The Emporia Gazette

Posted on November 15 at 12:11 p.m.

Dear Anonymous Victim,

You are totally right. We should never treat our dogs as humans. They have other needs than we do. BUT I am very sorry that you sent your comments before getting the right facts.

We, responsible parents and responsible dog owners, clearly understand the fact that the way we, humans treat an animal reflects the way we treat other human beings: http://www.psyeta.org/ The link between human violence and animal abuse has been studied for many years.

Pitbulls are the most abused animal in this planet and the most misunderstood. They do not plan attacks in order to be in the news nor organize illegal fights. ANY Intact dog (meaning not fixed), unsocialized, poorly trained or not trained at all dogs tend to bite the most. Why? Because they can't take themselves to the vet clinic to be fixed; they can't take themselves to a trainer to be trained. We, humans are the ones who must provide it for them. Catch my drift?

Click here so you see what Jeff Armstrong, founder of PAIDO: Parents Against Irresponsible Dog Owners) and father of Ryan (who was bitten by a dog) has to say about singling out dog breeds: http://www.geminiz.com/ArmstrongAct/Inde...

I am an adoption counselor at the local animal shelter and I see often that people do not want to take responsibilities for their dogs and that is a red-flag to me because they often do not take responsibilities for their children either.

A Pomeranian (small size dog) killed a baby in California in 2002: http://www.pitbullsontheweb.com/petbull/... Did we hear it in the news? No. Why? Simply because it was NOT a Pitbull: http://www.badrap.org/rescue/myths.cfm

ANY dog is capable of inflicting trauma and death. Check again Jeff Armstrong son's story who clearly understands that owners must be responsible for their dogs actions.

I gave birth to the most precious little baby in the whole world but you will never get an invitation to our home to meet him. Why? We own four dogs: a Basset, a Mutt, a Shar-Pei and a Pitbull and we do not want uninformed yet ignorant people in our household who can harm the environment of our loving and caring human-animal bond

The best,
Nancy

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