Pit bull Pics

Here is a pic of one of my pit bulls (my favorite dog in the world and one of my best friends) who passed away in 2005 :(

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This first pic is Griffin, my wifes best friend:
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This one is Raven and Caramel(mother and daughter) lookin out for my son after his surgery:http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...d/100_2742.jpg

Here are my babies!!!! I have had Ty since he was 6 weeks (he turns 4 months old today), we took in his sister about 2 weeks later, i have found her a great home.. and I have had star since she was 4 weeks old she is about 4 years now.. long story with this girl.. but i have her back and she is a great dog and just thinks she is one of my jack russells.. !!!

This is Ty at 4months...
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Ty and Star (4 years old)
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Star at 6 months
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Jayd (tys sis), Ty and Star sleeping on me..
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Just got this little badass on Valentines day....a gift to myself lol

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New pics of Lady.
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Can't get my phone to e-mail the other 2 pics, so I guess I'll be bumping this up later also.

More pics because I just can't help it. :)
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Not the best pic, but I don't get to see her smile often when she's holding still. lol
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This is her "I want to go for a walk" face.
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This is her "I'm not awake yet. Please don't get up." face

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Originally Posted by pitbulls4me

He is pretty but I am a fan of the working type pitbulls. The ones who are too big and thick cant do much work without overheating and exhausting themselves.

And razors edge has moved on from pitbulls and created their own breed. The American Bully which is the short and wide, heavy pitbull type dogs.

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AMEN to that, nice to see there are still poeple into the true APBT :gj:

http://i624.photobucket.com/albums/t...g?t=1247589119This is my boy Sonny, I rescued him about 8 years ago. I also had 2 UKC red nose girls but sadly they both passed from cancer before I owned a digital camera RIP Sam & Sabrina. I love this breed and it really sucks that it falls into irresponsible hands so often, this thread is awesome it is so great to see so many happy healthy loving family dogs!! PUNISH THE DEED NOT THE BREED!!

I have a couple pics too, and more on the way

My show style female, Seirun
http://www.freewebs.com/frostfellken...2-22%20018.jpg

My Razors Edge "hippo", Kitty
http://www.freewebs.com/frostfellken...2-02%20008.jpg

Kitty is being bred this fall and I'm keeping two, and trading one for a pup of similar bloodline, so will have something new coming here

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Originally Posted by AjBalls

From what I hear, over 90% of reported pit bull attacks are a case of misidentification.

And I believe it. Took me a couple tries... find the pit bull

http://www.understand-a-bull.com/Fin...itbull_v3.html

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buahahaha right first try :cool:
It helps that Ive been looking over dog breeds, or even have a mild knowledge of dog breeds. I can see someone saying every single one of those was a pit bull, just because it is large, and attacked someone. Thank you media for skape goating pitbulls as the only dog to attack people since the dawn of time!! :rolleye2:

great pics everyone, they are all adorable!

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Originally Posted by Gooseman

For those that remember Baby, here's a pic. I need to take some new ones. She has come a long way. All her scars are mostly gone/covered, and she loves people now almost without prejudice. One heck of a heart warming turn around from when I first picked her up off the highway.

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I had to take a good couple minute look because if I didnt know better I would sware you stole my dog and took a picture of him

She is absolutely beautiful

And by the look of her I am sure shes a sweetheart

Not quite a pitbull, but here's my dog, Mackie -- he's a Staffordshire bull terrier x mini bulldog.

I'm not going to lie -- I LOVE the look of the big, "bully-style" American Bullies like the Razor's edge lines. The true APBTs are really great dogs, but not my preferred style. However, I'd just heard so many horror stories about the lifespan and health of some of those larger pits, I just wasn't willing to take a chance on a puppy only to have it die at such a young age ... So we got a dog that looks like he could be a short "pocket pit," but is actually a mix of two very healthy dogs (the sire was the most athletic bulldog I've ever seen!)

At four months

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...na/Mackie5.jpg

Eight months, I think? ... I need to get some updated pics:

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My Bosco

My two, Jersey and Nero
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Guarding the house lol!
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Nero on the springpole, only thing that keeps him occupied enough to be unleashed in the yard, otherwise he jumps the fence
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I'm not trying to start an argument, I'm just amazed at how you guys can own the dog that is responsible for the most attacks on humans! I could never own a pit or a rottie, not because I think they're dangerous, but because they CAN be dangerous and are well known dogs for mauling beloved pets and family members. How do you guys do it?

It's called being a responsible pet owner. Lots of socialization and training. Most dogs that attack and bite are abused and or provoked in to biting/attacking. These dogs aren't born "mean". It's PEOPLE who make them mean.

I wouldn't own anything but a pit. My pit will lick you to death before bite you, unless of course you show aggression towards any of her family. But you would expect any dog to do that if harming their family.

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Originally Posted by abuja

I'm not trying to start an argument, I'm just amazed at how you guys can own the dog that is responsible for the most attacks on humans! I could never own a pit or a rottie, not because I think they're dangerous, but because they CAN be dangerous and are well known dogs for mauling beloved pets and family members. How do you guys do it?

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And 100 years ago it was bloodhounds of all breeds, then german shephards, dobermans, rotties. The devil breed changes with the times, it's not the dogs, it's the owners. Once a breed gets a bad rep, every idiot in the world gets one and starts breeding unstable dogs that should be put down. The last fatal attack in my state was a pit that was chained to a pole in a basement with no food or water, had bitten at least 7 times before, and not only were they breeding it but they let their kid unsupervised with it. Sorry but that's not a family pet, that's a known vicious dog and how many little puppies with those genes you think they sold off?

If I thought either of my dogs was a danger to people or they ever bit someone they would be put down and that goes for any breed. Any dog can be dangerous, especially because most "attacks" come from leaving kids alone with dogs. Does anyone here think that python that killed the toddler recently is "vicious". No, it was bad ownership and parenting. Now pits have dog aggression and prey drive but so do many breeds, I fostered a little rat terrier that was just like a tiny pit bull.

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Originally Posted by abuja

I'm not trying to start an argument, I'm just amazed at how you guys can own the dog that is responsible for the most attacks on humans! I could never own a pit or a rottie, not because I think they're dangerous, but because they CAN be dangerous and are well known dogs for mauling beloved pets and family members. How do you guys do it?

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Farmers Branch, Texas, a suburb of Dallas, has kept accurate records since 1980. During a 7 year period from 1980 through 1987, this is what was recorded. Total bites: 1,593. Pit Bulls accounted for 30 bites, or 1.89% of the total. Other studies tend to show the same results and because of so many mongrels that have similar features and the unfair lumping in with the American Pit Bull Terrier ( APBT ), it seems reasonable to assume that the figures are actually much lower.

The American Temperament Test Society continually ranks Pit Bulls better in temperament than many other breeds. The Airedale Terrier, Basenji, Beagle, Bichon Frise, Border Collie, Chihuahua, Collie, Dachshund(4 of 6 varieties), English Setter, Lhasa Opso, Pomeranian, Shar-Pei, Shiba Inu, Shih Tzu, Schnauzer, and Toy Poodle all score below average and many more far below than that of the Pit Bull. Even though these other breeds temperament score is less than average many people would not even think twice in their ownership as a family pet.

According to research done by Glen Bui VP of American Canine Federation shows the following stats, which is a more accurate representation of true bite stats since it actually includes the number of fatal attacks divided by the population, which is required to determine fatal attacks based on breed.

Apx. 240,000 - 12 Fatal Attacks Chow Chow .705%
Apx 800.000 - 67 Fatal Attacks German Shepherds .008375%
Apx. 960,000 - 70 Fatal Attacks Rottweiler .00729%
Apx. 128.000 - 18 Fatal Attacks Great Dane .01416%
Apx. 114,000 - 14 Fatal Attacks Doberman .012288%
Apx. 72,000 - 10 Fatal Attacks St Bernard .0139%
Apx 5,000,000- 60 Fatal Attacks American Pit Bull Terrier .0012%

The odds of being struck by lightning are 1 in 600,000 in the USA. Comparatively speaking you are 6 times more likely to be struck by lightning than you are to be killed by a dog of any breed. When you further break down the odds of being attacked and killed by a Pit Bull the odds are in your favor -approximately 1 in 145,000,000. That’s million folks. In contrast, you are 4 times more likely to be killed by a cow in the USA than any breed of dog, much less a Pit Bull.

pitbulls working as therapy dogs and search and recue
http://www.forpitssake.org/home.html

what pitbulls are capable of
http://www.pitbullsontheweb.com/petbull/pospress.html

This is my 2yr old boy, White Boys "Powder."
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My blue girl Paris. Unfortunately they ran off together one day and got lost. 3mths later a guy dropped Powder off at a Humane Society 35 miles away and kept her. I never got her back :(, that was 2 yrs ago and I still miss her.
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Originally Posted by Nazt

Farmers Branch, Texas, a suburb of Dallas, has kept accurate records since 1980. During a 7 year period from 1980 through 1987, this is what was recorded. Total bites: 1,593. Pit Bulls accounted for 30 bites, or 1.89% of the total. Other studies tend to show the same results and because of so many mongrels that have similar features and the unfair lumping in with the American Pit Bull Terrier ( APBT ), it seems reasonable to assume that the figures are actually much lower.

The American Temperament Test Society continually ranks Pit Bulls better in temperament than many other breeds. The Airedale Terrier, Basenji, Beagle, Bichon Frise, Border Collie, Chihuahua, Collie, Dachshund(4 of 6 varieties), English Setter, Lhasa Opso, Pomeranian, Shar-Pei, Shiba Inu, Shih Tzu, Schnauzer, and Toy Poodle all score below average and many more far below than that of the Pit Bull. Even though these other breeds temperament score is less than average many people would not even think twice in their ownership as a family pet.

According to research done by Glen Bui VP of American Canine Federation shows the following stats, which is a more accurate representation of true bite stats since it actually includes the number of fatal attacks divided by the population, which is required to determine fatal attacks based on breed.

Apx. 240,000 - 12 Fatal Attacks Chow Chow .705%
Apx 800.000 - 67 Fatal Attacks German Shepherds .008375%
Apx. 960,000 - 70 Fatal Attacks Rottweiler .00729%
Apx. 128.000 - 18 Fatal Attacks Great Dane .01416%
Apx. 114,000 - 14 Fatal Attacks Doberman .012288%
Apx. 72,000 - 10 Fatal Attacks St Bernard .0139%
Apx 5,000,000- 60 Fatal Attacks American Pit Bull Terrier .0012%

The odds of being struck by lightning are 1 in 600,000 in the USA. Comparatively speaking you are 6 times more likely to be struck by lightning than you are to be killed by a dog of any breed. When you further break down the odds of being attacked and killed by a Pit Bull the odds are in your favor -approximately 1 in 145,000,000. That’s million folks. In contrast, you are 4 times more likely to be killed by a cow in the USA than any breed of dog, much less a Pit Bull.

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Great stats. We all know the quote ("There are lies, damn lies, and statistics" -- not sure who said it though), but sometimes, it can be useful to know the numbers.

Now, I wonder how infinitesimally small the odds are of being killed by a large constrictor ... (Sorry, this is a snake forum, just had to throw that out there :P )

Hello again everyone. I was away from BP.net for a while, and am glad to see this thread still going and staying towards the top like it was when i left. I am still a little amazed by some reactions even on here of all places. With bill like SR 2811 and many other laws and amendments to the Lacey Act threatening the ownership of "dangerous" snakes there are still people in this community that cannot see past the facade placed on pitbulls. Awesome pictures everyone and i hope this keeps going strong.

You have to love them :)

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This is my new boy, no name yet. I've had him about a month now and nothing seems to :( fit. I've been calling him Paw Paw or Pup Pup but hopefully I'll come up with something better Soon.

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Powder playing with his new buddy :D.
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He's just too cute :P.http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...n/IMGP1083.jpg

Who sleeps like this?

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No name yet but he's a typical pup that gets into everything,...Gotta love'em :D:O.
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Here's capone I think he look's like a big french bulldog.

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Originally Posted by abuja

I'm not trying to start an argument, I'm just amazed at how you guys can own the dog that is responsible for the most attacks on humans! I could never own a pit or a rottie, not because I think they're dangerous, but because they CAN be dangerous and are well known dogs for mauling beloved pets and family members. How do you guys do it?

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Call it OCD or neurosis, but I couldn't ignore this...

Picture a wolf.
A wild, primal, in the snow-ridden Rockies wolf.
Running with its pack, for hours on end, ten miles a day, cooperating with each other, communicating with body language, not snapping or fighting or killing one another.

THAT, is a "dog". Before the name, before the breed, it is a DOG, and let it be known that wolf and dog DNA are virtually almost indistinguishable.

Dogs do not naturally bark, whine, and howl needlessly. They do not growl, snarl or attack another dog, unless, they are attempting to establish who is the pack leader (which, in this case, should ALWAYS be you, as the ruler of the house and owner of the dog) but it most often ends with a warning, nothing more. They do not obsess over toys or objects or other animals, nor do they cower in corners or under beds, so frightened that they urinate on the floor or even develop aggressive tendencies. They do not behave over-excitedly, bouncing off the walls and jumping all over each other.

These are ALL issues that develop as we, the owners, do not establish leadership in the dog's life and fulfill their instinctual, basic needs.

Without leadership, the dog has no direction. Without direction, the dog will take it upon themselves to satisfy their needs in other, most often unwanted or even dangerous, ways.

It is true that Pit Bulls were bred for bull- and bear-baiting, and sadly, dog-fighting, but it is NOT true that they were trained to attack people. It has never been in their blood - in fact, in those days, Pits who showed the slightest human-aggressive tendencies, were killed, as a way to cull out that behavior. Any aggression a Pit shows towards a human is because they have been abused mentally and physically since puppies, and they know no other way of life. But even THOSE dogs can be helped. They CAN be rehabilitated.

If anybody has watched The Dog Whisperer or read his books, you more than likely know what I'm talking about. And no, I am not putting down any of the people in this thread. You have all done great things with these dogs, and I admire you for advocating them. But if they do have an issue, they CAN BE HELPED. Find a dog psychologist, a professional. If you care about them, you will help them get better.

It is US who have undone their natural ways. And abuja, I doubt you will come back and read this, but... get your facts straight. Read a book or two by Cesar Millan, THEN get back to me. :rolleyes:


Now, sorry for such a huuuuge post, and gimme a minute to post a picture of my own beautiful big boy! :D

My big love-puppy of a Pit, Brutus. He was given to us, for free, actually, because the previous people he was with were starting to starve him... Inside the house, he can be slightly fearful, but outside, he's all dog! And he's never-ending energy 24/7. I can barely keep up with him on my bike.


http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/i...e/100_1512.jpg


As you can see, someone cropped his ears, BADLY. It looks as if it was a backyard scissors job... :(
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He's got one of the biggest tongues I've ever seen a dog have. :8: (Again, sadly, you might also notice that his lower bicuspids are missing, possibly yanked out for god-knows-whatever reason.
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Originally Posted by Nazt

The odds of being struck by lightning are 1 in 600,000 in the USA. Comparatively speaking you are 6 times more likely to be struck by lightning than you are to be killed by a dog of any breed. When you further break down the odds of being attacked and killed by a Pit Bull the odds are in your favor -approximately 1 in 145,000,000. That’s million folks. In contrast, you are 4 times more likely to be killed by a cow in the USA than any breed of dog, much less a Pit Bull.

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While the numbers look nice, people don't invite lightning to live in their home. A percentage based on pitbull owners or a more individualized population would be better.

That said, I think pitbull puppies are pretty well the cutest things with four legs.

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Originally Posted by Soterios

While the numbers look nice, people don't invite lightning to live in their home. A percentage based on pitbull owners or a more individualized population would be better.

That said, I think pitbull puppies are pretty well the cutest things with four legs.

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Ok not sure of the point your trying to make ? Show me some facts on what your saying ?


So what i think your saying it's the owners who are at fault ? Yes we invite the pits to are homes. Way to many peeps look at these dogs in the wrong way please please open your eyes it's not the dog. IT'S THE OWNERS !

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Originally Posted by Haydenphoto

Ok not sure of the point your trying to make ? Show me some facts on what your saying ?

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Read more clearly please. I have nothing against pit bulls. I was just pointing out that those statistics are skewed in favor of his topic (dogs)

Using that same statistical reasoning, I could say that the Egyptian Asp is safe to keep roaming around in your home because in the last 30 years it's only killed 12 americans. (I just made that up)

I was mostly saying "take every statistic with a grain of salt"

Here are al 3 of mine
Odin is my male with the white face and blue body
Gypsy is the all black female
Lily is the all white puppy
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Odin
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Gypsy
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Lily
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These are our adopted pits. Annie is my baby girl and max is my girlfriends new dog. Both are the sweetest dogs ever. Neither would ever hurt anyone unless they were hurting us first.

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Max
http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m...inogen/max.jpg

Max was very skinny when we got him. He has since put on some weight and looks so much healthier.

I'll add a pic to this thread.

http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/7361/chewee2.jpg

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil.../1/2/bella.bmp

This is My dog Bella.

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Originally Posted by Soterios

While the numbers look nice, people don't invite lightning to live in their home. A percentage based on pitbull owners or a more individualized population would be better.

That said, I think pitbull puppies are pretty well the cutest things with four legs.

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Also, note that the comparison is showing Killed by Pit Bull VS Struck by Lightning. A better comparison would be:

Killed by Pit Bull Vs Killed by Lightning
or
Injured by lightgning vs injured by pit bull

Or better yet:

Number of humans or their pets injured or killed by lightning
Vs
Number of humans or their pets injured or killed by pit bull

i wish i could freaking upload my pics :(

This is my boy rocky

http://i49.tinypic.com/6ef2hc.jpg

This is my precious Pete. He passed over the rainbow bridge many years ago, but I still miss him with all my heart. I also put in the story I wrote about Pete and I. He was my hero.
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PETE THE INCREDIBLE PIT BULL

Pete didn't start off my dog. My boyfriend at the time, we'll call him Dummy, wanted a Pit Bull. I was afraid of them. We went to look at you one fall day. Your mother was a monster named Crazy Jane. She had to be placed in a separated cage or she would kill the people trying to look at her pups. The guy that had Pete was a foolish redneck as was the Dummy. Your linage in the fighting lines was impeccable, your grandfather being Stompanado. It was very obvious that ole rednecks animals had been in a ring as all of them were scarred. I laid my eyes on you, you were so beautiful; small black and white. No one had docked your ears and you had no scars from battle. I had warned the Dummy that we would never fight a dog. I would have no part in anything like that. As I looked into your small dark eyes you went from the dog I didn’t want, to MY DOG.

So we brought you home to a medium sized apartment. You were the cutest thing. Filled with life and shining like a star. It was only a few days into our adventure when you started getting sick. Apparently the redneck breeder had not given the shots he said he had given. You had parvo and the vet said the chances were 50/50 at best. I took another job to pay for your vet bills. The Dummy wanted to take you back and demand our money back. Dummy wasn't terribly loyal to anyone, including you and me.

Fate was on our side though and after a long five weeks you got to come home. Despite the fact that I loved you with all my heart there were times when I thought for sure you would be the death of me. It's a bad idea to have a high energy Pit Bull puppy in a medium sized apartment when you’re at work and there's nothing for the Pit Bull puppy to do. The first day when I got off the transit bus and came inside I saw the end table on its side on the floor. "hmmm, that’s strange" I said to myself. This end table wasn't small, it was huge with massive legs the size of a normal human leg. When I rounded the couch I was amazed to see this coffee table with three of its four legs chewed OFF.

We lost several big ticket items to your chewing and finally got you stopped only when we chained you to a large gas stove while at work. While all of this was going on, the Dummy was becoming an even bigger jerk with a serious drinking and drugging problem. He came home trashed and generally beat the crap out of me just cuz. He had me pretty scared. Threatened to kill my mother if I dared leave. Suffice to say, Dummies daily activities led me to believe that he was 100% capable of this. I stayed through a green stick fractured arm, a nose broken 2 or 3 different times, a fractured cheekbone, broken ribs and enough bruises to paint some beautifully dark canvas of the life of a battered woman.

Then the night came when you were big enough to try to protect me from the Dummy. He nearly killed you for coming at him. He kicked you till you stopped trying to come at him, then he kicked you some more. That was it! That was the one thing I would not endure. So we ran, we ran hard and we didn't do much looking back. We got lucky; the Dummy got thrown in jail before he could come hunting for us. For the next 11-12 years our lives went on, I went to nursing school and we took training classes together to curb some of that gameness in you. You were stunning, absolutely stunning. You slept curled up in my arms and I would wrap around you like a spoon. You were my 45 pounds of rompin stompin sweetness (the parvo stunted your growth some).

You learned tricks in minutes but quickly became bored with performing them. Then the day came when I met Jake. Jake and I had a baby and you were just great with him. You found him very interesting. When the baby was only months old things started to change for you though. You got cranky and started to snap at us. We finally took you too the vet and he said you were nearly totally deaf and your eyesight was going fast.

One night we shut off the lights and suddenly heard what sounded like a dog fight in the closet. You lost your way in the dark and apparently thought you were fighting the hounds of hell in that closet. I got really worried. Then I got pregnant again. By now the youngest human was cruising. One day he cruised up to you, I know you didn't hear him and you didn't see him, so when he grabbed a fistful of Pit Bull butt you snapped at him. Thankfully you didn't hurt him but it was time for us to think of making a very tough decision.

It was only a few days later when you really tried to bite Jake. He wanted to take you for a bath and you wanted NO part of it. We called the vet and made the appointment and all I could do was cry.

The end didn't happen like I thought it would, not at all. I thought you would just lay down your head and go to sleep. Despite the fact that your vision was gone, and your hearing was gone, your heart was very strong. You fought hard not to die and I was so horrified by it, I couldn't even touch you. I couldn't breath! It was like all the air was sucked out of the small room and all I could do was scream from the inside; I was doing this to you. It was finally my daddy that broke the horror and physically pulled me to you and I stroked your head and begged you not to fight.

When it was over we buried you in the back yard. For weeks I had to fight hard not to go dig you back up. (yea I know it sounds terrible) I just couldn't get the thought of you, all alone, in the cold hard ground out of my head. That thought still hurts me. I know now that there's nothing left of you but the stuff in my heart and my head. My solace comes from my belief that someday I will see you again. Of all the things death has taken from me, it is you and my momma I long to see the most. I long to hold you curled up beside me and know you'll never have to leave me again. 13+ years later, I still miss you with all my heart. My beloved baby. I love you Pete.

Moe Bundles
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This is my precious Pete. He passed over the rainbow bridge many years ago, but I still miss him with all my heart. I also put in the story I wrote about Pete and I. He was my hero.
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PETE THE INCREDIBLE PIT BULL

Pete didn't start off my dog. My boyfriend at the time, we'll call him Dummy, wanted a Pit Bull. I was afraid of them. We went to look at you one fall day. Your mother was a monster named Crazy Jane. She had to be placed in a separated cage or she would kill the people trying to look at her pups. The guy that had Pete was a foolish redneck as was the Dummy. Your linage in the fighting lines was impeccable, your grandfather being Stompanado. It was very obvious that ole rednecks animals had been in a ring as all of them were scarred. I laid my eyes on you, you were so beautiful; small black and white. No one had docked your ears and you had no scars from battle. I had warned the Dummy that we would never fight a dog. I would have no part in anything like that. As I looked into your small dark eyes you went from the dog I didn’t want, to MY DOG.

So we brought you home to a medium sized apartment. You were the cutest thing. Filled with life and shining like a star. It was only a few days into our adventure when you started getting sick. Apparently the redneck breeder had not given the shots he said he had given. You had parvo and the vet said the chances were 50/50 at best. I took another job to pay for your vet bills. The Dummy wanted to take you back and demand our money back. Dummy wasn't terribly loyal to anyone, including you and me.

Fate was on our side though and after a long five weeks you got to come home. Despite the fact that I loved you with all my heart there were times when I thought for sure you would be the death of me. It's a bad idea to have a high energy Pit Bull puppy in a medium sized apartment when you’re at work and there's nothing for the Pit Bull puppy to do. The first day when I got off the transit bus and came inside I saw the end table on its side on the floor. "hmmm, that’s strange" I said to myself. This end table wasn't small, it was huge with massive legs the size of a normal human leg. When I rounded the couch I was amazed to see this coffee table with three of its four legs chewed OFF.

We lost several big ticket items to your chewing and finally got you stopped only when we chained you to a large gas stove while at work. While all of this was going on, the Dummy was becoming an even bigger jerk with a serious drinking and drugging problem. He came home trashed and generally beat the crap out of me just cuz. He had me pretty scared. Threatened to kill my mother if I dared leave. Suffice to say, Dummies daily activities led me to believe that he was 100% capable of this. I stayed through a green stick fractured arm, a nose broken 2 or 3 different times, a fractured cheekbone, broken ribs and enough bruises to paint some beautifully dark canvas of the life of a battered woman.

Then the night came when you were big enough to try to protect me from the Dummy. He nearly killed you for coming at him. He kicked you till you stopped trying to come at him, then he kicked you some more. That was it! That was the one thing I would not endure. So we ran, we ran hard and we didn't do much looking back. We got lucky; the Dummy got thrown in jail before he could come hunting for us. For the next 11-12 years our lives went on, I went to nursing school and we took training classes together to curb some of that gameness in you. You were stunning, absolutely stunning. You slept curled up in my arms and I would wrap around you like a spoon. You were my 45 pounds of rompin stompin sweetness (the parvo stunted your growth some).

You learned tricks in minutes but quickly became bored with performing them. Then the day came when I met Jake. Jake and I had a baby and you were just great with him. You found him very interesting. When the baby was only months old things started to change for you though. You got cranky and started to snap at us. We finally took you too the vet and he said you were nearly totally deaf and your eyesight was going fast.

One night we shut off the lights and suddenly heard what sounded like a dog fight in the closet. You lost your way in the dark and apparently thought you were fighting the hounds of hell in that closet. I got really worried. Then I got pregnant again. By now the youngest human was cruising. One day he cruised up to you, I know you didn't hear him and you didn't see him, so when he grabbed a fistful of Pit Bull butt you snapped at him. Thankfully you didn't hurt him but it was time for us to think of making a very tough decision.

It was only a few days later when you really tried to bite Jake. He wanted to take you for a bath and you wanted NO part of it. We called the vet and made the appointment and all I could do was cry.

The end didn't happen like I thought it would, not at all. I thought you would just lay down your head and go to sleep. Despite the fact that your vision was gone, and your hearing was gone, your heart was very strong. You fought hard not to die and I was so horrified by it, I couldn't even touch you. I couldn't breath! It was like all the air was sucked out of the small room and all I could do was scream from the inside; I was doing this to you. It was finally my daddy that broke the horror and physically pulled me to you and I stroked your head and begged you not to fight.

When it was over we buried you in the back yard. For weeks I had to fight hard not to go dig you back up. (yea I know it sounds terrible) I just couldn't get the thought of you, all alone, in the cold hard ground out of my head. That thought still hurts me. I know now that there's nothing left of you but the stuff in my heart and my head. My solace comes from my belief that someday I will see you again. Of all the things death has taken from me, it is you and my momma I long to see the most. I long to hold you curled up beside me and know you'll never have to leave me again. 13+ years later, I still miss you with all my heart. My beloved baby. I love you Pete.

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What an amazing story! I just finished reading this at work and I am sitting at my desk with tears in my eyes. God bless you for all you have been thru and for giving a totally misunderstood breed a chance to prove what wonderful loving loyal pets they can be. I lost my 2 pit bull girls to cancer at 10 and 12 years of age but still have my boy Sonny who is still going strong!!

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This is my precious Pete. He passed over the rainbow bridge many years ago, but I still miss him with all my heart. I also put in the story I wrote about Pete and I. He was my hero.
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Omg, I bawled my eyes out when I read your story! Pete was such a beautiful Pitt, it sounds like you guys were two peas in a pod.

While wiping my tears away I looked down at the Kleenex and noticed there was a smiley face made out of tears. I'm not sure what to make out of that, but being that it was such a touching story it made my day.

Thank you guys. Yes my Pete was an incredible dog. Someday I'm gonna get to wrap my arms around him and snuggle with him.

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This is my boy rocky

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Beautiful, my friend has a Blue Pit. Atleast I know his is a Blue Pit, and they look alike, so i'm assuming yours is a Blue also?

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moe bundles
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my daughter mia.
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look at that smile

[QUOTE=DSGB;956692]Here is Tiger.

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Tiger can jump.


I was always amazed at how incredibly high Pete could jump. I could hold a stick as high as I could hold it (probably not so high since I was only 5'3" but from dead still below the stick he could jump straight up and take it from my hand.