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Saturday, July 21, 2007
Pit Bulls and Stupid Fools
By Doug Giles
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It’s sad that one of the greatest dog breeds ever to grace the planet, the American Pit Bull Terrier, has fallen into the hands of animal abusing idiots. Guys like Michael Vick, our nation’s scurrilous hip hop hoodlums and other waste-of-sperm-and-eggs are not even worthy to carry this canine’s excrement much less superintend their subsistence. The Pit Bulls should be walking these boys on the leash, teaching them to fetch, heel and sit and not the other way around.

I think I speak for all Pit Bull lovers by saying, “thanks morons for sullying a substantial animal’s rep via dog fighting.” Why don’t you Darwinian holdovers get another hobby, huh ladies? I’ve got something you could do. Since you like doing radical stuff … how about bungee jumping without the bungee? Or base jumping without a ‘chute? Or trying to catch bullets with your teeth? Yeah … that’s it.

Of the many things that suck about Vick’s and his vapid gang’s Pit Bull fighting, one particular thing (aside from the obvious abuse) that ticks me off is this noble breed gets officially branded, once again, as Satan’s Cerberus.

The truth of the matter is that the Pit Bull is one of the sweetest dogs that has ever schlepped this pebble and anyone who’s spent any time around a well bred bully knows that I speak the truth. Can I get a witness my brethren?

When I lived in Texas, I was privileged to have owned several of these fine animals. My children were raised with them from the day they came home from the hospital ‘til the time we moved to Dade County, Florida which unfortunately disallows these dogs.

My Pit Bulls guarded my girls with their life. They were my daughter’s favorite playmates. Our dogs would pull their little wagons, let my girls ride them like a pony, let them dress them up in goofy outfits, all the while my dogs sat there patiently taking it with a big Pit Bull grin on their faces.

At night my bullies would lay at my little ladies’ feet, protecting them as they simultaneously rested and recharged their batteries so they could wake up the next day and conquer the earth all over again.

Pit Bulls vicious? I don’t think so. Not mine. Not unless you really pushed them or threatened our family. If you were dumb enough to do that, then you got the message real quick from our pups that you were about to meet Jesus if you did not cease and desist. Continued...

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Doug Giles’ new book “A Time to Clash: Papers from a Provocative Pastor” is now available. Ann Coulter says "Doug Giles’ A Time to Clash is a substantive and funny tour de force for traditional values.” Doug’s award winning talk show and video blog can be seen and heard at www.ClashRadio.com.
 
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Subject: dogs with the iq of a 3 year old
Sorry but I too will be subjective. If you really believe this than according to my daughter whom I agree with then maybe you have the iq of a 3 year old. Ok we could have said this nicer but its late and honesty is the fastest way to get the point across. Most dogs of any breed, most pets of any species can tell good from bad much better than people can. Most dogs are great at learning and most trainers said their best students are pitbulls and german shephards. Also in temperament testing pitties scored in the 84.3 % and Staffire Terriers, a type of pit bull scorred above 93%. This means they could descern between a harmless fire cracker, a harmless tire blowing off and the danger of a gun and even the difference of it being directed towards them vs a human family member. Remember the tsunamis? It was the animals that went for high ground long before the humans did. Most humans had to see the tsunami before trying to escape it. The smarter humans are the ones who fallowed the animals knowing the animals must have gone to higher grounds for something.
Here is how dumb my dog is. Today my daughter was doing stuff on the computer. Our dog nudged her and went to the backdoor as if she wanted to go out. My daughter got off the computer to let the dog out who just stood there and all of a sudden a whole bunch of stuff fell of the table next to the computer which would have fallen on my kid had the dog not knudged her.
Kids dont listen to parents or drs. So when my kid is sick, my dog lays on her blanket so she has to stay in bed. It was dogs who rescued victims of the 9/11. Search and rescues are most successfully done with dogs and a large number of them are pitties. Also remember Wheela who saved a whole lot of people and animals in many ways and twice she saved rescue workers, once by showing them how to get around a flood, by showing them the shallower sides. If they hadnt fallowed the dog they and the people they rescued would have drowned.

being terrified of a breed
The most viscious attack my daughter encountered was from a doxichiuau mix. The dog attacked her while she was petsitting for it and she has tons of experience. I tried helping and it tried to lunge at me. We called in an expert to help us get it back in the kitchen where the owners had it and away from the cat. The blood on the wall was not from anyones ankles.
We were afraid of doxis for the longest time and especially of mixes but instead of giving in to this feeling we prayed that we would meet some good doxis to help us get over this fear and she is currently petsitting for two great doxis and would never have had this pleasure if she gave in to the fear. we are still nervous around the mix of that breed but we know its stupid and know we will eventually get over that as well.
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