yeah- so much for "irredeemable" dogs

I am so tired of hearing the same old crap spewed out there in media and in the internet world about "pit bulls" (i.e. dogs that are randomly designated as pit bulls because they have short hair, wideset eyes and blocky bodies).  Locking jaws, "bred" to be aggressive, they "snap", can't be 'trusted'... so what happened to little Jazzy?

Early Wednesday morning, in Pembroke, Ontario, a low life nutbar tried to eat his dog, injuring her severely and horrifying witnesses who called 911 and dragged the nursing mum to safety.  At CTV newsclip covers the story

"The disposition of the dog is wonderful" says City of Pembroke Animal Control officer, Michael Street.

He notes that Jazzy had been nursing puppies (and does ANYONE know what became of those pups?? - from the look of her teats she was nursing until very recently!; I can't help wondering if that POS killed and ate her pups- or if anyone actually checked his residence to see if they were there??).

So, here we have the "dreaded, irredeemable" PIT BULL, being tortured, literally eaten by her owner and she does not once attempt to bite him- nor does she show any aggressiveness or viciousness to any of the 15 people that intervene to save her life (kudos to those bystanders - I love you).

So, to detractors of these dogs - you know, the ones who look like (but are not) an American Pit Bull Terrier - can you explain this?  Does this make you pause at all to maybe reassess the drivel you have been spouting - that these dogs CAN'T be rehabilitated, that somehow dogs with this type of appearance are bad to the bone?

I worry about this little girl.

Under the draconian, misguided, STUPID breed-specific legislation enacted in 2005 by the Liberal government (based on nothing but rhetoric and vindictiveness and a willingness to enact the slaughter of thousands of innocent family pets), Jazzy is illegal. By law she can be euthanized. The fact that she has clearly been victimized her entire young life is irrelevant. The reality that she is clearly a sweet, loving, beautifully natured dog who would make a family a wonderful pet is not at issue.

Jazzy has suffered enough. She deserves to know a kind hand.  She has earned the right not to starve, not to be bred indiscriminately and most likely for monetary gain. She has a right to live out the rest of her life being nurtured and loved by the people she so obviously adores.

I hope we hear more about this girl and how she is being placed in a good family.