Reply #84: Reply to: "You have it right" [View All]

[rosewarnewilsonveale]

You are obviously a good dog owner, who has nurtured your dogs to be sociable, playful animals. This was not intended to be a story discriminating against breeds of dogs. It is people who have minced the facts with opinions, not children trying to campaign against Pitbull dogs. Understand that Alan Gay lost his friendly, sociable dog ,George. A dog whom put his life at risk when he placed himself between 5 children and two, growling, running, barking dogs. Dogs that want to play with kids who are used to playing with kids, do not growl, run at and bark at kids who have their backs turned. They know that this will frighten a child. Most dogs who accidently jump at kids intending no harm, do so tongues wagging, minus the growls, snarls and barks. These dogs were already in pursuit of the children, before the children or George were aware that they were behind them. The first indication was the sound of growling.

These dogs that attacked George were not the friendly dogs you'd want to put on a dogfood advertisement. George did not attack the dogs, he ran towards them, stopped and barked at them. They attacked him and he tried to fight them off, but was too small, too old and out-numbered, but thanks to his heroic attempt to divert the dogs attention, his friends, 5 children were able to get away.

If you wish to argue about breeds of dogs then perhaps a forum especially for that purpose should be made, because I'm sure there are many Hero Pitbull's out there too and of course the world should know about them before they judge, but these Pitties in this story - were agressive and poorly trained dogs. The one thing George did have over these dogs, was he belonged to a good owner. It makes a big difference.

George never stole shoes, but he did run off with the kid's tennis balls and place them in a spot of gravel at Alan's. He also like to play rugby, but he wasn't that good at the game, because the kids always moaned when he hogged the ball. He's a real Hero - trust me.