i have what my daughter calls a boston terrier/chihuahua mix. in reality he is a registered boston terrier with traits dating back before breeders started making their noses extremely flat; he's brindle, which is rather rare and he has an actual nose. he does, however, have rather large ears; this would be the reason my daughter swears he is at least 1/4 chihuahua...not that there's anything wrong with that.
mr pimms is 5 1/2 years old. i got him when he was 3 months. at 5 months i took him to pet smart for puppy training. i particularly wanted him to get along with other dogs so i could take him to the dog park. he wasn't afraid to take on anything that approached him. a huge bearded collie that must have weighed 100 pounds but was the same age as mr pimms became his best friend. they ripped around the dog park, bashing into trees (sometimes people), causing the other dogs join in. mr pimms is a legend at the dog park now for having been 'the one' to train the other dogs how to play.
all of that fun came to a screeching halt a few months ago with the addition of two dogs owned by a cop. a lady cop. having never owned a dog before, she was clueless about these large dogs she had adopted, a big male and a fairly large female, both shepherd mixes. the male, Ike, was pretty aggressive. he hated mr pimms. keeping in mind that she's a cop and knows there's a leash law in DC, she would let them both off leash a block from the dog park and they would come running from out of nowhere. that was the end of our daily trip to the dog park for a few months. there were many complaints about these dogs. Ike had attacked a small furry white dog, nearly killing it; he had chased numerous cats; had attacked many dogs at the dog park, including mr pimms. the owners in the building in which the cop lady lives had let her know that she or the dogs would have to go. before the powers that be had a chance to have a hearing about what to do, copy lady had Ike put down, and gave away the female. what a tragedy! Ike was a beautiful dog. he would have been a great dog for someone with a yard. common sense did not enter into this picture. the only positive here is i can take mr pimms back to the dog park without the fear of him being attacked. a fear that never would have had to be there in the first place.
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when are you going to admit that The Pimmel is a mutt?! ;p
cop lady is an I_D_I_O_T for putting ike down. he would have done great in a family with a yard and even kids! such a shame.
i think we should have to complete a personality test before we adopt... it may save some doggie lives!
Exactly! a personality AND IQ test!
'course there aren't tests for having kids, and some people certainly shouldn't have or adopt them, either...luckily there are laws against putting kids down!
That is a shame. What a moron she must have been. She's not much different than the cops that work with some of my students. Unfortunately, many times I have to side with my students when they share how stupid and crass the police are in their dealings.
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