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Saturday 21 February 2015

Christy Cornell Yesterday at 12:59am · Edited · Pimping out high risk and dangerous dogs needs to stop


Christy Cornell
Yesterday at 12:59am · Edited · 
Pimping out high risk and dangerous dogs needs to stop. It used to be that a shelter would automatically euthanize a dog which was surrendered due to aggression, but the trend is to attempt ( or not even attempt to rehab them if the shelter doesn't notice any aggression) to rehab the dog or to adopt it out to someone who thinks they can manage the dog's aggression. This puts people at unnecessary risk. If someone want to take the risk of adopting a dog with KNOWN aggression issues, it's not just that person who takes on the risk. Others are put at risk. What about the underage children in the household or those that may visit? What about the neighbors?
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  • Christy Cornell I left a comment, but it is likely to be deleted, so I'll post it here: 

    " Ok. So you are adopting out a dog with a KNOWN history of animal aggression, as per the previous owner. Why do you think that Patches is relatively safe just because she hasn't     shown aggression thus far in the shelter? You don't know what is going to be her trigger, but obviously, she has one. If she has been so animal aggressive in the past that her previous owner didn't want to take chances with her, how can you ethically release this high risk dog back into the public? You are putting people an animals at unnecessary risk. The shelters are glutted with aggressive pitbulls and these dangerous dogs are taking spaces which could go to dogs which are NOT already proven themselves as dogs too difficult for the average dog owner to effectively control. For every dangerous pitbull ( or individual dog of whatever other breed which has a KNOWN history of aggression, even if it's a toy breed) that is pushed to be adopted, and takes up space shelter long term, there are many dogs turned away with would have a much better chance of being successfully homed. There are plenty of sweet dogs, dogs that would never show aggression toward humans or other animals, languishing in shelters or automatically being euthanized because aggressive pitbulls are clogging the shelter system. 

    And for anyone thinking of adopting this KNOWN animal aggressive dog, make sure you understand that animal aggression and people aggression are NOT exclusive of each other. That means you are still at risk of human aggression eventually showing up with this dog. AND you are at VERY high risk for this KNOWN animal aggressive dog to redirect its aggression toward a human if any human interferes with it attacking another animal. Many people end up getting severely mauled when they try to prevent another attacking dog from killing their own dog. The previous owners of Patches were smart to surrender her when she showed animal aggression which highly concerned them, but they should have taken into account the safety of others. Patches should have been just taken to the vet and PTS, but instead, she's being dumped back into the public. 

    When dogs attack, maim, or even kill, that's when dangerous dog apologist start making excuses like, " it's all in how they are raised", or " it wasn't raised right", so if people believe that's true, then why are you adopting out a dog that no one really knows how it was raised? This dog comes with an unknown history EXCEPT that there are claims it is animal aggressive, so if all you truly know about this particular dog is that its past owner surrendered it because it was aggressive and they didn't want the risk/liability of it, then why pimp it out by pulling on people's heart strings? 

    Anyone who wants to adopt this risky dog should look at all the disclaimers added to this Rescue Me Tampa shelter post. They basically are telling you that if this dog causes trouble or harms someone, then YOU, the potential adopter, are on your own. Don't blame them if this dog kills your neighbor's dog and, in the process, ALSO mauls your neighbor. You are responsible, not the Rescue Me Tampa people. You are gonna be the person in court being sued. 

    "All the information we have about this dog is posted above. If we have not posted about it in the description, we DO NOT KNOW how the dog does with other dogs, cats, kids, or is house trained. Most of them come in without a resume. We do our best to find out as much as we can, but it can be difficult to assess in a shelter environment. " and " THIS ALBUM WAS CREATED BY AND IS MAINTAINED BY VOLUNTEERS. THIS PAGE IS NOT A PROJECT OF OR AFFILIATED WITH THE SHELTER OTHER THAN THEY DO SUPPORT OUR EFFORTS!!! " 
    ~ so basically, the Rescue Me Tampa people and the creators of this page are saying adopt at YOUR OWN RISK. We are not gonna be liable for anything this dog does. Good luck and I hope you have a good lawyer! "
    Yesterday at 1:25am · Edited · 6
  • Julie Wall My city is awful, all the shelters and rescues compromise public safety, they no longer error on the side of public safety. In my own community the local no -kill shelters/ rescues re home pit bull types and power breeds all the time with aggression issues, I have talked with them and this is their attitude: 'As long as they think they are re homing to a responsible person, who is perfect, will never make a mistake and the dog will never get away from them, they think the community is not at risk.' These are 0 mistake dogs and people make many mistakes. These shelters and rescues disregard public safety and that there are children and other people's beloved pets that unknowingly live in the same neighborhood with these dangerous dogs.
    Yesterday at 2:23am · Edited · 2
  • Jackie Jenkins I just visited your link and spoke my mind. Thanks for sharing
    Yesterday at 5:58am · 1
  • Jackie Jenkins Julie what is the name of your shelter. I would love to take a look thank you
    Yesterday at 5:59am · 2
  • Christy Cornell LOL! Of course the super pitters show up and start defending a dangerous dog. Our BSL advocates were there and were not gonna let them post their propaganda crap. That was so much fun stirring those pitters up !
    Yesterday at 6:19am · 1
  • Jackie Jenkins I agree, however the public gets a chance, see that not everybody agrees, that these animals can be rehabilitated. That they will be a safe bet for adoption. We reach a lot of people when we comment on these aggressive dogs. Good work thanks for sharing
    Yesterday at 6:21am · 1
  • Justice Smith Unfortunately, rehoming aggressive dogs is happening here in Albuquerque at the state's largest municipal animal shelter. A lot of the animal rescue groups are doing it too. There is a difference between normal aggression and abnormal aggression. Normal aggression being a response to something like being provoked by fear or threat and abnormal aggression coming out of the blue unprovoked.... Normal aggression can usually be read before it happens and can be redirected. Whereas abnormal aggression pops and hits so fast without warning nor provocation. We can't rehab abnormal aggression. Abnormal aggression was bred into some bully breed lines.... Most of the public can't manage dogs with normal aggression issues nor should they have too. I am so disappointed in those folks that have no qualms in about putting the public at further risk.
    Yesterday at 6:23am · 1
  • Christy Cornell LOL! That's too funny, Cindy. 

    The admins deleted all of our comments, but left the pitters comments, so now the page looks crazy. 
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