I guess it's sad that someone lost their beloved pet.. but seriously.. this paper affixed to my door still gave me a chuckle.. some guy named his large pit bull Cyko ? (psycho?) and then thought that he could pull on our heart strings to sympathize with his sorrow once his terrifying little pal got loose?
My neighbourhood was beset with a series of attacks by these killer drug-den ghetto beasts a couple of years ago and the municipal dog-catching authorities were helpless to do much about it. So my thoughts about poor Cyko are probably not along the same lines the owner's.
I didn't realise they were now giving out 8-digit phone numbers LOL
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Yeah I noticed that too. If you google that number (minus the last digit) you can quickly come across the fb page of the guy who lost the dog. I'm no fan of pit bulls but gotta give props to this guy for making a full-out effort to find the darn thing.
ReplyDeleteI suspect that there is something seriously "psycho" about people who own such dogs in the first place.
ReplyDeleteI remember such an idiot on some daytime TV talkshow saying how he considered his pit bulls as "loaded weapons", followed by jeers from the audience.
There are so many other friendlier and less-risky breeds to choose from.
A pitbull IS like a loaded weapon. In the wrong hands it is a huge danger, in the right hands no threat at all. Its amazing how quickly we forget when German sheps and rotties were the scumbags choice of dog."Ban shepherds ban rotts" was the cry of the eighties. Now its pitbulls.
ReplyDeleteThe difference is that you take responsibility for a loaded weapon But when it's a dog you can blame the victim for provoking the animal, or claim that "he doesn't usually act like that, he must be having a bad day," etc.
ReplyDelete"The difference is that you take responsibility for a loaded weapon But when it's a dog you can blame the victim for provoking the animal, or claim that "he doesn't usually act like that, he must be having a bad day," etc."
ReplyDeleteAgreed, I fully believe owners should be held responsible for there dogs acts. Its like parents with children....its hard to admit your kid is an A-hole... even if true.
I remember years ago there was this guy who got into trouble because his huge slobbering pitbull bit someone on a bus. He was 30 and had a 19 year old girlfriend and a toddler and I think they lived on Parc.... and there he was on the news with this growling dog sitting inches from the kid.
ReplyDeleteNothing worse than being snarled and lunged at by someone's unleashed mutt, and one of the worst spots for this is
ReplyDeletein that so-called "bird sanctuary" behind the Westmount Lookout (hah..."look out!" is certainly apt!).
You can be innocently coming up the rise from the street, or approaching any of those wide, pathway intersections favoured
by the locally well-heeled when suddenly a huge beast lopes over toward you as their irresponsible owner begins shouting...
"Lady! Lady! Come here!", but, of course "Lady" is far from ladylike as she nips at your ankles and growls her intention to
castrate you right then and there for having the temerity to trespass on her very own dog-run for the affluent.
Then, once you've managed to get over your extreme jitters when "Lady" reluctantly backs off, no amount of shouting at the
stupid owner will get them to sympatize with you. How DARE you criticize their dog! After all, "Lady" has "never bitten
anyone in her life" (as if I am supposed to know this and presuming what they say is even true!).
But even worse than THAT is when the owner laughs out loud at the sight of you cowering in fear. Yeah...real funny, azzhole!
Thankfully, one can legally purchase those capsaicin spray canisters which mailmen often carry around with them.
Sure glad I'm not a mailman!
Some of you are so judgemental it's unbelievable. I've owned a perfectly well balanced happy family pitbull for a little over ten years now. Her name is Layla, not "killer" or "murda" or "cyko". Her best friend is our cat. It's not the breed, it's the owner! Unfortunately these beefy looking type of dogs fall victim to bad people. One of you commented about possibly choosing a "friendlier" breed of dog. Well I can attest and anyone who is familiar with the pitbull breed will agree that the pitbull is amongst the most friendly, loving and loyal of all dog breeds. There IS a huge problem with pitbulls in our society but it has little to do with the actual dogs and everything to do with our society. The most horrific animal attack I have personally witnessed was by a small lap dog who ripped his owners face apart. Statistically golden retrievers and labs bite more anyway. Are we to ban ALL dogs? They all have the potential to hurt people...
ReplyDeleteOdd that I have never seen any news articles about a Labrador or Golden Retriever attacking and killing anyone.
ReplyDeleteThe record speaks for itself and no amount of justifying one's ownership of a notoriously vicious breed of dog will sway most peoples' opinions.
Today's well-behaved Pit Bull can apparently turn mean should it take a sudden dislike to another pet or human.
Because the types of douchebags who get Pitbulls would never get a Labrador or Golden Retreiver.
ReplyDeleteBasically you're saying you'll believe any hype regardless of proof or fact. You're right that bigger bully type breeds such as rotts and pits are capable of causing more damage than a golden or a lab- they are more powerful - however the statistics do prove that labs and goldens bite more often. Dogs arent supposed to turn on their masters or other people, specially the pitbull. It was bred out of the breed as these type of dogs needed to be controlled by refs in dog fights. They are inherently more aggresive towards other dogs but if you socialize the animal well you will not have any problems. I used to fear pitbulls too, until I saved Layla from a Verdun late night puppy pit fight in a laneway when I was 17 - 10 years ago. She's just a regular, loving, happy family dog. I've had cats, other dogs, birds and other little creatures I've taken in over the years and have never had a problem (I live in the suburbs so we often find hurt animals and nurse them back to health). She's found kittens under my shed, stray ducks in the yard, rabbits... She has never attacked or harmed any one of them. All I can go by is what I know and what I've seen/ experienced myself with these dogs. They are intense, strong, powerful, extremely loyal, smart and very cuddly dogs. Unfortunately because of the stigma attached to them, bad people with bad intentions corrupt the breed and abuse the dogs rendering some of them extremely dangerous. Any dog would become aggresive in the hands of these people, not just the pitbull. To say that these dogs turn on people for no reason other than their breed is absolutely ridiculous. One would only have to look at the dog in general to know that the domesticated dog does not, should not turn on man - unless they were trained to do so or terribly abused or because of bad breeding. None of those reasons have to do with the breed itself. Ceasar Milan is one of the most popular dog specialists and he owns, loves and supports the breed. I really wish you could meet my dog, she would change your outlook on pits, as she has done for me and many others throughout the years.
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