Villalobos Rescue Center...

Pitbull (and dog) lovers:


     I just want to do a shout out to Villalobos Rescue Center... the largest Pitbull rescue in the world. Tia, you and your family (courageous parolees included) are incredible!!! You have all provided happy endings for dogs from a breed that is so misunderstood. Even if the pitties live their entire lives at your wonderful facility, they are living better lives than they were in the places that they came from.
     Without a doubt, the world is a better place with all of you helping out as much as you do. Hopefully you will continue to inspire more and more people to support this wonderful breed! I'm very emotionally tied to your work, because my two girls are rescues, and one is a pit mix, and as anyone who knows me can attest, my girls are my children. I would die for them. Also, they tend to live a bit of a spoiled life... (she typed while sitting on the couch with Abby {pit/lab mix} and Khya {American White Shepherd} crashed on either side of her under their own berkshire blankets...) :-D
     I myself have saved a few dogs from being put up for court ordered executions and the majority were pitbulls. My biggest success story is Roadie, owned by Lisa Sherman (no relation), who fell into a bad situation when an asshole of a neighbor decided to harass Roadie by hitting him with the butt of his rifle again and again, for no reason, on NUMEROUS occasions! There's so much more to this story, but the important thing is this: Roadie has a wonderfully loving family, and will now live a long and happy life! I love you guys! (Hi to Kayla as well!)
     For those of you following this blog, please share any photos or stories of your babies that you would like! The more happy stories out there, the higher the chance for a good life other misunderstood dogs will have. God bless all of you out there who are helping to make the world a better, safer place to live in for not only us, but our pets as well!!! Thank you!

Some people's kids...

     So, today at work a family of three came in...a mom, a son (around 9 years of age) who was walking an older Cocker Spaniel, and a daughter (around the age of 14) walking a Cock-a-Poo puppy that looked to be about 6 months or so. They seemed fairly average enough, until I noticed the daughter becoming more and more agitated by the slightest thing the puppy would do. Given enough time I knew I was sure to see something unpleasant. Sure enough, the skeletons came walking out of the closet in broad daylight...
     Right in front of me the daughter kicks the puppy in the head... why you might ask??? For barking twice at another dog he was trying to play with. It gets worse. Throughout their time in the store the daughter continued with her chosen forms of punishment... and by the time they were at the front ready to check out, the bratty child had a total of five corrections: three hard smacks to the puppy's face (so hard that he was knocked off of his paws), and two kicks to the head (that sent him rolling across the floor).
     Being in my training uniform and on the clock, I could do nothing but give her a very pissed off (and slightly threatening) look and walk away before I smacked that bitch just as hard as she had done to that poor puppy. I'm also EXTREMELY irked by the mother, who, through all of this, stood there and did absolutely NOTHING!!! Let it be known that if the girl were MY daughter, I would have popped her so hard that she would've never even raised her voice the wrong way to another dog, in her life!
     But, she's not my child, and those poor dogs aren't in my protective care. However... karma's a bitch best served by God. :)

Dogs and their humans...

Now... where to begin???

          I train dogs... any dogs... all dogs... and in my line of work I see it all. Smart owners, stupid owners, active owners, lazy owners, *Do-It-Yourself* owners (those can be entertaining), *Leave-it-to-someone-else-to-train-their-dog* owners, YOU NAME IT! What I like the most is to watch them all from a distance... You can typically get a good idea of a person just by observing them from a distance; no not all creepy and stalker-like, but just to see how they handle things on their own. Although, some can shock even me... and let me tell you... this Black Friday weekend was no different!

     I love when a person asks me for help with so many things for their new dog: What do I feed them? How does this collar fit? What are appropriate toys? Can I dress it in clothes (:-/)? Can a boy dog have a pink leash? Can I name my girl dog Butch? ETC. But my all-time pet peeve is when I spend a good hour *showing them the ropes* and all the while their dog is dragging them across the floor, barking and chewing on other people's pant legs... and when I offer them assistance as a dog trainer (Nationally Certified by-the-way), they laugh and say "Oh no! *snicker* We train all our own dogs."         .... *O_O*  Really...? But don't worry, they will typically be back in a week when their perfectly trained new dog tries to eat everything in sight... including the cat and daddy's new laptop... Then I do my thing.

     I wonder, will it ever end? I hope not! It gives an awesome twist to my job!!!

And so it begins...

{So, starting a blog... wondering if it will even last. Hoping it will... }

          There are so many things in life that just jump out at you and force their way into your brain. You sit and ponder the entire day about how to process the thought that you created: do I ignore it? do I entertain it? do I ask someone else about it? do I state my opinion of it?... Now, you have found an answer, a sort of means to quench the desire to resolve it... THE BLOG! But what exactly is it?

THE BLOG:

blog

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     {informal}  Full name: weblog a journal written on-line and accessible to users of the internet

AHHHHH!!! Got it… now that you have an answer, it’s time to spread your random thoughts and biased ramblings out into the minds of innocent passers-by to see if maybe, just maybe, you get a response. For you realize that even your one, initial thought can mutate and transform into a much more beautiful idea through the act of discussion, and sharing, and even commenting! So… happy blogging!!!