A local shelter took their longest resident dog to a local Pride festival over the weekend and are upset it was shunned by festival attendees...I wonder why? š
Brainwashed Pit Reputation SaviorsI read through some of the comments, and someone literally said:
"Wow , at a parade of pride and acceptance.... the poor dog was shunned for its breed š¤ you'd think everyone would have been alot more accepting and check the good ole boy out !"
I just couldn't even fathom how this person was comparing discrimination of the LGBTQ+ community to this horrible dog breed.
With LGBTQ+ most of us are fine with shunning groups that want to hurt us. Pits ABSOLUTELY quality.
As a gay man, I concur. It's why I don't hang around with religious fanatics and neo-nazis either. I don't want to be hurt or killed.
Fuck no youāre telling me you discriminate against the KKK? What?????
But they're whiiiiiiiite'uh (Trying to make my teenager's whine come across in word. When she's whining, she drags out the last word and adds an uh haha. So it's sounds like "whyyyyyy-tuh")
As a bisexual woman I 100% percent agree with you. Thereās no reason for people to be pushing pits there.
I love how also in the comments they admitted people did come up and pet the dog. Also someone said how they tried to adopt the dog before and the shelter never replied.
Pitmommies lying for sympathy in their online "pittie parties"? Surely no?!?
pittie parties! thats a good one š¹š¹š¹
I see this shit under every post a rescue I follow does. Every animal has a sob story that āno one wants themāand āno oneās appliedā whereas thereās always at least ten people commenting theyāve applied for the particular animal multiple times and the shelters just blanked them
I wonder how many of those commenters are dog-hoarding crazies to whom the shelter won't give the time of day anymore because the shelter has seen how they live.
Rescues turn people down for unimaginable reasons. I lived in an apartment and was rejected for a 12lb dog because I didn't have a fenced yard for it. I was also once rejected for an adoption for not being available same day to meet a dog I had been inquiring about for weeks. That's when I finally said fuck it and went to a breeder.
The rescue industry is full of hoarding situations that would rather neglect the animals and stuff them in kennels than give them to another person.
The rescue-hoarders use animals to grift money from the public and shelters that are desperate enough to pay rescues to take animals off their hands. A hard luck story is worth thousands of dollars from soft hearted and headed donors.
Itās also about power. A lot of these folks are misanthropic and useless outside of shuffling animals around. Iāve worked in rescue and alongside plenty of folks that, having the power over who gets to adopt the yorkie and dangling it in front of the faces of people constantly told āadopt donāt shop!ā, truly gets their rocks off. Itās mental instability, and I think that factor is overlooked in their psyche a lot.
Oh this is so true.. i was a volunteer in a rescue group, the people there are not doing good for the sake of the animals.. most are hypocrates. Only a few are trully doing it out of their golden hearts.
Itās also why they push the pit bull narrative like they themselves are victims. Who goes to a Pride event and makes it about their hurt feelings over a dog not getting pets? And slyly throws in the insinuation that if the dog wasnāt black it wouldāve gotten more attention, aka the Pride folks were the infamous ādog racistsā? It gets them a shit ton of sympathy and attention. Donāt get me wrong, Pride and the community itself do have a lot of issues with racism to work on, but this aināt it. Not even close. But it makes them look like the end-all be-all to compassion and care. If they truly loved these dogs like they say they do, theyād stop blaming society for every reason we have to not adopt pits, and adopt them their own selves. Every time they post though, when someone tells them to ātake that sweet baby homeā? āI already have too many dogs!ā āHe wonāt get along with my small dogs/catsā āI canāt afford another one/the vet costsā and so on and so forth, like everybody and their momma doesnāt have the same issues, after they just posted about how emotionally unstable they were at the thought of the 28th pit in the shelter being put down or warehoused for another year. They wonāt (or canāt) even train them there to give them a better chance. Dogs will be there two years and still have āneeds training/only homes with no dogs/unsure about cats and kidsā on their cards til they eventually lie about that too to push them out the door. By the time they leave, the dog is a Purple Heart WW2 vet who rescued a litter of kittens from a house fire.
Even outside of the dog-surrendering for aggression (especially with kids in the home) that they poo-poo on, they also feel they can tell folks with zero sense of irony, that rehoming their animal is so terrible they should be ok with living on the streets or in a car in order to keep them. Like thatās a situation a person (and the dog/s) should be perfectly fine in. They arenāt ok in a 10x10 cage, but theyāre ok in a tiny ass car or out in the elements. MOST of them wouldnāt do it their own selves, but itās a way to show how much more they love animals than everyone else. If a dog is so anthropomorphic and mentally-grieved that they canāt fully bounce back from switching owners, what is the point of shelters? Itās the same for folks that surrender because theyāve hit hard times and canāt medically take care of an animal. āYou can always find a way!!ā Like yeah, money literally does not grow on the trees youāre expecting people to sleep under. Even the business you work at that only works with animals will reject them or wonāt keep them around if thereās no space or theyāre too ill.
Long story short- itās all about them. Theyāre misanthropic pick-mes of the worst type; they rely on empathy solicited through emotional hostaging for their seratonin and dopamine, and feelings of betterness and belonging. And then when THEY say they hate people, then folks will automatically just āwell yeah, you work in rescueā, like theyāre giving them keys to the upper-echelon of society allowed to dispense judgment. If you hate people that much, stop begging them for their money and to make space in a family home for the random pit with a bite history and scars on its face, who absolutely cannot learn the simple command of ādownā.
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I know so many people with stories like this, myself included. It's baffling until you realize a lot of these "rescues" are simply cash cows for the people that own them. Sometimes I wonder if they even have hands on some of the dogs they advertise.
I've been turned down every time I've applied for a small dog because I have a pool. (Completely fenced, cameras on it, ramp to get out etc).
Rescues are completely whack charging $800 for a Chihuahua mix from a hoarding situation that's 3 yrs old and not potty trained or socialized. Then making you beg to adopt just to turn you down for the most arbitrary shit.
Then they shame you for getting a dog from a breeder instead of driving 6 states away to adopt a different $800 hoarder small dog. Ridiculous.
Well that goes right back at the shelters, and the rescues that work with them. I don't know about where you live but there have been multiple cases of horrible animal hoarding discovered at "no kill" rescues where I live.
Nah, most of those people are going to be those who committed the crime of not having a big enough backyard, or their neighbors have dogs, or they travel to work, or any of the other genuinely insane requirements shelters have
Thereās one in Oregon that demands the right for unannounced wellness check visits for A YEAR after the dog is adopted.
This dog is probably someone's pet, and they lie about it being at the shelter to get everything paid for for the dog.
You would be surprised at how often this happens, or that an animal hoarder jumps through the hoops to be classified as an animal sanctuary or rescue group. They then get donations for the pets they very well have zero intentions of adopting out. They get their sob story to fuel their egos, have an income for their hoard, and have a stay supply of pets they can add and adopt out the ones they don't like.
That's much worse than I imagined. I wish more people knew that this happened so that support would dry up
It's pretty terrible, and explains a lot of these terrible dogs being kept for so long by smaller "rescue" groups and pulling them out for a sob story with convenient donation links listed. It's amazing the racket they have, esp with tax write offs and people paying for the food for their creatures purely out of guilt. You can always tell by when they list some animals as "lifelong residents" of the rescue who "have too many issues to adopt out". Here is an example of one that is notorious for not adopting animals out but always pulling them out constantly for social media donations. They are a single person who filed for the tax credits and rescue status, but the "resident" animals out number the adoptable ones by a wild amount. They keep the animals they want and adopt out the ones that they don't want to keep.
Maybe I should file for a 501c3 and write off my pets' food and medical bills. I know how to set up a website lol.
This is always the case, huh? Anything short of every single person attending the festival heaping adoration and praise on the dog = DISCRIMINATED AGAINST AND SHUNNED.
The world has to stop for the pitbull. All must worship the pitbull.
I canāt believe the person actually said people were discriminating against the dog because it āhappens to be a pit and happens to be black.ā It disgusts me when pitmommies compare these dogs to Black people. There is no comparison between a race of humans and a dog breed. Dogs are inbred for generations to select for specific traits. Humans are not inbred artificially generation after generation for hundreds of years straight. A dogās color means nothing. The breed means everything.
I swear I wanted to break my phone when I read that. Like really, you've anthropomorphized this dog to be a black person..? Foh š š”š¤¬š¹
This is the first I heard of that. It is ridiculous canāt blame ya I get that way sometimes too.
There's studies that show black dogs and cats are less likely to be adopted from shelters overall as many superstitious people see them as bad luck.
In this post it's probably actually about that for once and not a racial allegory. Since they're counting off reasons he isn't being adopted (size, breed, color).
Hate defending them but it might be innocent this time around.
The fact that black animals tend to photograph poorly (especially indoors) with average-quality phone cameras is an issue, too.
But this isn't a black dog, it's a bicolor dog with white markings. To my knowledge there are no superstitions about bicolor dogs, and the dog photographs just fine. I'm not a dog person, but I know that tuxedo cats generally don't face "black cat stigma" in adoptions. I don't think black-and-white border collies, Boston terriers or Portuguese water dogs are suffering, either.
Youāre trying to tell me that black labs, black standard poodles, and Newfoundlands arenāt the VICTIMS of DOGGY RACISM? Sounds like YOUāRE the racist!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My newf photographs terribly. Lol
Turns out, like many things in the rescue world, this isn't actually true: https://www.rover.com/blog/black-dog-syndrome/
I never heard of this until we adopted a dog several years ago and the rescue org asked if weād take a black dog - of course! Our boy takes perfectly handsome photographs!
Not that I'd be advocating for pits in a million years but it's true that black animals are the last to be adopted, no matter what species. Having the white markings would help it be more visually appealing, though. Nothing to do with racism.
I think itās a bit of both, really. You can tell that these people are really trying to do the whole ājust like human minoritiesā thing. So while it may be true that black animals get adopted less, I think thereās definitely still some intent here on the comparison to people.
I'm really not being snarky, but do you have a source for that? I know black cats are the last to be adopted, but I've never heard of that with dogs. Black cats are because of the luck stigma, but why would that apply to dogs too?
There are many folklore tales that surround black dogs being omens of misfortune and death.
Hell Hounds are said to be large black dogs.
There's a very popular myth in New England (CT) about a black dog that will cause your death if you see it 3 times.
Black dogs are said to be the guardians of graveyards.
Black dogs are also said to be the guardians of cross roads (crossroads are known to be places to make deals with devils/demons. The show Supernatural did not make that up.)
Black dogs are also said to be a form taken by demons and other supernatural creatures. There are many folk lore stories were people talk about seeing "large black dogs" before and after being harassed by unknown sources. One of the most known sources was the Bell Witch, in which people reported being followed by a large black dog when visiting the property.
See, most of that stuff is things I've heard or read about black cats. I'm not saying you're wrong or anything, just that I've only ever heard most of that about cats.
https://6pets.com/unpacking-the-black-dog-symbolism-myth-folklore-and-culture/
Most of the strongest dark myths around them stem from European stories and tend to be heard if and circulate more strongly in the North East of the United States (due to heavy ties in European heritage).
There are some interesting and dark stories surrounding black dogs in folklore. The most common being the Hell Hound, and black dogs being the agents of the devil himself.
Thanks!
No problem!
If you're interested in folklore (like I am š ) there are a lot of good and interesting books out there that delve into the mythology of black dogs.
Some well known folklore names (mostly in Europe) are Black Shuck, Gytrash, Moddey Dhoo, Barghest, Black Dog of Hanging Hill (the black dog myth from my home state of CT and yes most of us knew this legend in the area).
Having grown up in the area of the Hanging Hill myth, I heard it a lot in my youth. It was said that upon seeing the dog once, you would have good luck. Seeing it a second time would bring you bad luck. And if you saw it a third time, it would bring you death.
There was an urban legend attached to it about a man that saw the dog, went home, and came into a lot of money. Believing the dog was the source of this luck, he sought it out again. Upon finding it, he tried to catch it, thinking it a lucky animal. Having no luck, he got into a minor car accident on his way home. Determined to find the lucky dog again, he went into the hills looking for it. He was found days later dead, having fallen in the woods and broken his neck. Every one said it was because he was foolish and found the black dog for a third time.
I remember when we were young and dumb and had to drive down that stretch of road wed never take our eyes off the road because we were scared we might see the dog. š Ah, creepy New England life!
for hundreds of years straight
And since dogs have such comparatively shorter generation lengths, larger litters, and much higher numbers of spontaneous/non inherited genetic changes from generation to generation, it's more like tens of thousands of years or more would be the human equivalent of what can be accomplished in a few hundred years of selective dog breeding. Morality aside empires don't last long enough to undertake anything like that kind of project. It's really hard to compare just how effective purpose driven breeding is for dogs, they're an extraordinarily malleable gene pool even among other domesticated species. That's why we have so many very specialized behaviors in different breeds.
š¬š¬š¬š¬ comparing lgbt people to dogs or at least violent dogs.
"Wow, at a parade of pride and acceptance.... the poor serial killer was shunned for its tendency for violence š¤ you'd think everyone would have been alot more accepting and check the good ole boy out!"
The mind boggles...
The same people who expect tolerant people to tolerate fascism, racism, classism, and other awful tendencies, and if you don't "tolerate" them and their stupid opinions, it's because you're an intolerant and fascist yourself
the tolerance paradox in full force. "Tolerate my bigotry or else you're a bigot!"
Is this pit gay? Did it speak out in favor of gay rights? No? Then fucking leave it home.
Who cares about the fact that they had to mention it was a black dog ?
Itās literally because itās a pitbull who can and will easily injure , maul and potentially kill a human being.
Gays donāt want mauled either, who knew
Keep reading. They also said itās because heās black.
The person who wrote this clearly has never been discriminated against, thatās for sure.
Oh, I'm sure they're convinced they have been because some people (rightfully) cross the street to avoid them when they walk their murder mutt.
Equal opportunity nannying /s
So someone please correct me if I'm wrong (I'm not a dog person generally), but I've never heard of black dogs having any kind of stigma against them. Cats, yes; there's a long history of that. But aren't there entire breeds where the majority of the dogs are black and beloved (I think immediately of black labs)?
It screams to me that this person is trying to equate a lengthy history of persecution of humans based on race, sex orientation, gender, etc with a dog having a black coat; which of course is disgusting and is literally taking away from people trying to find equality in the world. It's basically the same as that guy who screams 'not all men' when women start talking about how men have assaulted them.
It's just usual rescue bullshit: https://www.rover.com/blog/black-dog-syndrome/
How many people did he bark and lunge at?
Considering his adoption page says he doesn't do well on a leash and tries to attack cats and small dogs, and that's just the stuff they aren't leaving out, I'm sure quite a lot.
The fucking entitlement.
"He was done wrong by humans yesterday"
Pitnutters really think their dogs are owed adoration by strangers and it's a civil rights issue when this is denied.
Well how often do we see on one of these beasts with a bite history or at least noted problematic aggression how it "deserves another chance at his forever home"
Why? Why does it deserve anything?
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True. People always act like I'm mean when I don't let my dog jump and demand attention.
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This mindset is so crazy to me. I have a well trained spoo that goes to pet friendly places/events with me. I think he's freaking adorable and lots of people want to interact with him. Sometimes I meet people who don't like dogs, don't like poodles, etc. Sometimes people think he's a "sissy dog" and other poodle stereotypes. You know what I do? I ignore them and move on. I know he's great and I love him to bits so who cares? That's what normal people with normal dogs do.
I absolutely love my dog (under 20lb breed) but I completely understand that there are people that donāt like, donāt want to be around, or have no interest in him. I canāt imagine being offended by that lol
ābark and lungeā ?? noo, sweet pibble just wants to play with you(r flesh) š„ŗ
"Don't run! We are your friends!"
Unless this dog did something threatening or obnoxious, Iām betting whoever wrote this is flat out lying. Pits are everywhere. I see them anywhere people regularly have dogs. No one responds negatively to a pit that is behaving properly.
This is lying to get someoneās heart to bleed so theyāll come to the shelter and be a martyr. You can tell based on how itās written.
I had a look at his adoption page. Some.... illuminating quotes.
"He loves walking and sniffing and listens well to strong leaders. Happy needs to work on his leash manners, a few circles and changing directions should cut down on the pulling. He walks well on a training collar. He is easily excitable and would not do well with little dogs or cats, boy are they fun to chase!!"
āHe is a strong boy, but not too big. He can pull, but Iām able to handle him. He mostly ignores the bigger dogs."
Gee. I wonder people didn't want to interact with sweet pibbles. Must because of dOgGY RaCisM
āBoy are they fun to chaseā? Seriously, idiots like this and irresponsible dog owners are the reason that I absolutely cannot stand dogs anymore.
These mfs think it's adorable when cats/small animals are terrorized by their orc mutts & could care less when they actually kill one.
They are nothing more than disposable chew toys in their eyes.
Itās absolutely disgusting!
This includes smaller dogs
"My hell hound loves tormenting small animals and pulls so hard on walks it sends me flying like a kite. Love him tho"
small animals and toddlers I bet
āBoy are they fun to chase.ā Tells me everything I need to know. My parentsā dogs certainly donāt enjoy chasing other dogs or cats. Maybe because thereās normal dogs and not violent beasts!
and listens well to strong leaders.
So if it doesn't listen to you, it means it's your fault because you are a weak leader lol.
would not do well with little dogs or cats, boy are they fun to chase!!"
And yet again pits are the beloved animals and cats are just expendable toys.
These people are just as awful as their dogs.
mostly ignores the bigger dogs
Mostly. So he just attempts to maul a few bigger dogs here and there too, but it aint no biggie, right?
Iām glad my heart doesnāt bleed so my life and limbs can stay intact.
no dogs were allowed at this event
So they are ABSOLUTELY lying to stir up the martyrs. š These people are unhinged.
Actually??
yes this is salsbury and where the farmers market and all the events are at. they dont let dogs in the main area (they can use the sidewalk but not in the closed off interior roads. They also cant set up anything on the actual sidewalk
Salisbury is so sane. I loved it when I stayed with friends over there. Crossing the Bay Bridge and driving the interminable Route 50 was a bit much for me, though. (I wonder what fear of bridges is called? Now that the Key Bridge has collapsed, my fears feel justified Ć1,000,000.)
Well, I do cross the street or leave the room when someone walks a pit by my dog, no matter how well behaved. If that makes the pitmommies feel bad, well, tuff titties.
I'm not risking thousands of dollars in vet bills to soothe your precious feefees.
This should be the top comment! I'm from that area and it is certainly a very pit-friendly place. As a matter of fact, I have noticed a couple of members from LGBTQ community to walk dogs around Salisbury University, so it surprises me to hear that someone "said something" at a LGBTQ parade.
Imagine taking a pit bull to an event for actual discriminated against, and then whining about discrimination against pit bulls.
I'm a gay man. I'm disabled. I grew up poor. I've experienced discrimination against all three, including an attempted gay bashing.
So no Brenda, you whining about discrimination because no one wanted to pet your fucking dog really pisses me the fuck off.
It's absolute shameless the way pitnutters compare minority groups to their fucking dogs and shameless the way they try to appropriate the struggles and discrimination those minority groups face.
But youāre not black like the dog š¤”
I wonder if they'd be so clueless and tactless to try this nonsense at a BLM rally. I bet they wouldn't have the gall. I swear, these wh!te savior types (that usually extend that self-perceived martyrdom to pit bulls) are absolutely the worst at times. Rarely (though not never) do you see any actual marginalized group compare their struggle with discrimination to a dangerous breed of dog.
When the yt women started putting flower crowns on the pits, it was game over for common sense for sure.
Flower crowns to mask the smell of uncontrollable violence
"I wonder if they'd be so clueless and tactless to try this nonsense at a BLM rally. I bet they wouldn't have the gall."
I'm sure they do and have done. They sell t shirts with this on them.
Oh fucks sake lmao that's beyond parody
You're absolutely correct! They are trying to force insurance companies to allow pit bulls on home owners insurance for the same price as your Yorkie by saying the insurance company has a history of discrimination against blacks and therefore they shouldn't be allowed to discriminate against the blacks of the dog world & either deny coverage to pit bulls and other vicious breeds or make everyone else pay for your pit bull attacks by denying the insurance company the ability to make the rates reflect the risk!
I wonder how long until they start claiming non-pits have āprivilege.ā
EXACTLY. How absolutely shameless, taking their murder beast to an event for actually discriminated people, risking everyone's safety, and then DARING to make everything about themselves.
āHe happens to be black?ā
WTF! Thatās some bullshit.
Yes because black labradors absolutely struggle finding homes
Labs and newfies have no problems making friends. š¤
Same with tri-color collies. Breeders have to give them away because they are primarily black /s
Tri-color collies are my favorite color combos for any dog. My family has one; she's a border collie/aussie mix. They were lucky to be able to adopt her when she was a puppy.
My very first rough collie was a tri and he was stunning, with his jet black coat and white ruff. I guarantee if one ended up in a shelter he'd last about two minutes before someone took him home.
Yeah, they don't last long. If I ever had my own property, I'd be looking for a collie dog. Probably an Australian shepherd, but I also like Border collies. They can be slightly neurotic. My parent's dog hates seeing animals on TV. It drives me nuts sometimes.
aussies are definitely a little neurotic! i have a 15 yo and 3 yo mini. our aussie/golden died last year at 13. theyāre all stone cold weirdos. all three of mine have had quirks - one DESPISED skateboards, scooters, etc, one gets really freaked out by people walking into dark rooms at night - nothing awful but they can be TOO neurotic if poorly bred or under stimulated. we do one lone walk and one shorter sniffy walk a day and all meals in puzzle feeders, plus random acts of hide and seek and training. itās much easier once theyāre closer to 3; they really are absolute chaos personified in their puppy teen years
I believe there is some statistic about black animals being adopted at lower ratesā¦
Do I think that this person is referring to that instead of making this about the dogās āraceā? No, not really.
I had to look this one up as I thought the same thing. Apparently they are known to be more aggressive. It seems suspect to mention it though in the context of the appeal.
āHe was out with his favorite humanā so why donāt they adopt him? Heās been there for 8 months surely thereās a reason?
None of the volunteers ever adopt "everyone's favourite at the shelter" themselves for some reason
Most likely it's because the staff already have cats/dogs/children at home or have taken in a dog-aggressive dog so can't take in other dogs.
One of the great mysteries of life...
No way theyāre pulling the āitās because heās blackā card on A DOG
They do it so often. It really only applies to cats, never dogs.
When are these shelter workers going to figure out that the majority of people donāt want pit bulls? And the people who do want them are the kind of people that shouldnāt have pets.
They've figured out that first part. That's why they lie and mislabele. To trick people into adopting putbulls
BeCaUse oF hIs BreEd
Yeah. With dogs, this is perfectly reasonable. Dogs are not people.
Don't forget it's also because he's black
Can someone remind them that the B in LGBTQIA stands for bisexual and not bully breeds.
They thought it stands for "bastards" hence why they bring their dogs there
This is actually revolting. DISCRIMINATION? Itās a DOG. I donāt know HOW these people can possibly think itās okay to appropriate our struggles as queer people, ESPECIALLY during a time where queerphobia is rising up again.
Itās not just appropriation, either. The more sinister undertone here is them highlighting LGBTQ+ folks as allegedly being intolerant towards poor Pibbles, inviting additional reasons for irrational fucks to discriminate against a highly persecuted group. Itās frankly immoral imo.
This is the second case of pit bulls being paraded at Pride I've heard of! I'll bet there were plenty more. It's ridiculous. Pit bulls do not belong under the LGBT+ umbrella. Are they actually trying to compare people's understandably wary attitudes towards pits with the serious discrimination gay & trans people have faced? It's really rather insulting.
First some disgusting monsters wanted to add a P for pedophiles, now they want a P for pitbulls? They can all fuck right off
Indeed they can. They're making a disgusting mockery of the whole thing.
Uhhhh, literally nobody wanted to add P for pedophiles. Please donāt perpetuate far-right wing, anti-queer propaganda. Itās literally made up bullshit so people can accuse LGBTQ+ people of being pro-pedophilia. Did I mention itās made-up?
Oh, I'm the L in the alphabet - of course none of the LGBT+ wanted paedophiles in there, but I definitely ran into some self-confessed paedos on Twitter who wanted to be added in! Ugh. Paedo or pitbull - definitely not welcome under the queer umbrella!
That would be the sick NAMBLA pervs.
"He is a volunteer favorite" lol okay so why won't one of them adopt him?
Usually it's because most shelter folks alreadyĀ have a full house and they don't want a bloodbath.
Good point. I knew some rescue people in the past who had like 15 animals in their house and were getting reported by neighbors lol.
Imagine having 15 pitbulls under one roof š„“š„“
Well you wouldn't have to worry for too long. I bet by the end of the day one half would maul the other half. Or you.
People weren't there to look for a dog, they were there to celebrate Pride. If people had engaged but not adopted him, they'd still be accused of discriminating against him or "getting his hopes up."
It's not about not giving the dog attention, it's about not giving the pitiot in charge of the dog attention, because obviously Pride is all about celebrating that one person.
Ugh, I look up the available dogs for this shelter and itās probably 85-90% pits. They do that awful ādoggy speakā in some of the listings, for example-
āWell, Iām young and strong and ready for any kind of adventure you want to go on. Iām not afraid of anything. Those yappers down the row donāt bother me. I kinda want to play with them, but Iām a big deal. Iām not sure they can handle how awesome I am. We will have to see about all of that. 2. Letās talk cats. I see them and thatās fine but when they run ā¦. Woohoo letās go. 3. Iām young and everything is so exciting. My brain just loves how exciting everything is. I try to control myself, but this place is great!! So many people to love on and they even have pools here! SO much fun to be wet. 4. I try to have good manners but Iām not really sure what they are. Everyone gets excited when I do sit, so Iām doing that a lot. 5. House. I had one and I want another one. Maybe a yard and one of them pools too please. I will be super fun if I can have that. I even know to go potty outside the house but itās hard to do that here. 6. Peopleā¦ I want some of them too. Iām not picky. Even little people be ok. But I might for accident knock them down. I get so excited when people talk nice to me. 7. Foodā¦ yes please I like that too and treats and hot dogs and cheese. 8. Iām hot. All the ladies are checking me out. They like my cow markings, whatever they are. I am no shrimp. They tell me I weighs 62 pounds. Thatās all I can think of right now. My other people were great, but they said they couldnāt take me to where they were going. Itās ok. They seemed sad. But Iāve met lots of nice people here and so I think I maybe can find a new home with people if I try really hard and am a good boy. Come and see me, letās find trouble to get into. š¬š¶š
House trainedā
Why? Why do they insist on doing this?
Thatās a needlessly long way of saying āIāll kill your cat and get aggressive with children, I know almost zero basic commands, and I occasionally shit outside.ā
This event and shelter are pretty local to me. I didn't think dogs were even allowed inside the event, but I could be wrong.
Their website drives me absolutely bonkers because of the dog speak. Do they think it's cute to role-play as the dog?
Everytime I've gone to look in person it's like 99% pits. There's about 70% labeled as pits, 29% "lab mix" which definitely still have pit in them, and the 1% is always a really really really old matted ball of fur that probably belonged to an elderly person who passed away and that dog is going to follow shortly.
They also have a reputation of homing feral beach cats and saying they don't act feral and make good pets and are friendly. Spoiler alert, it's not the cats fault but they are typically terrified of humans, not friendly, and do not make good family pets.
Everytime I've gone to look in person it's like 99% pits.
Thst's typical in Maryland. Prince George's County is the only place in The state that outlaws pitbulls, but pitsimps, Best Friends Animal Society and the Humane Society have been trying for a repeal of the law for many years. PG is majority Black, so of course the pitiots claim that the ban discriminates against the poor (they assume we're all poor) and that pits are Black folks' favorite dogs. I was raised in PG and I've been Black all my life. No one in my family or among my friends has ever owned a shitbull. Most of us don't even like dogs all that much. Pitpushers are some of the most racist people who love to stereotype the Black community and equate us with nasty ass dogs. That's straight from the white supremacist playback.
For the love of all that is holy, that better be fucking satire
I got one for you:
"I am Kermit the Dog."
"I am myriad things, but we will start with the simple, despite as magnificent as I most certainly am. So, I am Kermit the Dog, and I am pleased to make your acquaintance."
"I am Kermit the rosy-minded promise breaker, the one that makes a beautiful liar of you."
"I am Kermit the Picasso. "My snout is somewhere between Pyrenees and Pug, I have one half of an ear on the right side of my head, a broken and drooping ear on the left side, and my tail is bent in so many places that when it wags (as it does often, because I am Kermit the Happy) it looks like a question mark fluttering in the wind."
"I am Kermit the Indefatigable. I try not to think of my life before this, but at some point I was discarded. Which makes me Kermit, the Most Magnificent Trash."
absolutely fucking nauseating.
going to pride with a shelter dog dressed in rainbows only to go home and write a post about how gay people are racist about a dog is ā¦ a lot.
It's all very performative.
What does his fur color have to do with any of this? What are they trying to imply? That LGBT people are inherently racist??
Also, will these cowards ever stop shielding themselves and their beasts behind actual abused and discriminated minorities? They really are always on the look for people's struggles and hijack them to make it all about their pibbles, disgusting behavior.
And let's not talk about how prevalent the misogyny and homophobia is between pit bull owners, remember that these kind of people are the same ones who already try to appear more "macho men" all the fucking time and would never adopt a small dog because "it makes them look gay" or "those are for women"
What are they trying to imply? That LGBT people are inherently racist??
I think they want to imply that LGBT or black communities which know well what it means to be persecuted should know better and accept and pity pits for the animals struggle with the same injustice as them. Which is just plain stupid and offensive to people.
Probably the above. But if you want to have more faith in these people, maybe they just honestly referred to black dog syndrome (a phenomenon in which black dogs are passed over for adoption in favor of lighter-colored animals)
Why not mention the amount of polypharmacy required to keep the dog "happy"?
Imagine being so narcissistic that you think the people at the Pride event owe your violent dog love. The event should have just stopped and fawned over this creature, right? Someone should have foolishly just agreed to take the dog home without being prepared to do so, just so the OP could feel smug and good about themselves, right?
Tolerance is what people preach when they don't want blame & shame for doing the wrong things
What a stupid name. š
This is why we need breed legislation everywhere these dogs predominate: so they don't languish in shelters or get PTS at the rate of ~1M per year. That's the cruelty, and not breeding them in the first place is the kindness.
āHappens to be blackā MAāAM špitnutters are the most racist people on this planet I swear
āā¦happens to be black.ā Ummā¦ š
I will admit I am discriminating about which large animals I bring into my home. They have to be trainable and trustworthy. I'm just narrow-minded that way.
āOnlyā getting 1-2 walks a day? Just how many times a day do they expect people to walk one of these manglers?
Your entire day routine, no, your entire lifestyle must be dictated by the pibbles whims, if not, you're abusing them and you deserve to be mauled to death.
I've already seen people say "but maybe he didn't get to go out enough, that stressed him and that's why it killed it's owner (and is justified!)"
They did use that exact argument to justify that Irish woman who was ripped to pieces alive by her own pitties, pits that were being raised by your stereotypical pit mommy that treats their dogs better than their own family, but she went to a party and didn't took her pit bulls for a walk the day before, so the pit nutters were saying "gotcha! See? That's why these poor dogs mauled their owner to death, because they were mad they didn't go for a walk!!"
For these people these are rational justifications to being mauled to death and by your own dogs
This is a sign that they are well aware of what these vile things are capable of and are unable to deny it.
All the excuses and justifications, as callous as they sound, are desperate attempts to create a magical formula that means what has happened to the people in the news stories, articles and videos just can't happen to them, you see, because they're applying the magical No Hats / All the walkies / No speaking loud / Not being afraid in the presence of Diesel and have Raised Him Right(TM).
I've seen the exact same thing happen around a friend who died from cancer - desperate attempts to find something she had Done Wrong(TM), from daily habits to religious inclinations, to explain why a 36 years old woman dies from cancer.
For some people, the idea that something atrocious can happen to them randomly regardless of the measures they take to prevent it simply cannot be.
Went to the page & couldn't find it. It must be deleted. The bit about being black killed me & I wanted to comment on it.
How do they not see the irony here?! People being scared of him is not okay and āhurts his feelings,ā but then in the same damn paragraph they admit they are basically abusing and neglecting him by letting him rot away in a small kennel with nothing but a few walks a day (if heās lucky). Who here is the REAL EVIL?
Hmmm, a pitlicker choosing a marginalized group gathering for an event that has zero to do with their misguided savior complex. Then write a screed maligning that marginalized group for not being receptive to their blatant effort to push a vicious breed on their event that had zero to do with dogs whatsoever. Yes, typical pitlicker behavior.
Whenever they call pits hippos, I canāt help but laugh, considering actual hippopotamuses are extremely aggressive and dangerous.
Pitmommies always tell on themselves don't they?
"I'm actually a hippopotamus"
Fitting, considering that hippos are extremely aggressive animals that kill a huge number of people each year.
Oof.
Itās pretty common to have charity booths at Pride, I believe. Theyāre supposed to do well. And I think Iāve seen adoptable dogs being fussed over in the less crowded areas.
Never heard anyone berating The Gays for not stepping up to adopt one specific dog though. Thatās a new one to me.
These people are utterly shameless. If you donāt want to adopt a dangerous breed of dog itās because you are discriminating against them and also racist because the dog is black. I have more respect for drug dealers and shoplifters than these pit pushers.
I never approach strange dogs, even though I love dogs. I think itās fairly common sense not to approach random dogs regardless of breed, because you donāt know if they will bite. Itās a little unreasonable to expect random festival goers to embrace a dog people are already wary of, especially pits which are known to be reactive.
I know a person whose big dog (not a pit though) killed their other (small) dog. A week later they were celebtrating in a pride parade with their dog. Like seriouslyā¦
Also, why is it that poor Happyās āfavorite humanā has never adopted his arse nor any shelter worker that supposedly loves him so much ā never happens but yes letās attack a marginalized community and blame them. This shelter needs to be shamed for their BS ā ābecause heās blackā ā what a frankly disgusting attack on marginalized communities in an attempt to get rid of the āshelter favoriteā BARF š¤®
Why do I keep seeing shit where people are trying to force pitbulls to be part of pride? Pretty sure most shitbull owners are violently anti LGBT. Although i guess non minorities make up random ways to pretend like theyāre oppressed all the time. I guess theyāre living vicariously through their dogs. Nasty
A dog cannot be discriminated against. LMAO!
āHappens to be blackā WHAT! Are they implying dog colorism??? Tf
ā¦you put lipstick on a pigā¦..
Awwwr. Happy is a sad sad boi cos his hoomins (the shelter) insist on anthropomorphising him and guilting the f*ck out of everyone who has a legit concern about his breed.
Poor Happy is not being helped by their passive/aggressive hoomin mouthpieces being complete c*nts and forcing the poor dog into a Pride Event, dehumanising all the participants by comparing them to a dog breed with terrible reputation. š
Why take any animal to an event like this? It's going to be loud and uncomfortable
It feels like a 10 year old wrote this
They claim discrimination and shoehorn bloodsport dogs into an event about humans that are actually discriminated against, then wonder why that leaves a bad taste in peopleās mouths. Absolutely shameful.
Dude, if this is in MD near salsbury, they dont let dogs. period. all the events that run through this area are dog-free. Farmers markets, oktoberfest or festivals are all dog free. why are these people complaining.
from his posting: "He is easily excitable and would not do well with little dogs or cats, boy are they fun to chase!!"
Zoomies=charging at people
Or breaks the lead and zoomies his wigglebutt straight through the glass window of the nearest preschool
They really said ābecause heās blackā lol
Pibble cultists stop hijacking every marginalized group to shove their dumb dogs down everyones throat challenge (IMPOSSIBLE)
The amount of arguments I have gotten into with WiCo humane societyā¦ had to finally block them on Facebook. I see theyāre still up to their bullshit. They are notorious pitnutters who have gotten a lot of trouble for mislabeling their pits in the past.
They're local to me and when I've gone in person there are always dogs that are clearly pit or part pit, labeled as other breeds. Lots of "lab mix". They tried to pass off a pit as an overweight greyhound to me once. š
53 Dogs.
44 Pitbulls, 8 other.
85% Pitbulls.
Begging people to adopt.
Happy doesnāt discriminate.
Happy mauls all.
All ages, all races, all sexual orientations.
If you deny Happy youāre both racist and homophobic!
Iām sure the people are not offended at all /s.
awwww the poor little mauler's fee-fees got hurt. š¹š¹š¹
Happy to maul some LGBT peopleā¦ why shove these dogs down somebodyās throat? why do you think heās the longest serving member in your dog prison?
Tell us more, Humane Society of Wicomico County, about how you keep him in a small kennel all day, and only walk him a couple times, and don't socialize him. Tell us more about what a shit organization you are to any animal you house. Fuck pit bulls but I'm sure this shelter is a shitshow for all inhabitants...
"These bigoted lgbtq+ folks hated the dog because he's BLACK" certainly wasn't a hot take I was expecting to hear, yet here we are.
but sadly has had zero interest or applications in 8 months. We are guessing it's bc he is a big, strong, boy who happens to be a pit and happens to be black.
How DARE YOU try to equalize or victimize pit bulls over actual racism like being a pit and black furred is harder than being black. HOW DARE YOU.
They didn't say it with their chest (cause obviously that would get horrible backlash), but man it's heavily implied by the way they word it, it's disgusting.
Happens to be black, excuse me what the actual fuck. š Black dogs are literally so popular, black labs, black poodles, xoloitzcuintle, boston terrier. So what is she REALLY trying to say? š¤¦š½āāļø
So the dog should be afraid of humans because they left him outside, but the humans shouldnāt be afraid of the dog because he can maul them and rip their face off and kill them in a violent and gruesome manner?
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What kind of shelter boasts about its own bad shelter conditions? LOL
What.
Theyāre really determined to compare every minority to their dogs arenāt they?
I donāt attend pride though I am part of the community (Bisexual) so I had no idea the Pitbull movement was starting to take it over.
Are they saying I am a Pitbull? Shouldnāt they love me then?
Oh wait, Iām Latina so Iām a Chihuahua, Iām very dangerous, I destroy worlds so theyāre terrified of me. Nevermind.Ā
Queer folks are oppressing pit bulls now? Lmaoooo
"Happy is sad, he was shunned"
Happy is a dog and has no clue that anyone walked to the other side of the street to avoid being mauled by him.
Happy is sad š
They were critical of the previous owner by saying humans failed it because it was left in the yard, but in the next sentences, said it has been living in a small kennel for 8 months.
Do they hear themselves??
Wait hold on. This isnāt a shelter booth set up at a pride event. This is just some guy walking through a pride event with a dog andā¦.What. Expecting someone to walk up and demand to adopt the dog? Were they walking around striking up conversations trying to guide it into adoption?
Even pit bull breed aside, why encroach on an event designed for an entirely different thing, and for a community of people celebrating something that has nothing to do with you or your dog, and then have a meltdown when you get ignored? These are the same type of people that would announce their engagement at a wedding. Definitely giving main character + victim complex. No one there owed any pit bull (or the pit pusher) anything. Then to throw out nonsense about the put being discriminated against because it's a black pit at an event full of marginalized people....good god. I bet this person is fucking exhausting in all facets of life.