HEY! Nobody even said anything about how southern US shelters are notorious death mills, and there are tons of transport and rescue groups that EXPORT dogs from your area to bring them to the relative safety of kill shelters in northern states.
Nobody even posted a picture of a super-cute mutt in a shelter in Georgia, like Rupert here:
Nobody has even hinted at anything like that, so TAKE BACK WHAT YOU SAID, MEAN.
Edit: Our local craigslist is full of English Bulldogs free to good home or with a small homing fee. I think because local morons* want to adopt the same dog that is the mascot of the university, and then decide they're not ready for a dog.
Bulldogs are very headstrong (literally and figuratively), so you need to be an experienced dog owner to handle them. Even someone ready for a dog may be ready for a golden retriever and not a bulldog.
My worst dog-owning experience (and only failure) was with a dog that was labeled as a "lab mix" at the pound. I think sometimes it's just luck of the draw. Not that we won't try to make an educated decision, but at the same time I think you can do everything you're supposed to do and still not have it work out.
Also, weren't we talking about Jack Russell Terriers in some other thread? My ex-aunt-in-law has the most chilled-out JRT ever. They never walk or exercise her, and she just hangs out at their feet and in their laps and is totally well-behaved. Who the fuck knows, right?
Bulldogs are very headstrong (literally and figuratively), so you need to be an experienced dog owner to handle them. Even someone ready for a dog may be ready for a golden retriever and not a bulldog.
Oh yeah! Even my hero, Cesar Millan, had a terrible time with one of those. I thought that one was gonna best him for sure.
Look at the pretty sled dog. I'll tell ya, though shedding is a problem (controllable with the right tools), Huskies can be* an easy care and interesting breed. Smart, clean (they groom themselves like cats), not overly goofy in your face slobberers. I love Aurora in a totally different way than any other dog I have ever had. She's like a peer or something.
*yeah, individuals vary widely. Some generalizations can be made though. Most JRTs are balls of lightning, for example. Aurora may be a total Husky exception, but I don't think so.
I don't know how my local homo associate feels about dogs with "pit" in their name. Moar stupid, I know. Especially since the racist cop next door probably has a million more mental problems than the most trouble pits.
Treating poor Rupert for heartworm, though? I'm sorry, but gross.
My local metro area is Athens, btw. (personal information itt )
Those shelter IDs are totally random. (And the fact that they're estimating his age means they aren't familiar with his actual provenance, so there you go.) Some places will say pretty much anything remotely bulldog looking is a pit bull, just because there's a lot of them.
But yeah. He doesn't look anything like a pibble, so I figure you could have a dog like that and as long as you didn't name it "Pit Bull," it'd never come up. Usually you and your vet just come up with your own, reasonably plausible breed mix designation based on the way the dog looks. So for that guy, French Bulldog-Catahoula Leopard Dog or English Bulldog-Standard Dachshund or something.
(Heartworm treatment is long and painful for the dog, and it is a gross disease, but usually once they're treated, they're totally better.)
No chance of a relapse or whatever? I just know that the vet always scare-tactics me into buying the heartgard because the alternative is like the Worst Thing Evar. They show photos and all, so it's like run away screaming time whenever I hear someone's got it.
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I think sometimes it's just luck of the draw. Not that we won't try to make an educated decision, but at the same time I think you can do everything you're supposed to do and still not have it work out.
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