archie bunker Loc: Texas

We took the dog by the vet this morning so they could get a current weight on him for his heartworm medicine, and ran our errands while out. Went in Petco with him, and he did great.
Stopped at a nearby clothing store to get me a shirt for my daughters wedding next week, and they had a sign on the door saying pets welcome. Great.
We went in with Ruger, and we're looking at shirts when the manager came up, and told us we had to take him out of there.
After a brief back, and forth about their sign, and the fact that he was being very well behaved, it turns out that they don't serve his kind there.

He is labeled as a Pit-Bull just by his appearance. Store policy she said.
I called her an ignorant bigot, and we left without spending a penny.

More, and more businesses here are becoming dog friendly, and I've taken him several places without having this kind of thing happen. He mostly gets petted, and they give him treats at Gebo's every time we go.

I think that any breed of dog could be called dangerous if not raised, and trained properly. I mean, hell, we have a friend who's youngest son has a permanent scar on his upper lip from a chihuahua for crying out loud!

OK.......rant over.......

Pissed me off!!

no propaganda please Loc: moon orbiting the third rock from the sun

We have a very good friend named Diane who ran a g***ming shop for 40 years. she says that she was bitten by more toy poodles than any other breed. By the way, there is no breed of dog called a "Pit Bull" There is an American Pit Bull Terrier, An American Staffordshire terrier, a Bull Terrier and a Staffordshire Bull Terrier, all separate breeds. There is also a Presa DeCanario, like the one that k**led the woman in California years ago, A Cane Corso like our service and therapy dogs, A Bulldog, an Argentine Dogo. All of the afformentioned breeds are called pit bulls by ignorant people. Andof course any of those breeds can have nasty members. Remember when "all doberman pinchers are viscious" and "all German shepherd dogs" are dangerous". There are members of any breed that were not raised right and trained right and are dangerous, and there are many dogs that are dangerous and should be put down, many cannot be rehabed. From the photos of your dog, I would call him an American Bulldog. Our new Staffordshire Bull Terrier has just started obedience class. the first week every body loved him, and he loved everybody. then a woman in the beginners class looked at him, after hugging and kissing him, and said "Oh he is a PIT Bull, he will bite me" two classes later she wants to buy the dog, as he is the sweetest dog she has ever met, plus the smartest. Now thereis a Siberian Husky in the class that will probably be dangerous before long, because the owner refuses to correct him for trying to bite, the excuse being the dog is a puppy and will grow out out trying to bite" That is a dangerous dog in the making, but I could correct the problem in about one hour, except that the owner wants the dog to be a dog, and not have his spirit broken.

SWMBO

archie bunker Loc: Texas

I've looked into what they call a 'Pit-Bull' since owning this dog, and become familiar with the breeds of bulldogs. Ruger came from an American Bulldog father, and a mother that they called a red nosed pit. Wh**ever, he is a bulldog mix as our vet has officially declared him to be. If he was ever to be picked up by the county, or the city, that declaration would be the only thing that might save his life.
He is the first dog of the bulldog variety that I've ever had, because I was skeptical about them myself. I was wrong. We've owned, and said goodbye to many dogs over the years, and Ruger is up there with the best of the best of all of them. He still has some learning to do, and gets into mischief now, and then, but he is a good dog with a good soul.
I'll tell you honestly that I find many of the smaller breeds to be more apt to snap, or bite than the larger breeds. I wouldn't take a schnauzer if you paid me to!

It just made me, and the Mrs. really mad.

You can't judge a dog based on his breed anymore than you can judge a human by his skin color, or nationality.

Comment Loc: California

no propaganda please Loc: moon orbiting the third rock from the sun

Are you talking about a miniature schnauzer, a standard schnauzer, or a giant schnauzer? Again three different breeds. the giant was bred for farm and family protection and can be tough because he is large and powerful, great protect if well trained. the Standard is an all around farm dog and great companion and I have yet to find one with a bad temperament. The miniature is another story all together. Due to the popularity of the breed there are a lot of miniature that have horrible temperaments and a great number of health problems. As is always the case if a dog breed becomes popular a lot of people breed them to make money do not select for temperament or type and are happy breeding unhealthy, nasty dogs to unhealthy nasty dogs as long as they can sell them to uninformed and lazy people who do not do the research before buying one.

archie bunker Loc: Texas

I'm not sure. The ones I've been around are small, loud, and very nasty. They won't listen, shut up, and they'll bite at the drop of a hat. Terrible dogs.

no propaganda please Loc: moon orbiting the third rock from the sun

Thats the miniature version and badly bred and raisedones are much as you describe. Were I to have a schnauzer it would be a standard.