[Shotimes] OT some SHO content and dead dog.Just freaking crazy

[James F. Ryan III]

> A good friend of mine here at work has several of them.  American
> Staffordshire Terriers is the official AKC name, he tells me.

>From my Big Book of Dogs:

The American Kennel Club (AKC), largest in the US, recognizes the breed as
"American Staffordshire Terrier".

The United Kennel Club (UKC), 2nd largest in the US, recognizes the breed as
"Amercian Pit Bull Terrier".

They were originally bred for fighting (not hunting), and that is where the
"pit" name comes from, as in "fighting pit".

They are recognized as separate breeds because the Staffordshire is
supposedly the kindler, gentler "family pet", and the Pit Bull is the
agressive "fighting dog".

The "Bull Terrier" is a sort of distant relative.  The Bull Terrier is a
very gentle, fun-loving, very unique-looking (read strange) dog.  Remember
the Bud Light 'spokes'-dog, Spuds McKenzie?  He was/is a Bull Terrier.




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Wojton" <mwojton@gmail.com>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 12:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] OT some SHO content and dead dog.Just freaking crazy


> A good friend of mine here at work has several of them.  American
> Staffordshire Terriers is the official AKC name, he tells me.  A
> couple of them are champions, one of them a national champion even at
> whatever the big dog show is at Madison Square Garden.  I've been to
> his house several times.  They really are big babies.  Once you start
> scratching them, you're their friend for the rest of the night.  They
> are a pretty imposing sight though.  All neck and head.  Whatever they
> were originally bred for (hunting some kind of vermin I would
> suppose), I'm guessing they were very good at it.
>
>
> -- 
> Mike Wojton
> Dover, PA
>
>    -'95 White MTX
>       '96 Brake Upgrade
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>
> "Avoid the clap." - Jimmy Dugan
>
>
> On 5/6/05, George Fourchy <krazgeo@comcast.net> wrote:
> > On Fri, 6 May 2005 10:02:39 -0500, Zach Leahy wrote:
> >
> > >Personally I don't care at all for pit bulls, generally
> > >because they are mean.  I know some are not.
> >
> > Just like kids, dogs are what their owners (parents) let them grow up
(or teach
> > them) to be.  In "The Little Rascals", the dog was a pit bull.....back
then they
> > called them bull terriers.  There wasn't anything wrong with that dog.
I've seen
> > lots of nice bull terriers, and plenty of bad ones too, usually on the
news in a
> > story like this one. The bad ones are raised that way.
> >
> > From the website "dogbreedinfo.com" ....
> >
> > "That sly smile, those determined eyes, that unwaning pleasure to
please... the mere
> > quality and characteristics of the APBT have evoked more human
emotional, rational,
> > and irrational response than any other breed that exists today.  By no
means are
> > these dogs people-haters or people-eaters. Their natural aggressive
tendencies are
> > toward other dogs and animals, not people. However if they are properly
socialized
> > they will not even be aggressive with them. These are truly quality
companions for
> > quality owners only! The American Pit Bull Terrier is a good-natured,
amusing,
> > extremely loyal and affectionate family pet, which is good with children
and adults.
> > Almost always obedient, it is always eager to please its master. It is
an extremely
> > courageous and intelligent guard dog that is very full of vitality.
Highly
> > protective of his owners and the owner's property, it will fight an
enemy to the
> > death."
> >
> > Lots of bad people use these traits to their advantage, disregarding the
dog
> > altogether.
> >
> > George
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