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ARCHX Siren's Eleusinian Mystery CD CD-H RA RL3 RLV RL2X RL1X CGC TT
AKA Luce. Eeevil Red Dog. Boss lady. Heart dog. First American Pit Bull Terrier ever to be nationally ranked in APDT Rally.
Siren's Shiitake Happens
AKA Mushroom. AKA ShroomD. The fungus among us. Grandma-lover. Bed-hogger. Official Zombie Protection Dog.
Orion Never Seen Blue RA RL1 CL1-R CL1-F FMX
AKA Steve. Flyball ninja. Mud magnet. Stranger Danger alert system. Official Hiking Buddy. Coconut Classic Dream Team member 2011.
Orion Go For Launch
AKA Bean. Mission Specialist. Mouth that roars.
Tag Archives: stereotypes
Why I support the yellow ribbon for reactive dogs campaign.
If you’re on Facebook, you’ve probably seen the post encouraging people with reactive dogs to tie a yellow ribbon or something yellow on the dog’s leash to let it be known that the dog needs space and to keep strange … Continue reading
Offleash and inconsiderate are not the same thing.
Or, my response to the 5 reasons to obey the leash law post that has been making the rounds of the internet. So, short version of the story: woman and her leashed dog are hiking in the woods. Woman approaches … Continue reading
Couldn’t have been a Lab– they don’t bite.
Local news story: Man was attacked by his own Labrador Retriever during a “family altercation”. The dog was tasered by police because it was “out of control” and they couldn’t otherwise contain him. The man was taken to the hospital … Continue reading
More than how you raise them.
I love it when I take my pit bulls (usually Luce) out in public and people meet them in a friendly manner. I like it when people can recognize them as pit bulls, and respond to that with enthusiasm. I … Continue reading
I own a pit bull and I hate doing laundry.
Happy Pit Bull Awareness Day! Luce and I celebrated by hitting the local shelter’s “Pity Party”. I do wish they’d call it something else because there’s nothing to pity here. Happy dogs with big bully smiles. Pit Bull Rescue Central‘s … Continue reading
Yes, my dogs are family.
We’re in the very final stretch of Bad Rap’s My Dog is Family calendar contest, and Luce is holding strong in sixth place. Unbelievable! I have been thinking a lot about the theme lately. On the one hand, I love … Continue reading
Why I bother and why it matters.
I really do try to stay out of arguments about pit bulls. I tend to shy away from venues where they’re likely to come up, don’t get involved in comments on news articles or anything like that (except to privately … Continue reading
The underappreciated snuggliness of pit bulls.
It is really something of a miracle that I make it out of bed and to my job every morning. When I go upstairs to get ready for work (having gotten up, pottied and fed the dogs, and farted around … Continue reading
You might be a dog fighter if
I first saw the picture of a young black guy being pulled on his bike by his pit bull when it was posted a few weeks ago on B-More Bulldogs. Now it’s on Pet Connection as well. What do you … Continue reading
Creeps and imbeciles.
Apparently, though I had no idea, there are two kinds of pit bull owners in this world: creeps and imbeciles. I like to think that I fall into neither category. I’m pretty plain and boring. I have moments of meanness, … Continue reading