Comments on: What happens to you if you’re not a Vick dog

By: Ann Grady

Ann Grady — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:18:11 +0000

And what will happen to the 127+ dogs seized from Ed Faron’s Wildside Kennels in Wilkes County, NC? Yup, you guessed it…Wilkes County Junior Simmons and the HSUS plan on killing all of these dogs (including over 60 very young puppies..some still nursing)as soon as Faron’ trial is over. In a “good ole boy” county like Wilkes, who will appoint a “Special Master” like Rebecca Huss who represented Michael Vick’s dogs to try and give these Faron dogs a chance to live. HSUS can’t stop the DEED so they want to illiminate the breed. It sickens me. I don’t know who are the worse enemies here…the dogfighters or the HSUS. WHAT ABOUT THE VICTIMS? The dogs?

By: slt

slt — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:02:18 +0000

Really. Or:

Notes: Appears to dislike being dragged from cage via catchpole.

By: Gina Spadafori

Gina Spadafori — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:46:34 +0000

My guess:

Evaluation: Pit Bull
Recommendation: Euth

Notes: None.

By: slt

slt — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:37:57 +0000

I would like to see the eval sheets. I doubt we’ll ever see anything though. They seem to be playing a game where you contact one party and they say they can’t give out info, you’ll have to contact Party #2 who then says they don’t know why Party #1 would say that, go back to them for info… I guess no one is as excited about giving out the WE KILLED POTENTIALLY ADOPTABLE DOGS info as they were to give out the WE SAVED DOGS FROM A FIGHT RING info. Go figure.

By: Gina Spadafori

Gina Spadafori — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:28:34 +0000

The dogs’ deaths are mentioned pretty far down:

“All 187 dogs seized in the large bust that led to the mass indictments last month, Smith said, were euthanized because of their aggression — an all-too-common end to a life of suffering.”

Source: http://www.chron.com/disp/stor.....39897.html

All 187 dead, and not one could be trusted? Who tested them, and how? And why were these dogs so different from the Vick dogs, if indeed they were?

By: Lori

Lori — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:07:58 +0000

Seems a bit sneaky that all of this happened so fast at a time when people might not be watching the news and the internet as much as usual due to Thanksgiving travel, etc.

By: Gina Spadafori

Gina Spadafori — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:57:34 +0000

With friends like these …

By: slt

slt — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:55:33 +0000

After getting a grand runaround from the Houston SPCA, I found the Houston Chronicle is reporting all the dogs have been killed. The source is the Asst. DA in charge of all animal cruelty cases for the county. Ironic.

By: Mary

Mary — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 01:08:15 +0000

Killing pit bulls is standard in most public shelters, so far as I know. I think a lot of the problem stems from fear of liability should a bite incident occur after the dog is adopted.

Liability insurance is very hard for shelters and rescues to get - I know of only one company offering it. And it is obscenely expensive.

If insurance and liability issues were not so pervasive in the shelter industry, more dogs could be given a decent chance for life.

By: MaryC

MaryC — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 15:54:29 +0000

This is just so sad and frustrating to those of us who are trying to change people’s minds about these dogs. We have 4 fight bust dogs, One of the MV dogs and 3 from other less known busts. 3 of the 4 are certified Therapy Dogs, the 4th is still in a foster home living with 3 other dogs and is a wonderful pet just waiting for her forever home. All of them live in multiple dog homes. Did they take work, absolutely, but the biggest issue with these dogs seemed to be learning house manners, just like any dog that has spent their life outside on a chain. Let’s hope that they have not already been killed and that someone will step up as the judge did in the Vick Case and say hold on..let’s give them a chance to be evaluated.