The TRUTH About Pit Bulls

Due to these owners, our dogs (the dogs of responsible owners) are being threatened of being taken from us, murdered or sent to lab facilities to be use in experiments.

While there are irresponsible owners, there are countless more responsible owners by far. These dogs have been either loved from birth or found love. As you see in this video, the Pit bull breeds are not for everyone. They require much understand, socializing and love. If you don't have those qualities, then you shouldn't own a Pit bull breed.

Bad breeding is also a quality an irresponsible owner seeks, or they are using the breeds as a negative status symbol. The responsible owners are against back yard breeders, puppy mills, dog fighting and all the associations that use and abuse these breeds and any other breeds.

While it is true, that in the early 1800's, these dogs were bred for fighting. They were bred and taught to fight other dogs in the pit. The owners and handlers were there the whole time making sure that the fight didn't get out of hand. Even then, they were never taught human aggression and were loyal companions of their families. If a dog did displayed human aggression, they were immediately shot. How is it, that these dogs fought each other, yet didn't bite the handlers in the pit?

Now that dog fighting is illegal, only the irresponsible owners are using this and other abusive  techniques to train their dogs, only they are not concerned about the human aggression as it is to their own illegal advantages. They feed their dogs ground glass and gun powder, just to name a few to make them aggressive.  How would you feel if your insides were being torn up inside from eating these things? Tell me you wouldn't feel aggressive. They are left abandoned with no human contact without food or water chained to a fence for weeks at a time with no shelter from the elements. Contact they may get is being brutally smacked by a 2 by 4 or an iron pipe. If the dog is no good for fighting, it's other use is bait and if it should survive it will be used over and over again with gouges and torn eye sockets that are never attended to.

A friend of mine posed this remark to me. There are cock fights, so should they ban all chickens? What about cows due to bull fighting? Ridicules, yes! The point here is it is man that teaches the cocks to fight to the death. It is man that teaches the bull to fight and it is man that teaches the Pit bull breeds to fight. By their very nature, it is not instinctively breed within them, but taught or in the cases of the undesirable, irresponsible breeders, are bred with two highly aggressive dogs with the hopes of obtaining more of the same.

The pups that aren't aggressive has there own value to these owners. They are used as bait to aggravate the dogs even further as they are used to be ripped apart, maimed and eventual death. This they call sport? These 'people' are the same ones that steal your precious dogs and cats and use them as bait. Free to a good home sign, makes it even easier for them. 

Prior to the Pit fighting, the dogs were used to pull down bulls. What you probably don't know is that many more of the dogs died in this sport that is acknowledged. The dogs were swung around getting battered and smashed down to the ground, often stomped on. They were gouged by the bulls horns, swung around like limp dolls and torn up and many never recovered or survived. You view the dog as the aggressor and the bull as the victim, when they were both victims of man.

You blame the dogs, but it is the irresponsible owners that are the criminals. No! We don't want aggressive dogs! We want the criminals that are creating these aggressive dogs by all sorts of horrid means where they deserve, behind bars and not allowed to own another dog to ruin. Banning breeds does not stop those that think they are above the law.

Here in Ontario, where the Pit bull breeds have been banned, but allow for grandfathering providing they comply to strict rules. In my city alone, there were only 300 registered Pit bull breeds and mixes registered. The year prior, there were approximately almost 700, plus you must also consider there were puppies born throughout the year.  The numbers don't add up and that shows there are a lot more dogs not registered that should be.

There is no excuse for people to say they didn't know. It's been highly publicized in the media through newspapers repeating themselves, the TV, radio, the internet and even notices sent to owners that were registered the year before. I've come across people that are walking their dogs un-muzzled and when they notice Shasta, their first question is, "She's beautiful! Is she fixed?" 

When I talk to them about the ban, they aren't the least bit concerned. They walk their un-muzzled, un-altered dog around with pride and not one bit of fear that their dog could be taken from them and put down. They talk openly that they want to breed their dogs. I try to explain all the adult dogs that are already in shelters and foster homes needing forever homes. The last thing we need is more illegal puppies and I warn them that Animal Care is aware of the unregistered dogs and it's only a matter of time before their dogs will be led away. 

These people have an excuse for all my answers, but that won't help them, nor their dogs once they get caught and my heart goes out to those dogs as the owners have targeted them as victims. They fall victims because irresponsible owners think they are above the law and don't think they should need to follow rigid laws and bylaws. It's not the dogs that are at fault here, it's their owners. At the root of the problem is the irresponsible owners and while we, the responsible owners comply to all the laws, there are those that will continue to get caught, be publicized and it looks like we still have a pit bull problem, when in fact, it's people that are the problem.

The danger does not start at the breed, it starts with the owners and breeders. To make a law that would help eliminate the irresponsible owners and backyard/puppy mill breeders makes more sense than a Breed Specific Ban.

With the continuation of the banning of these breeds, the irresponsible owners will go on to another breed to use for their same purposes. How many Specific Breed Bans do we have to have before the general public understands where the real danger lies? How many countless dogs will be mass murdered before they finally realize? How many household pets need to be removed from their loving homes before the truth actually hits home? What if your beloved family pet was on the next list?

This video was made by Pitbulljungle in memory of all the needless killings of Pit bulls in Canada after the Ontario Pit bull Ban got underway.

For The Love Of A Pit

Sorry Again Video

Does truth have to hit you in the face for you to understand? Then this is the sad reality of what the irresponsible are responsible for. I caution you now, as reality isn't always pretty and not suitable for children or faint of heart.

Pit bull Problem

Race Card

Visit Triumph and read why 'Crucify Me' was written.

'Crucify Me'

Fight me, deny me, and crucify me,

My sins are yours, they're not mine.

You make me what I am, evil at your command.

You send me to meet my challenger, whatever it may be.

I risk my life to line your pockets for nothing but pain and agony.

Three feet of chain with nowhere to go, there's not much here to see.

No time to play, its work, work, work, that's how life is for me.

Run the treadmill. Pull the blocks and hang there from the tree.

If my ribs feel a little thick, then not much food for me.

I'm in tip top shape, a muscle bound freak, with all the attitude I need.

I've got gameness several generations back. You should see my pedigree!

Pump me up! Hype me up! Throw me some bait! How about that young pup?

Watch me rip his eyeballs out; I need the taste of blood.

I've been hit. I've been beat. I've been left to die in the ring.

I've been sewed up! I've been ripped open and I've had several bones broken!

I've scratched when I couldn't stand and I've stood up when I couldn't scratch!

I've killed a few dogs and I've nearly died when I've met my match!

Fight me, deny me, and crucify me,

My sins are yours, they're not mine.

You make me what I am, evil at your command.

You send me to meet my challenger, whatever it may be.

I risk my life to line your pockets for nothing but pain and agony.

Three feet of chain with nowhere to go, there's not much here to see.

No time to play, its work, work, work, that's how life is for me.

Run the treadmill. Pull the blocks and hang there from the tree.

If my ribs feel a little thick, then not much food for me.

I'm in tip top shape, a muscle bound freak, with all the attitude I need.

I've got gameness several generations back. You should see my pedigree!

Pump me up! Hype me up! Throw me some bait! How about that young pup?

Watch me rip his eyeballs out; I need the taste of blood.

I've been hit. I've been beat. I've been left to die in the ring.

I've been sewed up! I've been ripped open and I've had several bones broken!

I've scratched when I couldn't stand and I've stood up when I couldn't scratch!

I've killed a few dogs and I've nearly died when I've met my match!

Fight me, deny me, and crucify me,

My sins are yours, they're not mine.

You make me what I am, evil at your command.

You send me to meet my challenger, whatever it may be.

I risk my life to line your pockets for nothing but pain and agony.

You find amusement at my torn, hanging skin

and just when my body heals, you make me do it again.

Why couldn't I have been a happy dog with a master who shared some love?

Not some twisted psychopath, who owes his life to drugs.

I do this evil to earn my keep. Somehow, I must be fed.

The men in suits, they point at me and say they want me dead.

Even the lucky ones in happy homes who have never felt my pain,

must face the executioners because they bear my name.

Fight me, deny me, and crucify me, My sins are yours, they're not mine.

You make me what I am, evil at your command.

You send me to meet my challenger, whatever it may be.

I risk my life to line your pockets for nothing but pain and agony.

I've grown too old now to fight in your ring.

You've left me no chance, to ever be free

I lay in the darkness, no one at my side

my last fight I lost, my eyes no longer can see

this is what you have done, do you not feel shame?

I can no longer walk, run or play

you have a new puppy now, the one to take my place

the cold and darkness closing now, you have nothing to say?

I lay here in pain and my own blood

I still believe that you love me and I try to stay awake

But you kick me and wish me dead then tell them to tie the bag

The darkness is here now; I hope they catch you, for the new puppy's sake

Fight me, deny me, and crucify me,

My sins are yours, they're not mine.

You make me what I am, evil at your command.

You send me to meet my challenger, whatever it may be.

I risk my life to line your pockets for nothing but pain and agony.

By Alan W Joslin

This was sent to me by a friend and I think the poem speaks for itself.

I Didn’t Want To



I didn’t want to be this way,

I didn’t want to go away.

I didn’t want to bite or scratch,

I only wanted to play catch.

As hard as I tried to be nice.

You would hit me more then twice.

You didn’t want me to be kind,

You wanted people to fear and mind.

You forced me to attack and kill,

You finally broke my will.

All I wanted was to please,

All I got was teased.

Daily beatings was the norm,

Until I finally did conform.

You forced me to fight and mame

All I felt was shame.

You didn’t care about the blood,

That it oozed out like a flood.

You left me behind because I didn’t win,

To animal lovers that’s a sin.

Someone was kind but I was scared,

I wouldn’t let them near because I feared.

My body bloody and full of scars,

I almost welcome being hit by cars.

I was shot by a man with a gun

Because I was on the run.

They saw what kind I was,

But never saw how kind I was.

All they knew was that I had killed,

Just doing what my owner had willed.

So from my start I was condemned

All because I wasn’t properly homed.

by: Gail Gallant

Luckily, we do hear of some happy ending to the cruelty these dogs have endured. Click on the links to read the whole story.

Gypsy

Check out Gypsy's Update further down the page. 

Sandy

Simon

Watch the video of Simon while you are there.

Again, I ask you...who are the REAL victims here?

And who created these problems?

UPDATE ON GYPSY!

My very dear friend, Andee from North Carolina saw Gypsy at the PetsMart and had this to say:

Sunday, September 18, 2005

Gypsy! ~ The Angel Pit Bull"

 

Well guess what folks... I made it back to PetSmart today to see Gypsy. I was at my parent's house and asked them if they wanted to go see her too. My dad wanted to see her, since he's heard us talk a lot about her. (He actually has a soft spot for dogs, but shhhh, don't tell anyone.) Anyway, Gypsy's new dad & mom are great and love her so much. Her dad was holding Gypsy in the back. We didn't want to take our dogs too close to her because she still has flash backs and thinks the dogs are trying to fight her. We talked for about a 1/2 hour to him. Can you believe that they raised $10,000 to give for any information leading to a conviction of the person that did the horridness to Gypsy.... and no one still stepped forward. I'd like to cut the guy's ears off with a razor or scissors just like they did to her and throw him on the side of the road.

Her dad said that on the Tri-County Rescue site that they took a lot of the stuff off about Gypsy because they didn't want people to think they were "using" her to get $$. Out of all the letters and donations they received from all over the country, only about 4 or 5 were negative against Gypsy and pit bulls. Even Richard Pryor's wife, Jennifer, sent a letter and donation. Isn't that cool!?!?

Her dad was nice enough to let me take some pictures of her and even hold her while he took a short break. She looked so great compared to what she's been through. I was watching her little nub of ears and when she would "normally" be putting her ears back, they wiggled just a little and it was so cute, but I couldn't imagine the pain she went through by some idiot cutting them off. They had a photo album of Gypsy's story with pictures and newspaper clippings. My dad was looking at it and I think he was amazed at everything. They said that Gypsy must have be "right pawed" because she still has a little bit of a hard time landing when she stands up on her back paws or jumps. You could tell she was spoiled rotten. What a lucky girl.

They also had a raffle of a drawing of a pit bull with angel wings that someone had drawn and donated to the rescue. It was an awesome picture, I hope I can win it, but whomever does, they're a lucky person, it was a beautiful drawing. If I win it, it will be hanging on the wall going up my stairs for everyone to see.

In the bottom pic, you can kinda see the drawing they were raffling off. They other picture is of my dad and Gypsy. It was a great trip today. Although, I think Storm got just a little jealous that I was giving Gypsy attention for a little bit. But that's OK Stormie, I've got enough to go around for everyone.

 

Cross posted from ~A Perfect Storm~