Quote Originally Posted by brokeback View Post
His first mistake was his location. The pacific northwest is full of tree hugging hippies that have different views on how dogs should be kept then down in the south. I know people with large yards in populated suburbs here in the south.

This is true. There are some of those tree huggers here. I care about the dogs. I don't want to see them starving or abused. If you are going to do what they are bred for then take the responsibility for their after care. Ca Jack has said this a lot, how people are eager to tear a dog down, but can't put one back together. If you can't start an Iv and give fluids and basic medical care you need to get out. I don't know how much of Vick's stuff was media hyperbole and how much was reality. It looked like they just rolled them and tossed them back on a chain. That dog with the pussed out head with the drain was ridiculous. Maybe the people who keep their yards clean and stay low stay clear of problems. Someone was here that said they had a yard full of a hundred dogs and they used to roll dogs every day. If ac shows up you have forty or so busted up dogs. "yea we had twenty kennel accidents the past month." "Riiiiiiiiggggggtttttt" I still believe if you are lucky enough to get good stock in the beginning and can feed and condition you can do well with 5-20 dogs. Like Ca Jack said, "most people can't keep something alive." those are the skills that win more than having the super athlete with gator jaws. Yea at the highest levels that makes more of a difference. I guarantee most people can't call a weight right. Come in on the right weight. Condition and train a dog. It's prob more rare of a trait than people think.

You're right that's a good part of being in the south. We have out humaniacs too. More often if you're not stupid you don't get jammed up by them too often. Just have to avoid them and keep your stuff straight.