by dsg29 » August 14th, 2009, 11:46 pm
Hi-
I just scanned the "will this work" topic in the Vick sub-forum. Look, you should know there are a LOT of people like me out there. I have no great feeling about Pit Bulls one way or another. The ones I've known are sweet dogs. It's not my favorite breed but I don't dislike them, either. I feel terribly about the bad reputation they've gotten over the years, and I know that that's all it is: a reputation. Pit Bulls are no more inherently a "bad dog" than any other breed.
What Vick did is unspeakable cruelty, and I'd feel the same regardless of the breed he did it to. I hate little frou frou dogs (Maltese, chihuahua's, etc0, but I'd be just as incensed if they had been the victims. Pit Bull owners have more than enough to deal with from the general populace without this piece of filth contaminating the discussion.
I'm a huge sports fan, but I'm perfectly happy to take this stand on behalf of pit bulls and every other dog that is mistreated. If it had been my dogs, I'd be in jail for burning down the man's house. So I stand here with all of you. You love your dogs and I love mine, and if my dogs were in trouble, as fellow dog owners, I'd expect you to defend them, too. It's that simple. Everything else is just crap.