radiant personality

Hey -- Photoshop is half the fun of being owned by a corgi. Get your local teenager to help you -- just keep your cool when they tell you you've made an "I.D. Ten T" (ID10T) error.

I wish they could stay little just a bit longer. It's hard to remember that Rufus has a puppy brain, no matter how big he is.

Happy Birthday, have a great one!! :)

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday!!! I hope you have something groovy planned!!

Happy Birthday!

I would like to see New Orleans as well and yes, I am a True Blood fan so seeing that town would be fun.

Wow, you're taking a motorcycle trip all the way over here? I take Wynstan will be sitting that one out. If he were with you I'd say we'd have to plan a Corgi meet up for the same time.

That sounds like so much fun! Ever since I read Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil a long time ago I've wanted to go and I hoped they had a ghost tour so I'm thrilled to hear you say that they do. My husband has no idea why I want to go there and just tell him it's calling to me because I really don't have a valid reason. :)
You're in Alabama? That would make it a bit easier to venture into GA. I'm in AZ so it would be bit of a trip.

LOL, yes, exactly! Surely it won't smell nearly as good :x

haha....ur stories are quite..interesting. I always bring them up to friends..

Well, that sounds like some good doggie daycare for the time you're gone! Have a great trip and we hope it turns out well for you and Wynstan!

I have his first one:) if I can get a canine tooth id be happy lol

Here's a New Yorker article that's only tangentially about dogfighting, but includes the (to me) amazing and surprising observation that at least some of these fighting dog owners actually do love their dogs and vice-versa, to the point where the dogs will fight to the death for their person (the dogfighting thing is a metaphor for the abuse of trust). I've never been to a dogfight of course -- ick -- but I'd always assumed that these guys who are attracted to fighting dogs for the power trip don't really give a rat's ass for the dogs. One of the stars of the infamous U.Washington 2001 Rose Bowl Championship football team (at least 3 felons on the team, which retained a lawyer to insulate players from the consequences of their actions) simply abandoned 4 pits in his back yard as soon as he got his NFL contract. His neighbors had been throwing food over the fence to them. My neighbor lady has a pink-nosed pit named Cassius (I call him 'Muhamad' or 'The Champ' because of his muscle definition), sweetest dog in the world and the love is just so obvious; I wish some of these guys could see those two, to see what they're missing.

New Yorker article

Buddy,
Please see my comment on your blog post. I don't know if it's possible, but if you can make an overture to him and tell him you feel terrible about what happened, acknowledge his pain and loss, this might help both of you to deal with this. Forget all about his responsibility -- he ought to be feeling a lot of guilt, which intensifies the anger -- tell him that you feel horrible about shooting his dog, you can't imagine how he must feel, you're so sorry, etc. etc. It might take a long time to sink in, but it might eventually help him deal with this.
Even though there was nothing wrong with what you had to do, it can't hurt to offer an apology. You're not admitting any kind of guilt, just acknowledging his pain. If he doesn't want to hear this the first time, you might try again later. Give him some time. Make sure you're sincere (he'll know if you're not). If I were in his place, I think it'd take me a long time to process this.
I'm speculating that someone who'd keep two poorly-kept, poorly-trained, inadequately-restrained pit bills might be a person who hasn't seen many expressions of empathy from other people. You think? Something you could help him learn maybe?
IMPORTANT: it would be a big face-saving thing for him.

OMD, and I thought *I* was having a bad day....
I wish you well.
J

I'm very sorry to hear that. Had they taken action sooner the whole thing could have been avoided. Just keep a close eye on your pup, and I hope he wasn't too scared by the whole thing!

Thanks for the input about the Blue Buffalo food---I appreciate it:) As for your unfortunate dilemma, you did what you had to do to protect Wynstan. I'd say the majority of us on here would testify that we would do whatever it takes to protect our dogs. Best of luck to you---it sounds like your neighbor should be locked away, as well as anyone else that mistreats ANY dog, not just Pits. I don't doubt for one second that you'll be keeping a hawk-like eye on Wynstan until this matter is resolved. Stay safe.

Ah, that makes sense. I hope no one was ever injured during the robberies.

There are a lot of sick people out there and you can make yourself sick just trying to understand them. I'm glad these puppies will be taken care of as will the mother.

No, you should not beat yourself up about it. You were protecting your family as any of us would. It is what it is and the end result is that you and your dog are safe and the police and shelter are finally stepping in as they probably should have done a long time ago. If they had, none of this would have happened. people do give Pit Bulls a bad name and it's so unfortunate; even more unfortunate that the dogs are forced to live these awful lives. He was even breeding them? That's terrible.

Don't feel guilty though. Most people would be too caught up in the moment to plan. I'm glad you thought quickly enough to act at all. I don't carry a gun but I do shoot so I know the power behind those bullets and your right, no matter where you shot it, it could have ended badly for the dog. The truth is, if the dog was taken to the shelter, being aggressive (which it would seem he was) he would likely have been put down anyway. They never spend time rehabilitating aggressive cases unfortunately.

I'm glad you have plans of moving and so soon. Just keep a close eye on Wynstan in the meantime and I'm sure you will both be fine.

At least it was done quickly. Just out of curiosity though (and please don't think I'm blaming you or questioning your actions because God knows I'd kill for my dog) but would a shot somewhere else such as the leg not have been sufficient to save Wynstan and spare the Pit's life? I guess I just feel bad because I had a coworker who owned 2 Pits and they got out of her yard during a storm and someone called the police to report 2 wandering Pits. The police pulled up and when they got out the female Pit started walking towards them then running and one of the police shot and killed her claiming his life was in danger. The truth was that she loved people and always got excited and ran up to them. I guess there was no way for the police to have known this though; he just saw a Pit Bull running towards him and probably wasn't thinking about sparing the dog.

Be safe and good luck! it would seem Wynstan isn't the only with superhero in his blood. :)