I don't do facebook either, but would love to see the pic
Becky & the girls
Sent from Becky's iPhone
On Apr 26, 2012, at 9:26 PM, Peggy & The Girls <[email protected]> wrote:
> I don't belong to FB, so when I click on your link there is a box to sign in
> that covers most of the picture. How about just attaching it to a post?
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> From: Mary Nellum
> Date: 4/26/2012 6:18:57 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [Chihuahuas] pit bulls, now breed ambassadors
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> I changed the pic yesterday to one of them playing – they’re ferocious attack
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> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
> Behalf Of Peggy & The Girls
> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 4:34 PM
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> Subject: RE: [Chihuahuas] pit bulls, now breed ambassadors
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> Kudos to you Mary. That is awesome that you have two of the most labeled
> aggressive dogs as therapy ambassadors! How marvelous. It must be a sight to
> see your pitt and chi walked together. I know I got a kick out of seeing a
> man walk his rottie and chi once.
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> I have to admit though I personally could never have a large dog of any breed
> with a chi as pets. It would make me too nervous, always being afraid that an
> accident could happen, either by aggression or just plain clumsiness of the
> larger dog. Princess is 18 pounds, three times the size of Gigi and I am
> always watching them, she's big enough for me.
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> From: Mary Nellum
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> Date: 4/26/2012 4:59:46 PM
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> To: [email protected]
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> Subject: RE: [Chihuahuas] pit bulls, now breed ambassadors
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> That’s part of why I decided to adopt my Chihuahua, Spice. Up to that point,
> every Chihuahua I had met I didn’t like. They barked and lunged and tried to
> bite and were just all around unpleasant little dogs. So I thought that I
> would keep an eye out for one and then see if I might foster or adopt it and
> test out my theory. A friend of mine was fostering Spice and I went over to
> take care of her dogs one weekend. When they came back, I asked if I could
> take Spice home for a “trial” visit and she never left – lol.
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> When she came to me, she was like the others I had met. She barked a lot, she
> growled at other people, she barked whenever she saw other dogs, and she
> didn’t meet strangers well. So I treated her like a dog – I taught her to
> walk nicely on leash so that she could join us on our walks, thanked her for
> her alert barking and rewarded her for being quiet after, took her with Sox
> and me whenever we went out and exposed her to lots and lots of different
> situations and taught her what I wanted from her in those situations.
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> My pitbull, Sox, is a registered therapy dog and Spice and I are on our way
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> Now I’m happy to have two breed ambassadors – one a pitbull and one a
> Chihuahua, and I love being able to share both of these types of dogs with
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> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
> Behalf Of Becky
> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 3:36 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] pit bulls
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> Well, yes. Common sense would. E that a bite of a tiny is indeed no
> comparison to that of a Pit or any large breed. Sorry to hear of your son's
> experience. What exactly triggered that bite while being handled?
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> Unfortunate situation. I guess people who have endured a bad experience with
> a particular breed, would have a hard time being convinced that not ALL dogs
> of that breed are bad. The whole situation is sad, and the fault still lies
> in the hands of the humans.
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> On Apr 26, 2012, at 4:25 PM, Pam Dean <[email protected]> wrote:
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> The difference there is the chihuahuas and Goldens are not bred to kill and
> fight. It is not inherent in their breeding. Yes any dog can bite under the
> right circumstances but when you add the aggressive breeding, you have
> maiming and killing. My son is a vet tech too and has been nipped many times
> by the tinies, but the only breed that put him in the hospital for surgery
> was a Pitt. It bit down on his wrist and locked its jaws and they had to
> euthanize him to get him off my son's wrist. Five surgeries later, his wrist
> is still a mess but at least it is still attached to his arm. He too thinks
> the breed should be eradicated..
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