My new puppy

[maddafinga]

Had a new little girl fall into our laps this past week.  We've got two older pit bulls already, but one has a terminal illness, so we thought it might be a good idea to go ahead and get this pup, so that the oldest isn't impacted too hard when Chico does die.  She's a sweet little girl. 











Crappy camera phone pics I know, sorry about the quality.  I need to get a real digital camera. 

Also, please no negative pit bull comments, there's been plenty of that ignorance spread around already.  I'm a competent, dedicated and responsible dog owner and I raise calm balanced and behaved dogs. 

Thanks for looking. 

[MadHatter]

Grats! I'm sorry to hear about Chico. I hope his passing is easy. I had lost a Golden Retriever due to Hip Displacia, and we had gotten a youger pup (Lab/Border Collie mix) much the same way. Buddy taught Frankie everything he knew (including watch out for Murry, our 4 pund mutt with the 400 pound attitude)

[Flench]

Nice puppy , well he run deer ? lol J/K .

[gyrene81]

Also, please no negative pit bull comments, there's been plenty of that ignorance spread around already.  I'm a competent, dedicated and responsible dog owner and I raise calm balanced and behaved dogs. 

Thanks for looking. 

That sir deserves a <Salute>  ...the key to owning any pets, dedication and responsibility.

Looks like that pup will be a nice addition to the family.

[morfiend]

Mad,

  Nice pup,good to see it raised around children as it should be.

 Actually your doing a very good thing for your other dog{s} the addition of a new pack member can do wonders for an old an sick dog,least of all make it's passing easier for any others.

 You'll never here any negitive comments from me on any dog,except to the owners,all dogs are the same at the beginning.It's what and how the owner raises them that can mess any dog up.

 I'm just glad to see a pup go to a good home and not end up in the pound!

   

[Curval]

We had a long haired shepperd named Chico when I was a kid.  Man seeing that name brings back some memories.

I am not going to say anything negative about pitbulls, just to say that when she gets a bit older be careful with her around other dogs.  Pits can be the greatest animals around humans but go completely beserk around other dogs.

Cute though..love the eye patch.

[SEraider]

My Dog is 14yrs old.  We know the time is near and we know all of us will be crushed when he goes.   

[maddafinga]

Thanks guys!  Ironically Chico is only a year old at this point, he was about 6 months when we got him from the pound, he won't live to see two years old however, unfortunately.  I wish it were the case that we were bringing Sadie in to be part of the pack for an old dog.  Cadence, the oldest is only 5 right now, still in his prime.  

Curval, was your Chico named after the Marx brother?  My first dog that I got when I moved out on my own, my wonderful Rottweiler was named Groucho.  I'm a big Marx brothers fan.  My second rott, that I got when Groucho finally passed I named Chesty, after Chesty Puller.  He was Cadence's best friend, and mine too.  He woke me up when my apartment burned a few years back, making sure that we got out safely.  He went with me everywhere.  He was my best friend in the world, through my bad divorce and losing everything in the fire and all.  Somehow over the summer he and Cadence got out of the back yard, which had never happened before, and Chesty was hit by a car and killed.  Saddest day of my life.  Cadence fell into such a deep depression, much like me, that we got Chico to be his companion, and once they bonded, they've been close ever since.  Chico did wonders for Cadence. And me too.  

Also, Cadence and Chico are both pitbulls, they get along beautifully. I take them with me to play disc golf and to the Petsmart and to parks and all that.  They meet other dogs and children all the time and are perfect calm balanced gentlemen.  A while back at the park a kid asked if he could pet Cadence and then began sticking his hands and fingers into Cadence's mouth a second later.  Cadence patiently put up with it while we told him not to do that but to pet him on his chest and neck instead.  I believe in raising ambassadors to those two breeds, that are often misunderstood and get an undeserved bad rap.  My dogs are socialized and obedient and aren't a danger to the public or other dogs.  It's all in raising them right, socializing them and having the right bearing and demeanor.  You've got to be the leader and they take their cues from  you.  

Raider, I'm sorry to hear that about your dog, I know it'll be tough when the time comes.  All you can do is to love and care for him and not let him suffer.  There's just no easy way about it.  

[MadHatter]

 It's all in raising them right, socializing them and having the right bearing and demeanor.  You've got to be the leader and they take their cues from  you.  

Amen

[Curval]

"Curval, was your Chico named after the Marx brother? "

Nope...it means "little boy" in Spanish.  My sister named him.  I always claimed we named him after the TV show Chico and The Man...but I lied.  ;-)

[maddafinga]

"Curval, was your Chico named after the Marx brother? "

Nope...it means "little boy" in Spanish.  My sister named him.  I always claimed we named him after the TV show Chico and The Man...but I lied.  ;-)

Ahhh, see, even though I grew up about an hour south of Houston, and even though my stepmom is a second generation Mexican American, my Spanish is woefully inadequate.  I never really learned it or picked up all that much of it somehow.  I can only read or understand little bits and pieces and there is much much I don't know.  For instance, I had no idea at all that Chico means little boy. 

I still love the Marx brothers though!  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-zR2pM_S5U   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYxgjJK7kD0

[morfiend]

Mad,

 I've raised bulls for 30 years or so,had as many as 4 house dogs at a time. These days I have a 2 dog limit,city bylaw. I've never once had an incedent with my dogs as I agree "it's how you raise them"

 That said once a stray dog entered my yard........Unfortunately I had to carry the dog home to it's owner.

   

[maddafinga]

Yeah they do get a bad rap, and I try to combat that image by taking my guys out in public and letting people and dogs meet them.  People are shocked when they ask what kind of a dog they are, as their dog meets mine, or as they pet one of my guys, and I tell them pit bull. 

That sucks about the stray dog getting into your yard, but then, it is your dog's territory.  To my way of thinking, that's part of the dogs job in the agreement, to protect his property and people.  We're responsible for them and to them and they're responsible to us.  It's a two way street really, the only difference is that the dogs always live up to their side of the bargain. 

[Penguin]

Too true 

-Penguin

[morfiend]

Yeah they do get a bad rap, and I try to combat that image by taking my guys out in public and letting people and dogs meet them.  People are shocked when they ask what kind of a dog they are, as their dog meets mine, or as they pet one of my guys, and I tell them pit bull. 

That sucks about the stray dog getting into your yard, but then, it is your dog's territory.  To my way of thinking, that's part of the dogs job in the agreement, to protect his property and people.  We're responsible for them and to them and they're responsible to us.  It's a two way street really, the only difference is that the dogs always live up to their side of the bargain. 

  Good for you Mad,these dogs need all the good PR they can get.

 Yes too bad for the stray,the thing is I had warned it's owner not to let it roam,there was a spot where it could get into my yard but couldn't get out. The owner just wouldnt listen and said he'd do as he pleases with his dog.

  I wasnt about to get in the middle of the 2 dogs until they settled down,I then took the dog home and told the owner he should take it to the vet. He failed to do this for 2 days then approached me about the vet bill..... I laughed and said sue me......

  Some people just shouldnt be allowed to own pets!