Well done Mr Alhadi.....but what kind of parents still have a pitbull dog as a pet?

[mrsruffallo]

Thank God for this man walking past...but really shouldn't all parents be thinking hard about having these kind of dogs in the home?

"Can't wait to tell my cousin how irresponsible she was when she gave her dog to her sister without recourse to a rescue centre. Too funny!"

Funny? Really?

Oh yeah, dogs being killed for want of homes is hysterical, MummyGil.

And I have no doubt at all that your cousin and her sister have in comparison to me a superior understanding of the problems faced when an owner no longer wants/can keep his dog and that they have a superior knowledge and experience of the dire situation that is lack of rescue places and of the thousands upon thousands of dogs who die for want of homes each year. Of course they do. We rescuers are all wrong and you, your cousin and her sister know better.

Oh well, now I know where to come later today when another appeal such as this drops in my inbox

When those dogs were posted they had less than 24 hours to live. The red "Sorted" type remarks were added at the eleventh hour. I get maybe ten or twenty such appeals a day. Some are for a single dog, some are for ten or more dogs in a pound, some are for a dog unwanted by some idiot for a numbskull reason such as having a child. Invariably the dogs don't have long to live and let me tell you lady, getting them rescue spaces is a huge bloody fight and you are speaking out of your arse to imply otherwise.

The very vast majority of rescues are full to the brim most of the time. And the good ones contract to take any dog which they rehome back should ever the dog be unwanted, so preventing them from being passed around to cousins and sisters in unchecked homes or landing up in pounds facing death again.

my wife is scared of dogs, would not go near one but does not no why. she has never been bitten.

The only conclusion we have is that she is not an animal lover, never been around dogs before and does not understand them or how they have thier own personality, charisma and how you can actually tell alot about the dog once you get to know them.

She now loves our staffie to bits and does not understand where to bad name has come from but she hates my mums shitty chiwawa as it is a right little ankle biter.

We should feel sorry for MummyGil. I'd hate to have to live my life in a state of perpetual hysteria.

Wannabe - a bloke I know keeps his retired dogs too (with [looks both ways] children too ). I often think about a story he told me when he had to take the retired one to the vets and the dog crossed him over the road away from it!!

TBC - I didn't realise it was you to start with, but became highly suspicious after your Fishy link!! Can't you set your dogs on your stalker or do they only ever maul children on whim?

I have two staffies, and children. They are great with kids, other people and other dogs. They are fab off the lead and have never put a foot wrong. I would never leave them alone with the dc though. Irresponsible dog owners lead to irresponsible dogs. Fact.

When I was very young one of my friends was attacked by their family dog. Until then, the dog had been absolutely lovely - incredibly affectionate, tolerant and calm.

So why did it turn? Well, I'm pretty sure that my friend treated that poor dog very badly. I watched her hit it and 'play' with it, and that poor dog put up with everything she dished out.

At the point of attack my friend was pretending to eat from the dog's bowl.

She was only about ten at the time but she should have been taught how to behave around that poor animal. If she had, it probably wouldn't have happened :( No doubt that poor dog was put down.

Never mind keeping dogs away from kids - keep kids away from dogs. The dog can't do anything to protect itself and it's completely unfair to put an otherwise well-behaved animal in such a vulnerable position.

FTR, the best dogs I've ever known have been staffies. Fantastic dogs. I've known plenty that were very sociable with other dogs too.