Comments on: The Good, The Bad and the Down Right Ugly of Social Media https://zombiesanddogs.org/2016/01/12/the-good-the-bad-and-the-down-right-ugly-of-social-media/ "Great ideas emerges from useless fragments of thoughts.” Mon, 02 Jan 2017 12:39:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: strongdoglover https://zombiesanddogs.org/2016/01/12/the-good-the-bad-and-the-down-right-ugly-of-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-3293 Wed, 13 Jan 2016 05:45:28 +0000 http://zombiesanddogs.wordpress.com/?p=5394#comment-3293 Exellent blog thankyou !

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]]> By: Angela https://zombiesanddogs.org/2016/01/12/the-good-the-bad-and-the-down-right-ugly-of-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-3287 Tue, 12 Jan 2016 23:17:25 +0000 http://zombiesanddogs.wordpress.com/?p=5394#comment-3287 Amen PittieLove. Well said. Given proper training and care a dog can live in an apartment or mansion, and that applies to a 6 pound of 65 pound dog of any type.

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]]> By: pittielove1959 https://zombiesanddogs.org/2016/01/12/the-good-the-bad-and-the-down-right-ugly-of-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-3286 Tue, 12 Jan 2016 22:52:58 +0000 http://zombiesanddogs.wordpress.com/?p=5394#comment-3286 When I got my Amstaff Lacy, I had been owning and training dogs all of my life, but never owned a dog like her. She was beaten, starved, and just left out to die by the previous owner and was on her way out. I nursed her back to health and she has become a really great dog. When training her I just trained her the same way I had trained my English Cocker Brandy, my German Shepherd Pepper, my Chesapeke Ruby, and all of the other’s over the years including my other current dog and an American Bulldog named Bella. It doesn’t take rocket science to train any dog. Just a lot of love and dog treats. I have been training all kinds of dogs for about 50 years and never have been even close to being bitten or anything else by any of them. It truly is in how you treat and train them. I don’t think bans work any better than the regular animal laws that are already out there. I think the problem is more of getting the laws that are there already enforced. The back yard breeders and puppy mills are a huge part of the problem as well as just terrible owners. They just make the people who are responsible dog owners look really bad, and that is what needs to change. The media isn’t helping that at all with them reporting that “a pit bull type dog, or a dog that looked similar to a pit bull” when it was a beagle, etc. Then we have the anti-pit bull groups like PETA and DBO and all of their hater pages just adding to the problem. I have said this before and I will say it again: ANY dog can be trained to be dangerous. It is up to us as owners to take the time to train a happy, well ajusted family pet, and to educate those who have no clue as to how to do just that.

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]]> By: nunya https://zombiesanddogs.org/2016/01/12/the-good-the-bad-and-the-down-right-ugly-of-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-3285 Tue, 12 Jan 2016 22:33:05 +0000 http://zombiesanddogs.wordpress.com/?p=5394#comment-3285 My original pit bull was a perfectly happy apartment dog. Because when he was young i got him out and got him exercise and when he was older nothing made him happier than just hanging out on the balcony watching the world go by.

Your statement, if believed by others, just made another million dogs potentially homeless.

Please please please stop with the generalizations and start looking at the individuals.

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]]> By: Diane Clark https://zombiesanddogs.org/2016/01/12/the-good-the-bad-and-the-down-right-ugly-of-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-3284 Tue, 12 Jan 2016 21:33:38 +0000 http://zombiesanddogs.wordpress.com/?p=5394#comment-3284 Aside from the general issue I have about the success rate of banning anything (historically, it’s not a good solution), I have a problem with the loose definition used here. “Pit bull” is generic and has come to be used to describe generic dogs – those of mixed breed heritage. To say that “far more damage can be done by the tremendous power these dogs have” throws all dogs of any size and therefore any breed under a bus. That does not solve the problem.
I agree that we must be part of the solution – and to that end I s/n all of my animals, volunteer to do transports to clinics and offer other services to prevent the breeding of generic dogs. When a tragedy happens – it reaffirms our credibility because all of the other factors are once again present. Mandatory s/n laws do more harm than good – that has been proven.
Beyond our own dogs, we have no right to assume anything – bad or good.
I am not pro backyard breeding, but I’m not about to exchange one punitive law for another one.

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]]> By: The Good, The Bad and the Down Right Ugly of Social Media – Making Waves Outreach ⚘ Flyers For Animal Rights https://zombiesanddogs.org/2016/01/12/the-good-the-bad-and-the-down-right-ugly-of-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-3277 Tue, 12 Jan 2016 19:39:12 +0000 http://zombiesanddogs.wordpress.com/?p=5394#comment-3277 […] Source: The Good, The Bad and the Down Right Ugly of Social Media […]

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]]> By: Stacey Ann https://zombiesanddogs.org/2016/01/12/the-good-the-bad-and-the-down-right-ugly-of-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-3276 Tue, 12 Jan 2016 19:37:47 +0000 http://zombiesanddogs.wordpress.com/?p=5394#comment-3276 Reblogged this on Making Waves Outreach ⚘ Flyers For Animal Rights.

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]]> By: zombiesanddogs https://zombiesanddogs.org/2016/01/12/the-good-the-bad-and-the-down-right-ugly-of-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-3275 Tue, 12 Jan 2016 19:29:40 +0000 http://zombiesanddogs.wordpress.com/?p=5394#comment-3275 I absolutely agree. As lazy as my pit bull is, I know that he has the potential to be do harm, intentionally or not. Pit bull dogs are not for everyone, and I think just like with any dog, dog owners need to research breeds more before just scooping one up. I was a lucky one, my dog does not have the drive that some of my friends dogs have. I have friends that have pit bulls that work and enjoy their work and could be dangerous if in the wrong hands, just like dog.

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]]> By: Jukevan https://zombiesanddogs.org/2016/01/12/the-good-the-bad-and-the-down-right-ugly-of-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-3272 Tue, 12 Jan 2016 18:44:12 +0000 http://zombiesanddogs.wordpress.com/?p=5394#comment-3272 These dogs aren’t for novice owners. These dogs aren’t suited to be docile apartment dwellers. I believe we have a tremendous responsibility to educate people accurately.

Though unpopular, I truly believe there needs to be a moratorium on breeding. Absolutely ban backyard breeding.

We can’t keep insisting pit bulls are harmless family dogs. When a tragedy happens, it takes away our credibility. In the wrong hands, in the wrong conditions ALL dogs have the potential to do harm. Far more damage can be done by the tremendous power these dogs have. By continuing to deny that isn’t doing us a favor by any means. Beyond our OWN dogs, we can’t assume anything.

We must be part of the solution.

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]]> By: Texan Advocate https://zombiesanddogs.org/2016/01/12/the-good-the-bad-and-the-down-right-ugly-of-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-3271 Tue, 12 Jan 2016 17:31:25 +0000 http://zombiesanddogs.wordpress.com/?p=5394#comment-3271 Reblogged this on The Texan Advocate.

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