because we’re not.”
Fortunately, Jeffrey had a microchip and was reunited with his owner, Antonio Mireles, Friday morning. Mireles says Jeffrey, who he just got last week, escaped through his fence.
“I really appreciate that,” said Mireles. “[Sgt. Carter] did a great job.”
Carter says the only thank you he really needed, though, was watching Jeffrey go home.
My work here is done.
“My work here is done. “
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God be with you.
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One night they drove by and someone had tied a dog to a pole in front of the clinic so they put it in their car until morning to keep it safe from someone harming it.
Then the dog usually stays at the clinic until they can find a home for it.
I found a home for the last one with a friend of mine. All cops don't hate dogs.
Impossible! Pit Bull owners are high-achieving upstanding members of society.
Sorry...but I doubt it.
“Mirelles” + “13” + rings + PBT type = not good
Sorry, just saying. Truth.
This officer did the right thing. Kudos.
GOOD ON HIM!
Thank you for the ping, Nully.
true,true....and it’s nice to belong to a tradition, isn’t it? (or several overlapping traditions)
I just came across this video and searched to see if it had been posted; I obviously missed it.
In looking at the comments, there’s not a SINGLE comment I saw noting the dichotomy between this pit bull and all the others the pit bull haters at FR continuously post & salivate over. Only about the cop.
I wonder what the screening requirements were for the pit’s owner...PR stunt my a$$.
If there were as much energy behind destroying the left as there is in destroying pits, we’d no longer have a real problem...
Agreed.
Not able to reply to your email.
I’m too new to use that feature.
As a newcomer I am not het permitted to answer private mails.
“You people just can’t help yourselves,can you?”
Declarative statements do not end with a question mark.
Wow…..it took 8 years to get a response.
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LOL! I didn’t check the dates. Blame it on an email I got today from OldPossum.
I got an email at work a few years back
“Your pit bull threatened us and our dogs. You need to fence it”
Me: “I don’t have a dog. I have 4 cats. “
I knew the dog and it was the most docile dog I have ever met. He was just virtue signaling.
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