Why Do People Treat These Dogs So Badly

[Officially Retired]

Just read a thread on FB about someone throwing their pit bull out of the window of their car.
This poor little dog was all banged up, and confused, sitting there in a vet office (probably wondering where her owner was, even though the owner was an asshole).

Then there's the recent deal of leaving the dog down to die. Happens all the time, really.
Why do people think it's "cool" to let these dogs die or get fucked up?
Why is there such little regard for their life/comfort, happiness, etc.?

Makes me sick to think about HOW MUCH abuse these dogs suffer, I mean, damn.
It doesn't make "you" a badass to treat these dogs like shit ... it just makes you an asshole.

Treating other things badly is not the sign of "toughness" in a person, it is a sign of weakness IMO.
It takes extra effort to treat something well; it takes no effort to treat something badly.
Extra effort to build something GOOD is always the sign of strength in a person's character, not the opposite.
The people who try to ruin, harm, or destroy good things are, by definition, EVIL.

Make no mistake, I love SPORTIVE COMBAT as much as anyone. I love watching two badass athletes go at it, be they man or dog, to determine a winner.
I have been in the ring myself, and on the mat myself, and so I also understand what it's like to kick ass (and to get my ass kicked).
But I have NEVER wanted to KILL my opponents, or seriously mutilate them, or have these things done to myself. Only SPORTIVE COMBAT--FUN!
I have also bred a lot of winners, for a lot of years, but I never had to treat my dogs LIKE SHIT, or kill a bunch of dogs, to make them capable of winning.
I always treated my dogs as WELL as I could possibly treat them, and if I saw they weren't capable of winning, I did NOT torture them or abuse them.
I just chose not to use certain dogs, but I have never had to shoot piles of dogs to produce multiple dogs that won every year I bred dogs.

I know of people who cut their dogs' throats if they lose, hang them from trees, stab them to death, bludgeon them with a sledge hammer, etc.
WTF is wrong with people? None of this shit is necessary or produces better dogs.

I have actually heard people say, "the harder you cull, the better your dogs."
(And this always came from people who couldn't breed dogs worth a damn.)

Wake up people: ruthlessly-culling dogs produces NOTHING. Not a GD thing.
Only BREEDINGS produces the pups that become dogs, so intelligent breeding choices are all that is necessary create good dogs.

There is ZERO need to mistreat, be mean to, pole-axe, shoot, or unnecessarily abuse any dog.

I can't TRUST any man who is mean to his dogs, because it (quite literally) shows a BAD HEART. It is almost the definition of a bad heart.

I saw a video once where a guy beat his dog to death. After every kick, punch, etc., the little dog crawled back over to the man, wagging its tail sheepishly, wondering "why" it was getting beaten, rolling over on its back to say, "I'm sorry," and this POS thug kept beating/kicking/stomping this poor dog, until it was lifeless. The dog was "dead game" with LOVE for its owner, and prostrated itself to the guy, CLEARLY "giving up" and just wanting the beatings to stop. How anyone could keep beating this dog is beyond me, and I guarantee that POS who was doing this would have shit all over himself if he were subjected to the same treatment.

This kind of crap seems to be getting more prevalent.
There are some cruel, fucked-up people in this world, and if "you" are one of them, then please just go kill YOURSELF.
Realize that YOU are the POS who needs to go, not "all the curs" on your yard.

I am sorry for my rant, but that post I saw just made me think of some of the stuff I have seen or heard about.

These dogs are generally HAPPY and POSITIVE, and can lift your spirits just being around them. That is why they bring dogs into hospitals: their company is supposed to make you HAPPY.
So, if you are such a black-hearted person that you want to snuff the happiness out of a dog, rather than be lifted by its happiness, realize YOU ARE DEFECTIVE as a human being and are the one who needs to be culled.

Jack

[Doc Ellis]

I hate reading stuff like this. Its a reminder that if you sell a dog, more than likely, its going to live a shitty, hard life. It makes it almost impossible to justify doing a breeding ever again.

[Nut]

Really good post again. Very true and good food for thought for allot of people.

[Black Hand]

A friend and I were just talking about something similar to this. There are some people in these dogs that would have probably became serial killers had they not got into dogs first.

[SGC]

Good posts…

I also hate reading about things like this. It's sad how the world has changed these days. People are selfish and think only of themselves and there is little connection between many owners and their bulldogs.

A good dog of any type will love their master unconditionally, yet how many people are worthy of such love? If you treat your dog with love and respect, you will have much more of a bond with that dog and it will do anything to please you. That's how dogs are. Too bad many people are not as straight forward and honest as their dogs.

When I was a kid my family had several dogs and I grew up playing with them and messing around out in the woods. The dogs were always good companions and friends, so I learned to value them and I enjoyed working with them, teaching them things. I don't think many kids do this anymore, too many are playing video games, etc. and have no time to play with a dog outside.

No dog deserves to be thrown from a car, beaten to death, set on fire, starved to death, left down to die because it is outclassed, or otherwise cruelly treated. If a dog is not wanted, give it away, or put it down properly, don't cause it needless pain.

No wonder life, dog and human, has a low value these days.

[Black Hand]

If you have no compassion for people you probably won't have any for dogs either. There are just not too many morally sound people that find themselves going down this path in life. These dogs seem to attract some real fkn weirdos.

[Officially Retired]

If you have no compassion for people you probably won't have any for dogs either.

Actually, it's the reverse. Statistics show that almost every serial killer first start by killing animals, showing an utter disregard for animal life ... that eventually grew and spilled over to getting off by snuffing human life.

There are just not too many morally sound people that find themselves going down this path in life. These dogs seem to attract some real fkn weirdos.

Sad, but true.

I kind of go through all of this a bit in the beginning of my book, but there is nothing wrong with watching combat, nothing.
People always want to know who's the fastest, who jumps the farthest, who's the toughest, etc.

It's just human nature to be competitive, and there is nothing wrong with this at all.

But it doesn't have to be evil.

We all should strive for CONstructive competition, not DEstructive competition.
We can find out who the winners are without taking the lives of the losers.
We can find out the winners without cheating each other, rubbing dogs, or letting our dogs down to die.

It's the difference between SPORTSMANSHIP and CLASS ... and lack of sportsmanship (and even a lack of basic humanity).

Compassion for others is a decidedly HUMAN trait ... and those individuals who lack this trait are simply DEFECTIVE human beings.

Jack

[Officially Retired]

I hate reading stuff like this. Its a reminder that if you sell a dog, more than likely, its going to live a shitty, hard life. It makes it almost impossible to justify doing a breeding ever again.

I sure won't be breeding anymore dogs. Or at least selling anything I might breed up with Amazon.

Don't need the money anymore.

[No Quarter Kennel]

These are the type of things that make me, at times, want completely out of these dogs altogether.
The overwhelming majority of people that own these dogs are cowardice subhuman garbage.

[Frankie]

If you have no compassion for people you probably won't have any for dogs either. There are just not too many morally sound people that find themselves going down this path in life. These dogs seem to attract some real fkn weirdos.

Yes sir