Well, at least it fits, right?

Sorry it's been so long since I posted. I've been rather busy with keeping the kennel running, my relationship working and getting my dogs through their CGC.


Michael Vick is going to be PeTA's spokesperson. No, this is not a sick joke. Why would it be? PeTA kills over 2000 animals yearly, Michael Vick is the perfect person to represent them! I don't know how well Vick liking pit bulls will roll over with PeTA, but we'll just see how that goes. Here's the actual story:

Published: May 01, 2009
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Michael Vick is in talks to become the new spokesman for PETA.
Yes, you read that correctly. The disgraced one-time NFL superstar serving prison time for funding an illegal dog-fighting ring is primed to do public-service ads for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals upon his release later this month. According to three people with knowledge of the matter, the proposed endorsement is part of a comprehensive PR scheme aimed at rehabilitating the quarterback's image and gaining him readmission to the league that banned him from playing.

"I'm familiar with [the plan]," said Dan Shannon, director of youth outreach and campaigns for PETA. "We have been in discussions with Michael Vick, with his management team, about the possibility of him putting out a public-service announcement with PETA when he's out of jail. We want him to discourage people from taking part in dog-fighting. I can do it until I'm blue in the face and it might not convince anybody. Michael Vick sure can. He can say, 'Look, I did it, I was wrong, and it ruined my career.'"

Full story here

Of course, PeTA actually turned him down. Apparently Vick just didn't kill enough dogs for their taste.

How to beat BSL-What every dog owner should know!

Welcome to dogpolitics.com! Everything you needed to know to keep your pit bull safe. A common target seen here is often PeTA, or their cousin, HSUS, the leaders in promoting BSL, and PeTA in particular, killing them themselves (with a 95% kill rate, too. In case you've been living under a rock, both groups asked for donations for the care and rehabilitation of Michael Vick's dogs, while lobbying for their death-at the same time. They also claimed the dogs were in their care-which none were-and when questions rose about the money donated, neither group could quite figure out where it went.


Just as a note, you'll be seeing more and more anti-animal rights blogs on here, mostly because they are the main enemy of responsible dog owners, and pet owners in general.

Ok, I can't help it. I feel guilty as hell and need some kind of reassurance. I'll tell the story of what happened to Bandit.

I'm sitting at the computer, responding to some dumb-ass petard. I see DC out of the corner of my eye, but he's not doing anything suspicious, so I don't pay any attention, since as far as I know all the puppies are in their own pen and the other dogs are asleep in the other room. Now, DC doesn't usually even have food aggression, let alone dog aggression, so this was a pretty big shocker for me. I turned around to grab a drink and I notice Bandit twitching like mad in the food bowl. At first I figure he just got scared, until I noticed his head was swollen, his eyes were rolling back, and he could barely breathe. DC was hiding in the corner. Upon getting to the vet, she confirmed blood clots in the brain, and there was no alternative but euthanization.

What gets me is this-if DC actually attacked, like it seems, wouldn't there be blood, and wouldn't the puppy have at least made a noise? There wasn't even a peep out of him, and there was literally no damage anywhere except his brain. I don't even know if it's possible for that to happen on it's own. We did not have DC euthanized, nor did we rehome him. We simply forbade him from being in the same room as any puppy, and this has worked surprisingly well considering he's scared to death of them now. He's been getting better about it, and has even gone so far as to let one sleep on him (under supervision) without incident.

So this is where I'm stuck-either DC did it, and really quickly, or Bandit just started convulsing and his brain clotted on its own...

It's been awhile...

It's been forever since I posted, but then I've had to deal with 6 puppies for a while. Unfortunately we lost one to our pit bull. It was my mistake for not paying better attention to him, and when he fell asleep in the food bowl, he became fair game. But that's another story.

Anyways, I've been a member of peta-sucks.com for a while now, and came across this as well as this
I figured it might make a good read for someone, and possibly spur some discussion.