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spacechicken170am 2009-07-02 03:38:20 PM  
Donor: thelessa:

I don't have a testosterone based issue, I have a "hey mom, it followed me home can I keep it issue".

My GF has a monthly, "awe, it is a sweet defenseless animal in need of help" issue. As previously mentioned in this thread, she wrestled a pit bull out of traffic and dropped it in my apartment. At work they tell me I shouldn't be surprised when I come home and find an aardvark in the bathroom.


My girlfriend's sister was training one for a guy. Since she is unemployed she figured it would be a good way to earn some extra cash. He came over one day and told her she could keep the dog. The next day he killed himself. She is unemployed and behind on her mortgage payment so there's no way she could afford to keep it. I played with the puppy a few times and liked her personality so we bought the pup from her. Now the puppy has a good home and my gf's sister is caught up on her mortgage payment.

 
holmer 2009-07-02 03:40:26 PM  
upright_apes_r_us: My right to do, to use, to obtain, or possess anything does not supersedes my responsibility to insure a child's best interests are not diminished by such acts.

Stop making sense! This is Fark!

 
Day_Old_Dutchie 2009-07-02 03:44:23 PM  
theoriginalslash: Who could have foreseen that having a large predator in the same house as a small, vulnerable child could lead to tragedy?

Pit bulls, pythons... it's too bad more states don't allow people to keep big cats and bears in their homes, we'd be treated to stories about parents playing tug-of-war with their carnivorous pets using their children's lifeless bodies.

I think your kid almost getting eaten by a pet is nature's way of saying "Don't breed," but that's just me.


Referring to the pic of the couple, it looks like she already has a replacement kid on the way ;)

 
canadianloon 2009-07-02 03:44:45 PM  
spacechicken170am: Donor: thelessa:

I don't have a testosterone based issue, I have a "hey mom, it followed me home can I keep it issue".

My GF has a monthly, "awe, it is a sweet defenseless animal in need of help" issue. As previously mentioned in this thread, she wrestled a pit bull out of traffic and dropped it in my apartment. At work they tell me I shouldn't be surprised when I come home and find an aardvark in the bathroom.

My girlfriend's sister was training one for a guy. Since she is unemployed she figured it would be a good way to earn some extra cash. He came over one day and told her she could keep the dog. The next day he killed himself. She is unemployed and behind on her mortgage payment....


You have bored me to near death...
www.laughparty.com

 
EggFool [TotalFark] 2009-07-02 03:45:14 PM  
ExRedStater: RandomExcess: A snake ate my baby! (NZ accent)

Ehh snike height mee byebye!!


Thanks!

 
HZS9PK 2009-07-02 03:47:40 PM  
Heard the 911 call. It was really sad. I'm really happy my ex wife doesn't keep anything dangerous or creepy around my kids...

 
holmer 2009-07-02 03:48:54 PM  
John Buck 41: wruley: This is a sad story, but the problem is pets are animals in captivity. It doesn't mean they are happy or domesticated. This could happen with a variety of pets, and actually probably does.

I have a 105 pound german shepherd that was trained as a police K9. He was injured during training and retired, and we got him from the kenel through a friend.

He fell in love with my daughter and spends as much time with her as possible, including sleeping with her in her bed at night. He growls at me every morning when I come in the room wake her up. And don't even think about pretending to hit her. The next thing you will see is paws and teeth. The dog is definitely over protective.

If he went insane for just a few, he could kill her easily. Then you guys would be writing nasty messages about me.

/Daughter is now 15

We have a 4 y/o maltese/Pekinese mix. Loves us like crazy, but hates/tolerates/likes most other people. Trouble is, she's unpredictable. There's no pattern, whether it's friend/stranger, male/female, young/old. Luckily she loves our 3 y/o grandaughter.


Our Aussie Hazel, will herd and protect any young critter of any species. Do not make a hostile move or yell when she is watching her "sheep".
A snake is just a long piece of meat. Any snake that can live in the wild should be illegal as a pet.

 
IXI Jim IXI [TotalFark] 2009-07-02 03:49:39 PM  

 
plewis 2009-07-02 03:51:06 PM  
gulogulo: plewis: asmodeus224: Silly white people

who said the dude was white? And what kind of name is "Shaiunna?"

I've lived in Gainesville, and there are plenty of black folks there.

Well, the pictures did.


Hadn't gotten there in the thread yet, and neither had the Original poster, so I feel vindicated, vicariously thorough his ignorance.

/sort of

In all seriousness, who the hell keeps an animal like that when they have a toddler?

 
The Voice of Doom 2009-07-02 03:52:59 PM  
TallyGirl
Amen, brother. My freakishly fat cat is just waiting for me to kick off so she can eat my face.

A neighbor at my brother's place died recently and it took a few days until it was discovered; the guy's cat was pretty starved but hadn't nibbled from the body.


thelessa
(1 BCI, 1 Bearded Dragon, 1 cat, 1 horse, and 1 Giant Slobbering Dog{Mastiff})


"1 snake, some snake food"

 
playdate [TotalFark] 2009-07-02 03:54:34 PM  
i257.photobucket.com

Yeah, look how dangerous this dog is...

 
FLMountainMan 2009-07-02 03:56:54 PM  
StopArrestingMe: As a father, this python would be lucky to slither away after doing something to MY daughter. I would take a bat to his face and then freakin shoot him HARD. If you harm a child you need to DIE plane and simple. Be forwarned, call me an ITG if you want but people who molest children are disgusting and have no morals and need to be tortured raped and killed by ME. These people are NOT even people there literally gnats. I am an AMERICAN MAN, a WASP, and a DAMN GOOD FATHER. I have many guns including a rocket launcher and I will use them all on you if you molest my duaghter Kitie after first castrating you with a butterfly knife and taking my sweet time. And do NOT talk to me from up there on your pedastal about how Im WRONG you can SHUT HELL UP pu@@y. Jet from this thread if it bothers you that much. Friggin birdbrain. Society has rules and if you doNt follow then you must be delt with. As Ghandi said "an eye for an eye".

You, sir, are no Pocket Ninja. Not even close.

The WASP part put it over the top.

 
gulogulo 2009-07-02 03:57:47 PM  
FLMountainMan: StopArrestingMe: As a father, this python would be lucky to slither away after doing something to MY daughter. I would take a bat to his face and then freakin shoot him HARD. If you harm a child you need to DIE plane and simple. Be forwarned, call me an ITG if you want but people who molest children are disgusting and have no morals and need to be tortured raped and killed by ME. These people are NOT even people there literally gnats. I am an AMERICAN MAN, a WASP, and a DAMN GOOD FATHER. I have many guns including a rocket launcher and I will use them all on you if you molest my duaghter Kitie after first castrating you with a butterfly knife and taking my sweet time. And do NOT talk to me from up there on your pedastal about how Im WRONG you can SHUT HELL UP pu@@y. Jet from this thread if it bothers you that much. Friggin birdbrain. Society has rules and if you doNt follow then you must be delt with. As Ghandi said "an eye for an eye".

You, sir, are no Pocket Ninja. Not even close.

The WASP part put it over the top.


He and Pocket Ninja are not doing the same thing.

 
spacechicken170am 2009-07-02 04:00:03 PM  
canadianloon: spacechicken170am: Donor: thelessa:

I don't have a testosterone based issue, I have a "hey mom, it followed me home can I keep it issue".

My GF has a monthly, "awe, it is a sweet defenseless animal in need of help" issue. As previously mentioned in this thread, she wrestled a pit bull out of traffic and dropped it in my apartment. At work they tell me I shouldn't be surprised when I come home and find an aardvark in the bathroom.

My girlfriend's sister was training one for a guy. Since she is unemployed she figured it would be a good way to earn some extra cash. He came over one day and told her she could keep the dog. The next day he killed himself. She is unemployed and behind on her mortgage payment....

You have bored me to near death...


You get bored after 7 sentences? If that's the case then let me tell you about this fish I caught. It was a cold day. No wait it was a muggy day. Wait, maybe it was a cold muggy day. Yes, that's right it was cold and muggy just like that biatch of an aunt of yours. Well anyways I put on my blue socks because my black socks were in the dryer and they were still a little wet. You don't want to wear wet socks you know. You could get trench foot like your cousin Steve. After I got my socks on I decided to go to the lake. I'd been fishing there for quite some time now. I've used all different types of bait. The chicken livers seemed to work pretty well for the catfish and I've found that grasshoppers work pretty well for bass. Well this cat fish grabbed the chicken liver and I set the hook in pretty deep. I got him close enough to the bank to see that he was almost 30 inches long. At that moment the line snapped. I guess I never really caught the fish. This is probably more of a story about the one that got away. Anywho, are you dead yet? Now, this is a story all about how my life got flipped-turned upside down and I liked to take a minute just sit right there I'll tell you how I became the prince of a town called Bel Air.

img293.imageshack.us

/bored kitty feels your pain

 
nopokerface [TotalFark] 2009-07-02 04:01:34 PM  
playdate: Yeah, look how dangerous this dog is...

Just biding his time.

 
EggFool [TotalFark] 2009-07-02 04:09:33 PM  
wruley: This is a sad story, but the problem is pets are animals in captivity. It doesn't mean they are happy or domesticated. This could happen with a variety of pets, and actually probably does.

I have a 105 pound german shepherd that was trained as a police K9. He was injured during training and retired, and we got him from the kenel through a friend.

He fell in love with my daughter and spends as much time with her as possible, including sleeping with her in her bed at night. He growls at me every morning when I come in the room wake her up. And don't even think about pretending to hit her. The next thing you will see is paws and teeth. The dog is definitely over protective.

If he went insane for just a few, he could kill her easily. Then you guys would be writing nasty messages about me.

/Daughter is now 15


Wow. No offense, but I wouldn't let a dog that growled at me live with me. What if she got hurt and you had to pick her up or something?

 
Pmoon 2009-07-02 04:09:55 PM  
spacechicken170am: canadianloon: spacechicken170am: Donor: thelessa:

I don't have a testosterone based issue, I have a "hey mom, it followed me home can I keep it issue".

My GF has a monthly, "awe, it is a sweet defenseless animal in need of help" issue. As previously mentioned in this thread, she wrestled a pit bull out of traffic and dropped it in my apartment. At work they tell me I shouldn't be surprised when I come home and find an aardvark in the bathroom.

My girlfriend's sister was training one for a guy. Since she is unemployed she figured it would be a good way to earn some extra cash. He came over one day and told her she could keep the dog. The next day he killed himself. She is unemployed and behind on her mortgage payment....

You have bored me to near death...

You get bored after 7 sentences? If that's the case then let me tell you about this fish I caught. It was a cold day. No wait it was a muggy day. Wait, maybe it was a cold muggy day. Yes, that's right it was cold and muggy just like that biatch of an aunt of yours. Well anyways I put on my blue socks because my black socks were in the dryer and they were still a little wet. You don't want to wear wet socks you know. You could get trench foot like your cousin Steve. After I got my socks on I decided to go to the lake. I'd been fishing there for quite some time now. I've used all different types of bait. The chicken livers seemed to work pretty well for the catfish and I've found that grasshoppers work pretty well for bass. Well this cat fish grabbed the chicken liver and I set the hook in pretty deep. I got him close enough to the bank to see that he was almost 30 inches long. At that moment the line snapped. I guess I never really caught the fish. This is probably more of a story about the one that got away. Anywho, are you dead yet? Now, this is a story all about how my life got flipped-turned upside down and I liked to take a minute just sit right there I'll tell you how I became the prince of a town called Bel Air.



/bored kitty feels your pain


I knead to here moar of these.

 
trueaustinite 2009-07-02 04:11:47 PM  
playdate: Yeah, look how dangerous this dog is...

Brilliant! A pit bull didn't bite someone therefore pit bulls don't bite!

I think you are very smart.

 
MIRV888 2009-07-02 04:13:04 PM  
I never have understood owning an animal that can kill you or your family as a 'pet', but I'm crazy like that.

 
santadog [TotalFark] 2009-07-02 04:17:03 PM  
nopokerface: playdate: Yeah, look how dangerous this dog is...

Just biding his time.


this..and I think that's one of those Spuds McKinsey dogs.

 
Infernal Wedgie 2009-07-02 04:18:15 PM  
spacechicken170am:

That depends are you actually going to define a pitbull as a pitbull or are you going to call anything with broad shoulders a pitbull type dog. The term pitbull type actually encompases over 40 different breeds of dog. See the trick is to lump all 42 of those breeds together into 1 breed. Then you list them along side other breeds consisting of 1 and only 1 breed. This greatly inflates the numbers. I disapprove of pitbull bite statistic shenanigans.



That's still statistical shenanigans. You're basically raising the spcificity to a level that's so incredibly narrow that unless you had a whole lot of those dogs, you're not going to have enough power to make a valid and significant result.

Mind you, I'm CANIPHOBIC. I'm pretty equal opportunity when it comes to being afraid of dogs. So I'm not singling out your pit bull. I don't like your chihuahua or golden retriver, either.

So here's the deal:
H0: This variety of pit bull is equally likely as any other dog (regardless of breed) to hurt or maim a person.
H1: This variety of pit bull is NOT equally likely as any other dog (regardless of breed) to hurt or maim a person, meaning it may be more or less likely to hurt or maim a person.

Then depending on which tail of the curve you look at, if H1 is significant, you can determine whether
that risk is greater or lower than the risk of all dogs as a group.

So we're not saying pit bull versus whippet, or pit bull versus pomeranian. We're saying pit bulls versus everything else you could call a domesticated dog.

Unless you wanted to throw in dingoes, jackals and wolves into the mix for extra statistical spice.

/is it Caturday, yet?

 
IXI Jim IXI [TotalFark] 2009-07-02 04:22:17 PM  
Infernal Wedgie: /is it Caturday, yet?

Nope. Not even through with Currsday.

 
DogS laughter [TotalFark] 2009-07-02 04:23:00 PM  
TheWizard: DogS laughter: Sybarite: I don't even consider snakes as "pets". A pet has to be able to form some kind of reciprocal relationship with its owner. Snakes have no idea who you are.

I don't think any cold blooded animal can really be called a pet. I've had tropical fish that would take food from my fingers, but I never thought of them as pets.

I think a bit of the problem is that you are using pets as a synonym for 'companion'.

I'd easily say that almost anything can be a pet, but that very few animals can be considered companions.


You make a valid point. Since I cared about the well being of my fish, I suppose they could be called pets, but not companions.

 
Donor 2009-07-02 04:29:14 PM  
Pmoon: spacechicken170am: canadianloon: spacechicken170am: Donor: thelessa:

/bored kitty feels your pain

I knead to here moar of these.


When I was little I caught a Bass out of the local lake. I asked my Dad if I could keep him as a pet and he said I could, but asked where I would keep him (since he was a fairly large bass). I told him I would keep him in the boat's livewell, feed him everyday and bring him fresh water. Needless to say he died after about 2 days, at which point I cried my eyes out and buried him in the backyard. It was probably one of my first encounters with death as a child.

 
IXI Jim IXI [TotalFark] 2009-07-02 04:32:43 PM  
Donor: Needless to say he died after about 2 days, at which point I cried my eyes out and buried him in the backyard. It was probably one of my first encounters with death as a child.

That's pretty cool that your dad let you have that experience. It wouldn't even occur to many.

Or, some just might be hungry.

 
spacechicken170am 2009-07-02 04:38:01 PM  
Infernal Wedgie: spacechicken170am:

That depends are you actually going to define a pitbull as a pitbull or are you going to call anything with broad shoulders a pitbull type dog. The term pitbull type actually encompases over 40 different breeds of dog. See the trick is to lump all 42 of those breeds together into 1 breed. Then you list them along side other breeds consisting of 1 and only 1 breed. This greatly inflates the numbers. I disapprove of pitbull bite statistic shenanigans.


That's still statistical shenanigans. You're basically raising the spcificity to a level that's so incredibly narrow that unless you had a whole lot of those dogs, you're not going to have enough power to make a valid and significant result.
Mind you, I'm CANIPHOBIC. I'm pretty equal opportunity when it comes to being afraid of dogs. So I'm not singling out your pit bull. I don't like your chihuahua or golden retriver, either.

So here's the deal:
H0: This variety of pit bull is equally likely as any other dog (regardless of breed) to hurt or maim a person.
H1: This variety of pit bull is NOT equally likely as any other dog (regardless of breed) to hurt or maim a person, meaning it may be more or less likely to hurt or maim a person.

Then depending on which tail of the curve you look at, if H1 is significant, you can determine whether
that risk is greater or lower than the risk of all dogs as a group.

So we're not saying pit bull versus whippet, or pit bull versus pomeranian. We're saying pit bulls versus everything else you could call a domesticated dog.

Unless you wanted to throw in dingoes, jackals and wolves into the mix for extra statistical spice.

/is it Caturday, yet?


Uh no, Bull terriers, mastiffs, boxers, and any other broad shouldered dog is considered a pit bull type dog as far as bite staistics and the media are concerned. That's not statistical shenanigans on my part. That's statistical shenanigans on the cdc and the media's part. There are 3 breeds that are considered putbulls and they are no more violent than a rottweiler, german shephard, or chow chow. My issue is that if you want to say that pibulls as a breed are more dangerous then other breeds you damned well better provide statistics for that breed and not toss in 39 other breeds. Having all those breeds lumped together give a very high total number of fatal bites simply because of lumping 40 large dog breeds together. They also like to ignore total population. There are well over 5 million pitbulls in this country. That's not pit bull type dogs that's just pitbulls. If you provide only the total fatal bite numbers for the 3 breeds that are actually pitbulls and take population into consideration then we have a different story. Suddenly, pitbulls are not the vicious killers they are made out to be. In summary, adding the fatal attacks of 39 other large breeds of dog to the total number of fatal attacks for pitbulls and then ignoring total population is statistical shenanigans.

 
mandingueiro 2009-07-02 04:38:18 PM  
santadog: spacechicken170am: Emrick: spacechicken170am: - You are than 200 times more likely to die from taking aspirin than from a pit bull attack.

So? What point do you think you are making?

How about the point that pitbull attacks are very rare and there's a bunch of other things you need to watch out for before you have to worry about pitbulls?

Tell that to my blue heeler who was killed by one while we were on a vacation.
Tell that to my buddy's blue heeler that was killed by a pit bull that grew up with the heeler, then suddenly turned.
Tell that to my friend's Silky who had the skin shook off it when a Pitbull attacked it at a dog park.
Tell that to my friend who has a daughter that played with the pitbull all the time since it was a pup, until one day it turned on the little girl and mauled her arm.
Tell that to ME after a pitbull chased me down on a scooter.

That was all with in the span of 3 years.
Rare my ass.


1. your dog was obviously a pussy.
2. your buddy's dog was also a pussy-and to add a qualifier: dogs are pack animals and a hierarchy needed to be established...maybe your buddy could have been a little bit more aware of possible problematic behavioral problems and curbed them.
3. maybe Silky picked the wrong dog to mess with. Or the pit's owner was some asshole....
4. what did little girl do when she played with the dog? kids can be rough. what we consider friendly is different to a dog. smiling=friendliness to peole. smiling=baring of the teeth to a dog which is an aggressive act.
finally and most importantly:
5. how in the hell does a pit drive a scooter?

 
IXI Jim IXI [TotalFark] 2009-07-02 04:39:43 PM  
mandingueiro: dogs are pack animals and a hierarchy needed to be established

At least in that case, the hierarchy is easy to determine. Live dog trumps dead dog.

 
otto the bull 2009-07-02 04:42:27 PM  
HZS9PK: Heard the 911 call. It was really sad.
I'm really happy my ex wife doesn't keep anything dangerous or creepy around my kids...


Now that you are out of the picture.
Signed,
Your Ex-Wife

 
EggFool [TotalFark] 2009-07-02 04:42:47 PM  
Donor: Pmoon: spacechicken170am: canadianloon: spacechicken170am: Donor: thelessa:

/bored kitty feels your pain

I knead to here moar of these.

When I was little I caught a Bass out of the local lake. I asked my Dad if I could keep him as a pet and he said I could, but asked where I would keep him (since he was a fairly large bass). I told him I would keep him in the boat's livewell, feed him everyday and bring him fresh water. Needless to say he died after about 2 days, at which point I cried my eyes out and buried him in the backyard. It was probably one of my first encounters with death as a child.


You shoulda ate him. He was probably delicious.

 
Mattyb710 [TotalFark] 2009-07-02 04:43:34 PM  
I would say this guy deserves a bullet to the stomach, but I think letting him live a long time with what he was responsible for is worse.

 
lordaction 2009-07-02 04:47:13 PM  
This is sad. If you listen to his 911 call you can hear him losing it. I am really surprised he didn't blow his brains out after that call. I have never heard someone in such terrible emotional pain in my life. And it was not even his biological son - he sounds like a stand up guy.

/took a break from trolling for this post

 
spacechicken170am 2009-07-02 04:52:25 PM  
spickus: spacechicken170am: The term pitbull type actually encompases over 40 different breeds of dog.

You are the only person I know who tries to claim that these are Pits:

Who, besides you claims that the breed Pit Bull encompasses over 40 breeds specifically these that you named yesterday?


How about the CDC which is the basis of the biased pitbull bite statistics? Read the definition of "Pit Bull Type". If they were just pibulls then why the need to put the word type on the end? It's simple. Any dog that bites or kills someone is a pitbull but when they do something cute they're a bull terrier.

 
Haoie 2009-07-02 04:57:09 PM  
Should've stuck to the gerbil.

 
remus 2009-07-02 05:00:50 PM  
DogS laughter: I don't think any cold blooded animal can really be called a pet. I've had tropical fish that would take food from my fingers, but I never thought of them as pets.

True, but the upside of tropical fish is they don't leave the aquarium and eat your kids. So, that's a good thing to look for in a pet.

 
spacechicken170am 2009-07-02 05:02:06 PM  
spickus: spacechicken170am: The term pitbull type actually encompases over 40 different breeds of dog.

You are the only person I know who tries to claim that these are Pits:

Who, besides you claims that the breed Pit Bull encompasses over 40 breeds specifically these that you named yesterday?


For starters check out this website.

The media calls it a pitbull to sell papers and then comes back and corrects it (new window)

Guess what the cdc reports it as? The cdc uses the media reports not the corrections as the basis for its bite data. Read the methodology behind the cdc report.

 
spickus 2009-07-02 05:03:01 PM  
spacechicken170am: spickus: spacechicken170am: The term pitbull type actually encompases over 40 different breeds of dog.

You are the only person I know who tries to claim that these are Pits:

Who, besides you claims that the breed Pit Bull encompasses over 40 breeds specifically these that you named yesterday?

How about the CDC which is the basis of the biased pitbull bite statistics? Read the definition of "Pit Bull Type". If they were just pibulls then why the need to put the word type on the end? It's simple. Any dog that bites or kills someone is a pitbull but when they do something cute they're a bull terrier.


No, they do not.

Several of those 6 are listed separately in the document you are referring to. Would you mind providing a link? I find it exceedingly difficult to believe they are grouping the dogs above with "Pit types" and then counting them again under their own breed.

 
Lamune_Baba 2009-07-02 05:05:05 PM  
santadog: spacechicken170am: Emrick: spacechicken170am: - You are than 200 times more likely to die from taking aspirin than from a pit bull attack.

So? What point do you think you are making?

How about the point that pitbull attacks are very rare and there's a bunch of other things you need to watch out for before you have to worry about pitbulls?

Tell that to my blue heeler who was killed by one while we were on a vacation.
Tell that to my buddy's blue heeler that was killed by a pit bull that grew up with the heeler, then suddenly turned.
Tell that to my friend's Silky who had the skin shook off it when a Pitbull attacked it at a dog park.
Tell that to my friend who has a daughter that played with the pitbull all the time since it was a pup, until one day it turned on the little girl and mauled her arm.
Tell that to ME after a pitbull chased me down on a scooter.

That was all with in the span of 3 years.
Rare my ass.



Maybe you should move out of the ghetto?

I hear there are a whole lot of violent black people in poor inner-city neighborhoods, too. I mean, nearly every single crime that happens there is a black dude. Almost all of them.

Sure, they make up 90% of the population in those neighborhoods, but it's statistical proof- blacks are dangerous animals.

 
DogS laughter [TotalFark] 2009-07-02 05:08:25 PM  
remus: DogS laughter: I don't think any cold blooded animal can really be called a pet. I've had tropical fish that would take food from my fingers, but I never thought of them as pets.

True, but the upside of tropical fish is they don't leave the aquarium and eat your kids. So, that's a good thing to look for in a pet.


I've always loved tropical fish, and I'm rethinking my definition of pet. See above at 04:23:00 PM.

 
spickus 2009-07-02 05:08:55 PM  
spacechicken170am: spickus: spacechicken170am: The term pitbull type actually encompases over 40 different breeds of dog.

You are the only person I know who tries to claim that these are Pits:

Who, besides you claims that the breed Pit Bull encompasses over 40 breeds specifically these that you named yesterday?

For starters check out this website.

The media calls it a pitbull to sell papers and then comes back and corrects it (new window)

Guess what the cdc reports it as? The cdc uses the media reports not the corrections as the basis for its bite data. Read the methodology behind the cdc report.


Again the CDC document lists several of those animals separately. You keep saying 42 breeds are considered "Pit types". Is there a list somewhere? Whose list? Do you really think anyone in their right mind would id any of the above dogs as Pits?

 
Infernal Wedgie 2009-07-02 05:15:18 PM  
spacechicken170am: spickus: spacechicken170am: The term pitbull type actually encompases over 40 different breeds of dog.

You are the only person I know who tries to claim that these are Pits:

Who, besides you claims that the breed Pit Bull encompasses over 40 breeds specifically these that you named yesterday?

How about the CDC which is the basis of the biased pitbull bite statistics? Read the definition of "Pit Bull Type". If they were just pibulls then why the need to put the word type on the end? It's simple. Any dog that bites or kills someone is a pitbull but when they do something cute they're a bull terrier.


Dude, I already said in order to make a valid comparison, you take the stats for PIT BULL (and I'll let you set that definition as you see fit, AKC perhaps?) and compare them across the board. You're still insisting that I'm clinging to the lumpy definition of what a pit bull is (which I don't -- I know what a pit bull is, I live in East LA FFS.

I'm saying let's really look at the stats (to which I know you'd agree). But you aren't automatically allowed to rule out the possibility that (true) pit bulls may be more dangerous than other breeds just because you think a study is flawed. That is your own bias as an owner and aficionado.

/wasn't this a thread about snakes?
/more scared of dogs than snakes

 
Gdr2004 2009-07-02 05:19:20 PM  
Why are you guys so cruel? The dad lost his daughter that is more than punishment enough. I hope the court system realizes that locking him up would just add more to the tragedy

 
Ashelth 2009-07-02 05:22:00 PM  
TallyGirl: He isn't actually the father of the toddler who was killed...his other baby mama was the one who said he was a great dad. He's the boyfriend of the little girl's mother.

I'm adding "does not own any stupid, dangerous pets" to my list of criteria in choosing a boyfriend. (That's now number three behind 1)has a job and 2) is not a child molester)


Picky!

 
orclover 2009-07-02 05:23:48 PM  
spacechicken170am: Well that depends. Some people dock their ears and tails and put them on exercise routines so they look like an east german swimmer from the good ol days. The natural look for an ABPT isn't bad at all. They are a big terrier. They are smart and can be trained pretty easily. Granted most pitbulls are owned by idiots with small weeners there are a lot of people who want a big dog that's not as dumb as a bag of rocks. I'd prefer if pitbulls were not banned but regulated. I think all large male dogs not kept by breeders should be required to be neutered. They are rrespnsible for over 80% of dog bite fatalities.



//what a pitbull should look like


i153.photobucket.com

This is pippy, Au Natural (her ears are down while playing). Long tail, floppy ears and 99% muscle. She curles up in my youngest son's bed at night near his head to sleep like an overprotective momma. Whenever I step in there late late at night her eyes pop open instantly and looks me over, then wags her tail to let me know its ok to come in. God farking help the poor dumbass that tries to creep in through the window to snatch a kid, doubt we'll even find his body.

She's the perfect family pet, oh sure she'll kill another dog if it gets within 2 feet of her, but she loves all kids.

/keep your dog on a leash, and i'll keep mine on a leash and muzzle.
//but yes you can pet her.

 
santadog [TotalFark] 2009-07-02 05:35:43 PM  
mandingueiro: santadog: spacechicken170am: Emrick: spacechicken170am: - You are than 200 times more likely to die from taking aspirin than from a pit bull attack.

So? What point do you think you are making?

How about the point that pitbull attacks are very rare and there's a bunch of other things you need to watch out for before you have to worry about pitbulls?

Tell that to my blue heeler who was killed by one while we were on a vacation.
Tell that to my buddy's blue heeler that was killed by a pit bull that grew up with the heeler, then suddenly turned.
Tell that to my friend's Silky who had the skin shook off it when a Pitbull attacked it at a dog park.
Tell that to my friend who has a daughter that played with the pitbull all the time since it was a pup, until one day it turned on the little girl and mauled her arm.
Tell that to ME after a pitbull chased me down on a scooter.

That was all with in the span of 3 years.
Rare my ass.

1. your dog was obviously a pussy.
2. your buddy's dog was also a pussy-and to add a qualifier: dogs are pack animals and a hierarchy needed to be established...maybe your buddy could have been a little bit more aware of possible problematic behavioral problems and curbed them.
3. maybe Silky picked the wrong dog to mess with. Or the pit's owner was some asshole....
4. what did little girl do when she played with the dog? kids can be rough. what we consider friendly is different to a dog. smiling=friendliness to peole. smiling=baring of the teeth to a dog which is an aggressive act.
finally and most importantly:
5. how in the hell does a pit drive a scooter?


Your penis...it sounds very very small.

 
santadog [TotalFark] 2009-07-02 05:37:01 PM  
Lamune_Baba:

Maybe you should move out of the ghetto?


Yeah, Austin Texas is known for it's ghettos.

 
crazykatchan 2009-07-02 05:40:21 PM  
StopArrestingMe: As a father, this python would be lucky to slither away after doing something to MY daughter. I would take a bat to his face and then freakin shoot him HARD. If you harm a child you need to DIE plane and simple. Be forwarned, call me an ITG if you want but people who molest children are disgusting and have no morals and need to be tortured raped and killed by ME. These people are NOT even people there literally gnats. I am an AMERICAN MAN, a WASP, and a DAMN GOOD FATHER. I have many guns including a rocket launcher and I will use them all on you if you molest my duaghter Kitie after first castrating you with a butterfly knife and taking my sweet time. And do NOT talk to me from up there on your pedastal about how Im WRONG you can SHUT HELL UP pu@@y. Jet from this thread if it bothers you that much. Friggin birdbrain. Society has rules and if you doNt follow then you must be delt with. As Ghandi said "an eye for an eye".

...wow.
-2/10 for ITG faking.
you need to pull your head out of Rupert Murdock's news station's ass.
/not that I disagree with the basic concept, people who hurt children should be punished
//you just need to get out of whatever small town you're in that everyone needs to know how giant your penis is
///and you need grammar work bad. socialism =/= socilism

 
remus 2009-07-02 05:41:52 PM  
DogS laughter: remus: DogS laughter: I don't think any cold blooded animal can really be called a pet. I've had tropical fish that would take food from my fingers, but I never thought of them as pets.

True, but the upside of tropical fish is they don't leave the aquarium and eat your kids. So, that's a good thing to look for in a pet.

I've always loved tropical fish, and I'm rethinking my definition of pet. See above at 04:23:00 PM.


I was just feeding my tropical fish, so I'm getting a kick out of your reply...

 
squidzilla [TotalFark] 2009-07-02 05:48:00 PM  
crazykatchan: StopArrestingMe: As a father, this python would be lucky to slither away after doing something to MY daughter. I would take a bat to his face and then freakin shoot him HARD. If you harm a child you need to DIE plane and simple. Be forwarned, call me an ITG if you want but people who molest children are disgusting and have no morals and need to be tortured raped and killed by ME. These people are NOT even people there literally gnats. I am an AMERICAN MAN, a WASP, and a DAMN GOOD FATHER. I have many guns including a rocket launcher and I will use them all on you if you molest my duaghter Kitie after first castrating you with a butterfly knife and taking my sweet time. And do NOT talk to me from up there on your pedastal about how Im WRONG you can SHUT HELL UP pu@@y. Jet from this thread if it bothers you that much. Friggin birdbrain. Society has rules and if you doNt follow then you must be delt with. As Ghandi said "an eye for an eye".

...wow.
-2/10 for ITG faking.
you need to pull your head out of Rupert Murdock's news station's ass.
/not that I disagree with the basic concept, people who hurt children should be punished
//you just need to get out of whatever small town you're in that everyone needs to know how giant your penis is
///and you need grammar work bad. socialism =/= socilism


Sigh....you just don't get it, do you?

/that was decent, SAM
//but you can do better

 
MrsHashBrown 2009-07-02 05:48:13 PM  
EggFool: wruley: This is a sad story, but the problem is pets are animals in captivity. It doesn't mean they are happy or domesticated. This could happen with a variety of pets, and actually probably does.

I have a 105 pound german shepherd that was trained as a police K9. He was injured during training and retired, and we got him from the kenel through a friend.

He fell in love with my daughter and spends as much time with her as possible, including sleeping with her in her bed at night. He growls at me every morning when I come in the room wake her up. And don't even think about pretending to hit her. The next thing you will see is paws and teeth. The dog is definitely over protective.

If he went insane for just a few, he could kill her easily. Then you guys would be writing nasty messages about me.

/Daughter is now 15

Wow. No offense, but I wouldn't let a dog that growled at me live with me. What if she got hurt and you had to pick her up or something?



Agreed. Dogs should never get the idea that being aggressive, or simply growling, is permitted. That's a big reason why we've never played tug-of-war games or allowed "play" growling with our GSD. He's a high-powered dog and it could lead to trouble down the road.

Sounds like his GSD is herding his daughter or protecting her from a perceived poacher/thief. Is the dog allowed on other furniture, just like the humans in the family? Things like that give a dog the wrong idea. It's a dog, not a human, make it sleep on the floor because it is an animal. Get a bed for it if you'd like, but don't let it sleep on yours. Also, they tend to shed a lot, her bed must be covered in fur. . .

Seriously, you're the boss of your dog; your dog should not be the boss of you. This is even more important if you have a large breed that can be very dangerous without proper training & control.

 
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