Don White wrote:
Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
On Tue, 07 Feb 2006 15:30:46 GMT, Don White
wrote:


Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:

my wife and i took in a little girl, age 10, out of a broken home for
a long term placement in the middle of december. shes a great kid and
has been a dream, but she is very reticent of the dogs - in particular
my youngest boys dog skippy who is a pit bull/whippet cross - we are
dog sitting while hes in training. skippy has a lot of energy and i
can understand how she wouldnt immediately take to him.

this morning when i got up to take the dogs out for exercise and a
little training i couldnt find skippy.

finally, i let the other two out and opened up the door to her room to
get her up to start getting ready for school and much to my total, but
very happy surprise, there was skippy curled up right next to her on
the bed - happy as a clam.

i got her up, she gave skippy a big hug and asked if skippy could stay
with her at night.

no problem sweetie. :)

You're braver than I am leaving a pit bull dog alone in a room with a
child. Why not get her an English Springer Spaniel or similar dog.


its not a pit bull - its a pit bull/whippet cross and is the sweetest
animal you could ever ask to have - hes a good guy.

and he was well vetted by me - im very good at this having done it for
most of my life.

You may be right... but it seems that everytime a pit bull...or pit bull
mix breed attacks up[ here, the owners always swear upside down about
what a sweet/obedient/loving/trustful etc etc pet it was and they don't
understand how the kid/woman got all chewed up.

A Pit Bull is actually a mixed breed dog. From Wikepedia: "A pit bull
is a member of any of a number of breeds of dogs developed from the
English Bulldog. Breeds recognized as pit bulls include the American Pit
Bull Terrier and the American Staffordshire Terrier, although the name
is also often used to refer to other breeds of similar characteristics,
such as the American Bulldog and Staffordshire Bull Terrier, and mixed
breeds that include any of these breeds."

If you look at the AKC list of breeds (
http://www.akc.org/breeds/complete_b...H_ BUTTON.Y=0)

you will see there is no such breed as a pit bull.

If you look at the Pit Bull laws being enacted you will see that is one
of the problems they have, identifying what is a Pit Bull.


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