Road Trip! Heh. I wish. =P If I run across anyone who can take her, I'll holler.
Yeah, bummer we're in a state with a politician who has a thing for Pits, and killing thereof (She was bit by one, whoever she is... can't remember specifically...). On 10/31/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I know of a shelter in Northern Virginia that'll take her. > Also talk to the local pitbull breed clubs, they probably can identify her > breed(s) and help find her a forever home. > > Scott A. Stewart > REAC/PASS-IT > (202)-475-8875 > > > > > Dana Tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 10/31/2006 12:28 PM > Please respond to cf-community > > > To: CF-Community <cf-community@houseoffusion.com> > cc: (bcc: Scott A. Stewart/REAC/HHQ/HUD) > Subject: Re: Sam- I think I know how ya feel. > > > eh. I am currently fostering a pitbull mix and having trouble finding her > a home. The shelters are not an option because pitbulls are considered > dangerous dogs here. I disagree. I would not call this dog especially > well-mannered and turned down one family because they had a 2-year-old, > but my concern is that she is quite hyper, not that she will bite. She is > actually a very affectionate nice little dog. > > >I have conflicted feelings on this. > > > >I have NEVER met a well-mannered pit bull or rottweiler.. I have met > >over 100 of them, and all of them are owned by idiots who love the > >aggressive nature of the dogs. Bad people and bad dogs. > > > >I have sat in the Emergency Room of a hospital with a 4 year old girl > >who had half of her face (literally) ripped off (lower jaw, cheek, > >partial eye socket), and had dozens of major bites on her neck and > >shoulder and arms. There is nothing in this world that is going to > >help that girl. > > > >If she had been attacked by a chihuahua, she would not have been > >anywhere near as damaged. > > > >Also there is a huge difference between a nip, a bite and a mauling. > > > >There should be different level of penalty for each type of "crime". > > > >If you could get a law passed that any person who's dog mauled a person: > > * was prosecuted for assault with a deadly weapon, manslaughter or > >murder, depending on the scope of the injuries > > * pays for all medical, counseling, and restorative surgery, and > >pain and suffering > > * Mandated that any dog that had bitten a person was, at the > >discretion of the victim, put down. > > * Mandated that the owner of any dog that had bitten a person, was > >not put down, and then was found loose, would be charged just as if > >they had placed a loaded gun on the sidewalk. > > > >Then the breed of the dog would not be an issue, and those you > >consider to be truly at fault would be held accountable. > > > >But without that sort of accountability for idiots, you have to do > >SOMETHING to prevent the attacks. > > > >Of course, it still doesn't help that girl, which will haunt me forever. > > > > > >On 10/31/06, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> +1 > >> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:218958 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
