When this case first was reported on SM, the time was closer to 11 than the recent reports. I remember seeing the flyer. It's amazing to me how quickly those flyers are spread on SM, because I don't have websleuth followers on my FB, and most of my friends/and none of my family are involved in sleuthing. They nick named me the detective as a child. If any of them want to know the dirt on someone, they'll ask me to pull court records, but otherwise, nope, they just aren't interested. So for a flyer from AZ to make it to my FB within an hour was amazing to me. IIRC the flyer said my friend's child is missing, or somethign to that affect. It wasn't an official police flyer then. I looked for it yesterday, and it's not on there, or else I'm overlooking it.
Anyway...I need another :rant: so skip if need be...
Tomorrow I'm going to visit my parents, hug them each and thank them for being a good parents, always providing for us, and most importantly loving us. They weren't perfect, as no one is. But they weren't drug users, weren't alcoholics, and didn't cheat on each other. My Dad would have seriously hurt anyone that sexually abused us. My Mom as well, but she also didn't tolerate even Grandparents being rude, or mean to us. I remember her chasing my GrandDaddy back to his house before for chasing me, and yelling at me. He wanted to whip me, but he would NOT have gotten away with it!! He got a second tongue lashing when Dad got home from work and Mom told him. Looking back my GrandDaddy has mental health issues that caused lots of anger...but things weren't treated like they are today.
After reading so many cases on here, I had good parents. For that I'm very thankful!!
Now my rant of all rants, for the love of dogs, I wish people like those in this case would NOT own pit bull type dogs!!! It just stereotypes the dogs for a life of ended up a pound, and killed. We have two local rescues that work so very hard to change that stereotype, and when they do end up at the pound, these rescues true their absolute best to pull the dogs out of the pound, get them in behavioral and obedience classes to up their chances of finding a good, permanent home. If only people would STOP breeding them, and take responsibility for them so there wasn't so many in the pounds. By far they make the largest 'breed' of dog within our local pounds. While yes their bites can do much more damage than a poodle, or dachshund, the truth is, they don't bite as often, and they give plenty of warning of what's upsetting them to cause them to bite. Before they were labeled a breed, they are first a dog, a member of the canine species!! Anything with a boxy head seems to be labeled a 'pit' in this area. And it upsets me. Too many of those in the drug world use them as a status symbol. Thus unfairly marking the rest of us as drug users/dealers.
For the love of all dogs, don't let your child STAND on a dog for any reason!!! Don't let them pull their ears, their tails, or climb all over them. Because the minute the dog responds with a growl, or a warning, snap bite, it's all in the media how awful the dog is. Treat the dogs with respect, and remember they are dogs! They have teeth that are their defense, and they will use them. Some unprovoked, but by far the majority are provoked bites!
I'm mentioned before that I have numerous dogs of various breeds. My dachshund is the ONLY one that is a known biter. A fear biter. She was born with one eye, and is deaf. Her teeth are the only mechanism of defense she owns, and she will use them. My boxer/husky that was bred to 'improve' the pit bull breeding...yeah...crazy...but she's my barker. But she avoids confrontation at all costs. She alerts something is up, and expects US to take care of the danger she perceives, even if it's only a mouse on the porch step. :shame:
Looking at the many photos in SM, it just irritates me to see dogs being treated as a stepping stool, jungle gym, etc. Raise your kids to respect! Raise them to let sleeping dogs sleep in peace, and to avoid them when they are eating. So many could avoid a trip to the pound on those two issues alone. Society is tired of picking up the pieces of your screw ups, and having to reverse the damage on the psychs of such loyal creatures.
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