Cindy I have to agree with one on this score. The bitch that I rescued over 2 years ago had been badly abused by children they broke legs her jaw put a rubber band around her tail and broke it. She started to hate children is it any wonder? They were going to put her down because she was turning aggressive with children. I knew the score I took her anyway and I have three children. Yes in the first week she did nip my son not enough to break skin but it did bruise. She was strongly scolded you could see her shame but she was so frightened. She laid her head on my sons lap shortly after this incident ,He reached down and talked to her telling her it was alright no one here would ever hurt her. She has never ever bitten anyone again . My son and her our the best of buds. The transformation in the pyr that was so broken when she first came to live with us is remarkable. Now she looks and acts like what she was born to be. We still have work to do with her but she has come along way. I often wonder if people would be so quick to love and trust again if they suffered what so many animals do today. Peggy From: clhenke@juno.com Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 8:31 PM To: pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org Subject: Re: [pyrnet] The Spokane dog and rescue Linda, I live in Texas, I am painfully aware of it's problems, I am aware
of not only the dogs problems but also the P.B. pig rescues since I do
that. The problem with your form of education is, it is what "you"
think . What dogs are bad, what problems you think people are going to
have. Even if they have another perspective. No one is saying that we
don't have to watch for aggression, just that we don't always see
aggression the same way as you do. It is another way of seeing things,
not the final way!
Who were you defending Kelly from?? No one said Kelly lied, just that a
different story was going around. That happens all the time, different
people, talking to people, misinformation. Think about the whisper game
we played when we were kids and understand that information can be easily
messed up, without saying someone lied! I think that was a mean spirited
thing to say.
Everyone respects rescue, but martyrdom over it defeats it's purpose.
Trying to make it a who does what or who does the most, or who is doing
it the right way, can't benefit the process. People do what they can.
And some people do other things that help animals. No one thing is
right.
We have all heard the aggression and biting thing, we've got it, honest.
The part your not going to change is how other people view it, we don't
see it your way, or we don't see some of it your way, or something is
different about our views regarding it. And guess what, those who
disagree with you don't have man eating beasts chewing the faces off
children. We just do something different and it works out fine. As
always, these are just my thoughts!
Cindy
Cindy Henke
clhenke@juno.com
Ennis, Texas
"All knowledge, the totality of all questions and answers, is contained
in the dog." ~ Franz Kafka
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