pit bull ban.
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I rescued my pitbull Hank 13 years ago (Jan 8th 2001). I was in a car heading down the Brooklyn Queens Expressway here in NYC with two friends when some assholes opened up the side door on an astro van and threw the dog out on the road. The friend that was driving slammed violently on the brakes and I jumped out and scooped the dog up. He was bleeding very badly, super emaciated and was missing most of his fur from malnutrition.
We immediately took the dog to the vet near my apartment who explained he was in a bad way and there would be no shame in putting him down. He also stated that if I was willing to try to save the dog it wouldn't be cheap. I insisted he do his best and with that Hank was at the vet for four weeks.
After getting him home, and once Hank started getting his strength back, the challenge turned from recovery to training. The dog was a bit of a nightmare as he'd never been trained and ran around like he was on coke. I ended up devoting every waking moment I wasn't at work to break him of any bad habits and and make sure he wouldn't be an asshole of a dog.
Flash forward to 2014. Hank has been the sweetest dog I've ever had. He's been my best friend, partner in crime and slice of sanity when things get difficult. I can go on forever about how much he's enriched my life. He's honestly never been nasty or violent in any way towards anyone. Keep in mind, this is a dog that was starved, beaten and thrown out on a highway. If this had been a person, they'd probably be in therapy the rest of their life.
Sorry for the long story. I just believe my dog, like every other pitbull in a loving environment, is proof that these are not animals that should be discriminated against. On the other hand, there are some people out there who should not be allowed to own animals, period!
My wife tortures him on his bday
With my other rescue, Dolly
- < thats how i got my rot/shep mix, she was thrown out of a van in a burlap sacmoldero
- she was a bait dog for fightersmoldero
- Same here Moldy. I have no doubts they used him as a bait dog.GM278
- good story, my rescue is the same, they are loyal as hellmoldero
- You're a good man for rescuing her. People are assholes, man.GM278
- I lived with a rescued bait dog pit for awhile, and he drew blood on 3 of our friends. He attacked me too in the house.monospaced
- luckily we found a new home for him, because animal people wanted to kill himmonospaced
- Also, this is an awesome story. I love dogs.monospaced
- Thanks. Like I said, rescue pits need A LOT of dedication to re-socialize. It wasn't easy.GM278
- yeah sucks, some dogs just cant recovermoldero
- yup, A LOT, works for me since I work from home, but then again my pits not a rescue, my rot mix ismoldero
- but she was good 6 months in, went from scared of her own shadow, to swimming out to the line upmoldero
- and riding my surfboard in in just 6 months, and a very social dogmoldero
- my pit, even though hes not a rescue, needs A LOT of attention, its just testosterone or somethingmoldero
- hes like a big dumb jock with teethmoldero
- They're very attention hungry dogs. He's like my shadow in the house.GM278
- I love you for this!!!!FawnDog
- my pit is like my shadow too, he even sleeps on my bed, big ol babymoldero