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How a Pit Bull Can Change the World: The Incredible Legacy of Ray the Vicktory Dog
huffingtonpost.com ^ | May 22, 2016 | Arin Greenwood

Posted on 08/09/2018 2:44:03 PM PDT by kanawa

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To: GranTorino

Yes..it is pro pittbulls,yet it sites generalities instead of evidence based research.

It’s not that complex. Pit bulls were bred for dog fights..for that reason alone. Period. NO other breed was bred for this.

You don’t untrain or love the genetics and breeding out of a dog.


101 posted on 08/09/2018 8:30:29 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (WINNING! !!)
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To: Darnright

That rat bastard should be having beer with Satan, instead.


102 posted on 08/09/2018 8:35:57 PM PDT by Salamander (I ride all night and I travel in fear, that in this darkness, I will disappear...)
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To: wardaddy
Devil Murder Dogs ping. :D


103 posted on 08/09/2018 8:48:32 PM PDT by Salamander (I ride all night and I travel in fear, that in this darkness, I will disappear...)
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie

If you would do some research you would realize they were not bred to fight.
Peer reviewed studies are not evidence based research?
Where did you study animal biology? You have interesting opinions on genetics.


104 posted on 08/09/2018 8:49:44 PM PDT by GranTorino (Bloody Lips Save Ships.)
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To: metmom

The “restraining device” is a martingale collar, a type of “limited choke collar” that can only close to a certain point.

Used mostly on Sighthounds and other dogs whose owners want to inflict no damage to the dog’s delicate neck structure.

Why does that trigger you?


105 posted on 08/09/2018 8:51:39 PM PDT by Salamander (I ride all night and I travel in fear, that in this darkness, I will disappear...)
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To: metmom

I received a very, very special present today. Leah from mydogflair.com sent me this beautiful collar.
The card attached reads: "Ray! Congrats on your new home. I saw on FB that your family wanted a rainbow collar for you. :-)
I made this just for you!" Mom wanted me to wear a rainbow so that I'd never be seen as a red collar dog again. Thank you Leah.
I will wear it with pride! (I have to wear my DogTown collar for 2 more weeks, but then I'll post pictures in my new styling threads!)

106 posted on 08/09/2018 8:52:59 PM PDT by kanawa (Trump Loves a Great Deal)
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To: Bellflower

The current fad of potatoes and legumes has been implicated in the increased incidence of cardiac disease in all breeds.

Dr Jean Dodds, the most esteemed authority of all things canine, casts doubt on that and instead, warns against feeding low taurine meats such as lamb.

Whatever it may be, legumes are not part of a canids normal diet and can be detrimental to overall health.

“Oh no! The wolves have devoured the bean crop again!”, said no one, ever.


107 posted on 08/09/2018 8:55:27 PM PDT by Salamander (I ride all night and I travel in fear, that in this darkness, I will disappear...)
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie

No, “pit bulls” [as if there were such a thing] were bred to catch and hold livestock to protect the farmers.

Their jaws [bite force actually much lower than GSDs, Dobes and many other dogs] and skull shape were created to enable the dog to still breathe while its mouth was full of raging bull neck.


108 posted on 08/09/2018 8:58:41 PM PDT by Salamander (I ride all night and I travel in fear, that in this darkness, I will disappear...)
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie

I guess you were to lazy to type in pitbullfacts.org
I don’t link this because anyone not willing to type this in themselves just came for a fight and is not interested in facts.
There are numerous studies listed at pitbullfacts.org that are fact not fiction.


109 posted on 08/09/2018 9:00:23 PM PDT by GranTorino (Bloody Lips Save Ships.)
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To: wardaddy

*And* the reason they are currently so “popular” has roots in the economy.

If I go looking for a Dobe pup, it’s $500, bottom price, and more usually, well over $1500 and up.

However, if I wanted a “pit bull”, I can go get one for $50, sometimes free.

People often get them because they’re cheap and plentiful.


110 posted on 08/09/2018 9:01:56 PM PDT by Salamander (I ride all night and I travel in fear, that in this darkness, I will disappear...)
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To: waterhill

#1 causes of aberrant behavior in dogs in hypothyroidism and tick borne disease, both of which have become the norm rather than the exception.

*Any* dog who displays the least odd behavior, especially suddenly, should be taken to the vet and checked for both.

Fact.


111 posted on 08/09/2018 9:04:38 PM PDT by Salamander (I ride all night and I travel in fear, that in this darkness, I will disappear...)
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To: Salamander

112 posted on 08/09/2018 9:06:58 PM PDT by kanawa (Trump Loves a Great Deal)
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To: Joe 6-pack

You mean that “DogsBite” lying lawyer who makes a fortune chasing ambulances?

Yah.

Unbiased info, there.

/Shakespeare wept


113 posted on 08/09/2018 9:07:15 PM PDT by Salamander (I ride all night and I travel in fear, that in this darkness, I will disappear...)
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To: kanawa
OMG.

The horror....the horror

114 posted on 08/09/2018 9:13:27 PM PDT by Salamander (I ride all night and I travel in fear, that in this darkness, I will disappear...)
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To: kanawa

And what did demon skinwalker buy for *his* dogs?

Well, Rosie, the one permanently mentally damaged girl who had to live out her life at the rescue because of her “gift”, got this:

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2007/07/michael_vicks_rape_stand.html


115 posted on 08/09/2018 9:17:26 PM PDT by Salamander (I ride all night and I travel in fear, that in this darkness, I will disappear...)
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To: kanawa

Yeah, some days here, I feel like Ralph.


116 posted on 08/09/2018 9:18:02 PM PDT by Salamander (I ride all night and I travel in fear, that in this darkness, I will disappear...)
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To: Salamander

me too :)


117 posted on 08/09/2018 9:19:04 PM PDT by kanawa (Trump Loves a Great Deal)
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To: kanawa

Even more often, feel like I’m surrounded by Ralphs.


118 posted on 08/09/2018 9:21:33 PM PDT by Salamander (I ride all night and I travel in fear, that in this darkness, I will disappear...)
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To: kanawa
He's written STUPID on a shovel and is looking for someone to hit with it. :D


119 posted on 08/09/2018 9:24:47 PM PDT by Salamander (I ride all night and I travel in fear, that in this darkness, I will disappear...)
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To: Cecily

Ok, I watched it. It was good but I have never been able to stand Jim Carrey.


120 posted on 08/09/2018 10:33:10 PM PDT by BBell (Rebekah ist mein Erzfeind)
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