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My new dog ZABAR! A rescue from NYC.
My wife is on a facebook rescue that posts up when dogs are being put down as a last ditch effort to get them addopted. Zabar (Pit Bull Mix) was
posted up and was going to die that day (Wednesday the 4th) since the NYC Animal Care & Control puts down TONS and TONS of dogs. She enquired about
him thinking the process might take a while to fully get him up here since we are still in a small 640sq ft condo and not in our house yet (hoping to
close this Friday). She got a rescue to pull him Thursday the 5th and he was up here that Sunday.
We could not have asked for a better dog! He is about 10 - 11 months old and already house trained / crate trained. He still has his balls since he
has kenel cough right now but those will be going REALLY quick since he likes to teabag our female dogs (American Bulldog, Angel) face and try to hump
her.
My wife then saw this article posted about some awesome people that do a "job" that I could NEVER do but I give them props for doing it.
http://www.tailsinc.com/tag/compassion-project/
The article is basically about people that volunteer to spend the night with dogs that are going to be put down the next night, play with them, give
them treats, let them give tons of kisses, etc. Kinda like a more possitive version of a "last meal" for dogs that shouldn't have to be put down in
the first place. I am pretty sure that Zabar probably got this treatment from these people since this was the shelter he was at when he was sentenced
to die so I am grateful for this program, but sad about it at the same time.
Ok, now it is time for me to get on my soapbox... DON'T BUY DOGS FROM A FUCKING PET STORE / BREEDER!!! Theres TONS of excelent dogs out there that
need a good home.
PS: His name is of a place in NYC called Zabar's (that me and the wife stumbled upon when I went to NYC for the first time with her) which is a
classic NYC place with a restaurant and a grocery store / dept store of sorts. We wanted to name our next dog Zabar reguardless of where he was from
but it worked out PERFECT that he came from NYC.
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Awesome story and great looking dog!
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Great looking dog and I am really happy for you. Nothing better then the love of a dog.
Not buying from a pet store I agree with 100%. However, breeders and I mean good ones are great for the preservation of dog breeds. They are the
people doing the most for the breeds, keeping them healthy and insuring that they only end up in good qualified homes. Agin I am only talking about
good breeders here. There is no doubt there are a lot more bad ones then good ones, but we can not lump all breeders into the same category.
If it were not for good breeders the Cane Corso (the breed I own) would have gone extinct many years ago and it would have been a real shame as they
are amazing animals when placed in the proper home. Just my two cents on breeders.
BKT.
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Nice save!
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XnMeX
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BKT
Great looking dog and I am really happy for you. Nothing better then the love of a dog.
Not buying from a pet store I agree with 100%. However, breeders and I mean good ones are great for the preservation of dog breeds. They are the
people doing the most for the breeds, keeping them healthy and insuring that they only end up in good qualified homes. Agin I am only talking about
good breeders here. There is no doubt there are a lot more bad ones then good ones, but we can not lump all breeders into the same category.
If it were not for good breeders the Cane Corso (the breed I own) would have gone extinct many years ago and it would have been a real shame as they
are amazing animals when placed in the proper home. Just my two cents on breeders.
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I agree to a point but...
http://www.petfinder.com/pet-search?animal_type=&pet_breed=c...
172 Cane Corsos available for adoption. Some are mixes, but I just glanced and it looks like quite a few are pure.
Why anyone breeds Pit Bulls is beyond me... So many of them are destroyed each day. Obviously, like you points out, if breeding stopped altogether
there would be no purebreeds left, but there are way too many breeders taking it into the opposite direction.
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good for you getting a rescue pup, I'm so glad more & more people are doing this these days. Good looking dog
record collectors are pretentious assholes
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What a handsome pooch!
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XnMeX
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| Quote: | Originally posted by MikeFromInhuman
What a handsome pooch!
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He is a ham! Follows me around like a shadow when I go home for my lunch break.
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nme that is awesome. Looks like a very handsome pup as well. The breeders need to be put in check as well. The legit breeders not so much but the
backyard bastards, those fuckers need to be stopped. Too many stupid pieces of shit breeding dogs for all the wrong reasons.
If you don't mind me asking what do places like that run when getting a dog? Does it fluctuate on the breed or age of the pup? Or is it strictly a
donation? If its a donation what is a good donation amount? My local APL is I think $50- $60 or so.
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His fee was $100, another one we looked into but the dog was already addopted was $350 so I guess it all depends.
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What a handsome dog and congrats. Pits are amazing, caring, fun, tough and certainly spirited. They are loyal and an amazing family dog. Good for you
on rescuing him. We have rescued both of ours and we have no regrets.
Good for you!
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Both of ours were as well. The amercian bulldog was dropped at a Doberman rescue in the area and that is where the wife got her. She sure looks like
a doberman...
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That is a great looking dog!!! My wife goes on sites everyday looking to adopt. It is very sad how many dogs are being put down each day.
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Congrats. That's a damn good looking dog. Always liked the look of pit bulls but I'm just wary of them. Regardless it's awesome your giving it a good
home.
I adopted a Doberman, German Sheperd mix a few months ago. I love having her around.
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Like any dog, just gotta raise them right. I was wary about adopting a pit without having met him but do not regret it one bit. If he was older I
would have wanted to meet him first.
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