- JG300-Hoppa
I guess if more people listened to Bob Barker from the price is right there would be no need for feral cat ...or unwanted pet..destruction.
Roger that. Although I'm just pokin' fun at cats here (being much more a dog person, so it's just too fun to avoid) one of the most powerful photos I ever saw was of several large plastic bins outside a dog pound, all filled to the top with the bodies of dogs that had been put to sleep, and awaiting a trip to the incinerator. We raised German Shephards when I was a kid, most of 'em went on to do police work etc., but since then all my dogs have always been either from the pound, found on the road, or otherwise adopted. Not that I have anything against people who choose otherwise....but I'll never buy a dog.
The best dog I've ever had is the one I have right now. About 12 years ago some kids were hangin' out in front of the grocery store with a cardboard box full of pups, and their mother had been hit by a car and killed. They were a little premature for weaning time ( a fact I found out when I was laying shirtless in bed with the wife holding this little pup, no bigger than your hand, and he went right for my nipple and STUCK there...the wife still laughs about it today, says I had this look on my face bordering on anger and confusion)....
He's a Pit bull / Husky mix and shows the favorable aspects of both breeds. Incredibly smart, loving (will lick your face for 6 hours straight if you let him), agile, loyal as hell and one helluva home alarm system at that. I did two things that anyone responsible for such a pet should do:
1. Had him neutered, for sure. He's plenty of dog as it is even without his heuvos.....With the pit jaws he has, PLUS that crazy Husky side, good lord I'd hate to think what he'd have been like if we hadn't done that!
2. Went through the basic AKC training with him. Nothing I hate to see worse than a person being pulled behind a big nasty dangerous dog they obviously have no control over, and no real relationship with. He took second place in the class, out of about 30 dogs and their owners...a real nice chocolate Lab beat him out for first place, I can live with that...:)
Got a REAL good dog story about that last part...maybe for another time tho.....