PIT STOP (R) TOOK DAMN CARE OF HIS DOGS, I HAVE ACTUAL PICS (THAT WERE SENT TO ME WHILE ON VACATION BACK IN THE DAYS) OF A COUPLE OF HIS DOGS, CH. MECHANIC (SHIT I GOT ABOUT 5 OR 6 PICS OF HIM) BEING ONE, AND ONE OF A BREEDING HE WAS DOING WITH PIK, NO NAME WAS ON IT, IT JUST SAID ON THE BACK HEAVY REDBOY BREEDING (FUCK AROUND IT COULD'VE BEEN HIM).. BUT ANYWAY, AS FAR AS THAT BIG LOCK THING, TO EACH HIS OWN.
I hate set ups like this. I too think it's extreme overkill. If anyone here has worn a tool belt, they know how annoying something like a hammer handle bumping your leg all day can be. Can you imagine something like a swivel that is about 5% of your own body weight and half the size of your own head, hanging from and hitting against your chest all day long?Originally Posted by CA Jack
Anyone ever looked at the photo of Pitstop's Red ROM and think, "What a dumbass?", about the owner?
Does this dog really need a swivel and lock on him THAT BIG?
Has the owner ever considered what it might be like, to lug something like that around your neck, all-day, every-day?
Does this look comfortable to you? To anyone?
There is simply no excuse to make a dog wear a contraption like this.
(Not to mention the fact this dumbass owner apparently also didn't consider the reality that all anyone has to do is remove the collar, or pull-up the axle, to steal the dog)
What a flippin' idiot, pretty much across the board.
Jack
My setup was out of sight, out of mind. It always has been, but sometimes shitty things happen to good people.
No Quarter, I don't doubt that at all. There are all kinds of ways to steal a dog.
Frosty, I'm not taking personal shots at you with my comments, I'm speaking in general. I agree that bad luck falls on good guys at times. But I'm still convinced that the majority of people that bad luck falls on are bringing it on themselves. My apologies if I wasn't clear in my message.
Blade, I didn't take it as personal. I was just stating that sometimes, even when you try and take all things into account, shitty things still happen. That was all. No harm no foul
Agree with both. My Grandma use to tell us that "Locks keep honest people honest".
If someone wants to steal something bad enough it pretty much gets stolen. It is the world in which we live.
Knocking on wood, I have never had a dog stolen. (just jinxed myself I am sure, LOL) The dogs that are the safest are the who will bite or at least act like they will bite. All my dogs think all people are their best friend. Hell, they would pack up and go with anyone.
Just saying.
EWO
LOL Great thread!!!
It was a bad setup, period. BUT who in the dog game haven't made some wrong choices. We live and learn. That setup may have been his first setup. But one thing for sure, its his dog and he did what he wanted to with it. If he bought, bred him its his hound to do what he wanted to with it. I don't know him and am not a fan o the blood but if he tied him o a clothes hanger and got away with it then that's his choice. BOTTOM LINE.
From time to time I see videos and yards with dumb asses doing stuff just like this. The best is the dog crate/carrier used as a dog house with the gate removed. This is probably a far worse offense bc it harms the dog.
The whole purpose of the crate is to temporarily house the dog. It is not designed as a weatherproof home.
Similar to this example, the only thing they document is their own lack of knowledge and their own lack of intelligence in not being smart enough to realize that the crate will not prevent the elements (rain, cold, etc) from harming the dog.
Agree. I have seen a lot of crates being used as homes. Some bulldog videos, but mostly just riding up and down the road. Once a dog is penned or chained the obligation to provide adequate housing/set up is paramount. Mostly because it is the only choice for the dog.
The flip side is we have a 12 year old Beagle that runs loose on the yard. My wife bought him a really nice, double walled, insulated Igloo style dog house. The hay is changed out regularly. It sits in the shade of an oak tree. It has a pretty good view of the going ons of the our house/drive way. He may have slept in it five times in as many years. Under the car, a scratched out spot in the flower bed, nestled in the pine straw in the woods. Anywhere but in the expensive ass house.
But he has options. Bulldogs do not. So that makes kenneling/housing/chain set ups a big factor in owning dogs.
If the original post showed a dog on a long term spot I could see the uproar. But that is a fresh green grass covere spot. It is no permanent spot at the point of the picture. It looked more like a tie out to take a picture than anything.
But at the end of the day, " His monkey, His circus".
EWO
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