Deepizzaguy
Talk about having two strikes against you in life. A three year old Pit Bull named Dallas was very close to be put to sleep in the province of Ontario Canada when Dallas and 30 other Pit Bull puppies were the police in Ontario and some members of the Ontario Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals (OSPCA) since Pit Bulls are banned in Ontario and the Pit Bull breed has a bad image thanks to the media who report the cruelty like having puppy Pit Bulls get involved in dog fighting.
Thanks to Rob Scheinberg who is the co-founder of a rescue and sanctuary in Ontario called Dog Tales, he hired an attorney to spare the lives of the pit bulls that were taken to an animal shelter after the raid of the dog fighting dog ring that had five persons arrested on charges of running an illegal dog fighting ring.
Only three Pit Bulls puppies either were put to sleep or died in custody. Dallas along with the 17 other Pit Bulls were sent to rescues or adopted.
Thanks to a group called Pit Sisters which is a group that finds homes for dog breeds that are not wanted by the majority of dog owners, 10 pit bulls were assigned to that group. The dogs then are sent to prisons where they become the companions of inmates in an attempt to turn their lives around from living in the bad side of the law to good citizens when they leave for a new life after they pay their debts to society.
Thanks to Carol Skaziak who is the founder of the not for profit group named Throw Away Dogs who has dogs sent to veterans and children with special needs, she saw the potential of Dallas leaving his job at a correctional center in Jacksonville Florida to work with the Honaker Virginia Police Department as a dog who will be sniffing out drugs.
Thanks to Dog Tales footing the bill to have Dallas trained to sniff out drugs in training, Dallas will be joining the Honaker Police Department next week to become the first Pit Bull police officer who will be working with a new handler.
Famous old saying is “When one door closes, another one is open.” My belief is all dogs are not evil monsters, some of them through no fault of their own become bad when they are trained for dog fighting which is outlawed, not the Pit Bull breed.
Pitbulls have been given a bad rap and while I would never own one, I am happy to hear that they have a second chance and I am sure they will do well.
Me too since Dallas impressed the prisoners where he was at before he is going to work with the police department in Virginia. I agree with you about adopting Pit Bulls. My favorite breeds are Labrador Retrievers, German Shepherds, Scottish Terriers and Beagles and mixed versions of them.
I do not get to know the dogs just to read and I’ve heard that this is a dangerous dog breed
Pit Bulls along with Doberman Pinschers are dogs I would never adopt if they paid a king’s penny to have them as my pets.
Of course the dogs are not bad. Only the owners can be bad, and do harm to innocent animals.
I know about that because my relatives adopted a male dog that was abused by his male owners, the animal shelter told myself and my relatives to be careful since the dog had been abused by a male and he could attack any male person who wanted to harm him.
The breed was actually developed to be a companion for children. Unless they are taught to be mean, the only danger from a pit bull is drowning in their slobber.
I did not know that since the national media likes to bring up the dangerous deeds that dogs do to children since it makes good ratings on television.
One of my daughters has a pit bull from a rescue. When I go over there she (the dog) is always so happy to see me. A friend of the family also had one and it was the same way.
Good to know since when I met my sister’s dog who is a mixed breed Black Lab and Rottweiler, I was scared that she would not like. I found out that she is a very sweet pet.
Beautiful stories of the dogs. Yes why not if they will be useful in other ways.
who the hell wants to watch dogs fight?
That is what I am thinking since there is no value in seeing dogs fighting as well as roosters fighting.
it is just yet another pretense for gambling. or a way for sociopaths to get off…
A wonderful post .. thanks for sharing
My pleasure to share this nice story. I speak from experience that Pit Bulls are not bad dogs since my next door neighbor has two young Pit Bulls that do a lot of barking but when they told to pipe down by their owner, they pipe down and get inside their home.
Very nice story, thank you!
My pleasure to share this nice story.