Tip-offs lead to rescue of pit bulls

Olina Tretyak

Jan 28th 2010, 17:45

@James A. Tyrrell

What my ears have to do with the information that I shared on these comments stating that clipped ears of a dog can be a sign that owner wanted to changed the exterior of a dog?

Please mind your own ears and your own nose, use them as example of being clipped and leave my body parts alone.

Learn to discuss the MESSAGE and not to attack the MESSENGER if you are disagree with the content of a message or not intelligent enough to understand it.

I do not like your very thought of touching my ears, you better watch yours.

I did NOT even gave my opinion about clipping ears of a dog, I simply shared an information that clipped years may be NOT a sign of dog fights preparation.

James A. Tyrrell

Jan 27th 2010, 14:25

Anyone who thinks a pit bull is some sort of cuddly little pet need their heads examined. These dogs were originally bred with one purpose in mind, dog fighting. They were bred to kill and can kill a child a lot easier than they can kill another pit bull. They may be friendly most of the time but like humans they can have off days. If you have an off day you may raise your voice to someone, if a pit bull has an off day it will probably rip your face off.

I agree that it's not the dog's fault, but the fault of the idiots who bred them in the first place, us. I can remember years ago seeing a four-year-old boys face after the family pet had attacked him. I still see that person today and his face will never look right even after years of plastic surgery. The family pet by the way wasn't a pit bull in that case; it was a big cuddly Golden Labrador.

All dogs are descended from the wolf and as such they will always retain that innate ability to revert to their wild state.

Joe Cassar

Jan 27th 2010, 01:38

@ Mr Derek Fenech

You obviously do not know the meaning of the word "potential" That means something that could ( not necessarily will) happen.

There are plenty, no a vast number, of cases where pitbulls who were considered perfectly tame by their ownets went suddenly wild and mauled young children, many times fatally.

People who keep those kind of dangerous dogs, especially in a crowded environment like Malta, are selfish, anti-social and very, very bad neighbours indeed.

Sylvia Zammit

Jan 26th 2010, 17:18

Relax Mr.Cassar! Pitbulls are generally very friendly to humans. it's only because other so called 'humans' abuse them to make them fierce towards other dogs.These so called 'humans' are the ones you should fear - not the dogs who are their victims! Well Done to the AWD, and those tipped them off.

Derek Fenech

Jan 26th 2010, 16:44

@Joe Cassar
I wish to know what kind of sixth sense are you gifted with to know that this pitbull is going to become this lethal monster as you are describing. I know of many pitbull legal breeds that are loving with children and had little children brought up with them. These 'killers' as you are calling them are the most amicable of breeds because when they were puppies brought up in a loving environment. Even the human being if raised in a violent environment, chances are that he will grow to become a menace to society. Just thank whoever it was that gave a family to this dog rather than ending up savaged by other dogs thanks to the greed of the human being. ANd i forgot ignorance of whom i am seeing a perfect example of!

Joe Cassar

Jan 26th 2010, 15:57

"The puppy has already been adopted "

That means that some unsuspecting people will now have a potential killer as a new neighbour.

What joy!

Derek Fenech

Jan 26th 2010, 15:20

@Anton Borg
Pitbulls is is not a breed in and of itself but encompasses a range of breeds so please know your facts well about dogs. Dogs which are often mistaken for what you are referring as pitbulls are legal both in Malta and the UK like Straffordshire bull terriers, bull mastiffs, american pitbulls and the list goes on. Breeds which are specifically named as dangerous dogs are the Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino and Fila Brasileiro. Then again punish the deed not the breed!

James A. Tyrrell

Jan 26th 2010, 14:11

@Olina Tretyak. I find it strange that you deny the idea that the clipping of a dogs ears has anything to do with preparing it for fighting and seem to think it's okay for some idiot to clip a dogs ears to make it look nice. Dogs should not be used for fighting and anyone caught using them in such a way should be take to a vet themselves and put down.

But whilst it is bad enough that there are scum around who treat animals in this manner I find it disgusting that any owner should decide that their dog doesn't look nice enough and have it cosmetically altered. How would you like it Olina if someone decided that your ears were a bit lopsided and decided they needed clipping?

anton borg

Jan 26th 2010, 13:41

Pit bull terriers are fighting dogs; they have volatile tempers and are by their very nature, dangerous. They should be banned in Malta as they have been in UK.

Olina Tretyak

Jan 26th 2010, 13:20

Clipped ears have nothing to do with preparation for dogs fight. It is only a sign that dog had an owner who was concerned in the exterier of the dog and had his dog undergo operation to obtain the exterier desired. Ears clipped or not do not affect dog's capability to fight. Dogs do not catch each other by the ears, this is for humans - those human animals who allow themselves to catch children by their ears in order to exercise "punishment" and stretching the skin, breaking ears, making children look ugly all their life. And then they will be "concerned" about ears of a dog, to show society how "kind" they are.