Ok. This is going to be a slightly different post from my other ones. Its going to be a little more serious. But please read! ^^
As iv said in my first post, i have 2 female Pit Bull dogs. And both are rescues. Our first Pit Bull that came to use is Lilly. She is a pure white pit bull with really pretty gold eyes, and she is also 100% deaf. She has been passed around many homes. We don't know her total past, but we do know she's passed around, and that she came from a breeder. She was being sold over and over due to the fact that she is deaf until someone came to my moms dog class with her, and my mom ended up taking her cause the owner at the time didn't want to deal with being deaf. Shes an absolute sweet heart and very sensitive.
Right:Lilly, Left:Meatway
Our other Pit Bull doesn't have a very good background though. Her name is Meatwad (ok, my dad named her, she's named after one of the characters form Aqua Teen Hunger Force. lol.). She was dumped in the men's bathroom at the "Dale Association" in Lockport on a Thursday morning, ironically she was put in there right after the bathroom were cleaned, and just hours before my moms dog class started. When found no one knew what to do with her. By the time my parents arrived someone had already contacted the local shelter and told them that she would be coming in. My parents were only with her for a little while before someone packed her up and started to take'er over.
After a few moments from her departure, my parents decided that they had to save her. They knew that as soon as she arrived that she was going to be put down. Because she was a Pit Bull. Another reason was because her face and front legs had old SCARS, she also had an injury on her front leg-almost like she fractured it and it didn't set correctly. We believe that she was used as a bait dog for fighting.
-For those who don't know what that is, it means that she was used not for fighting, but to rev, warm up, or teach the main fighting dogs, basically she would be held on a leash while the other dog attacks her. Most shelters wont take any extra time to rehibilitate those dogs and just put them down-
So my parents jumped in the car and got to the shelter just in time where the other car got there. lol. So after that they took her to the vet for a check up. They came to the same idea of being a bait dog. She also had a heart murmer (nothing to serious though).
Today both are thriving in our house. The love to be together, and don't mind other dogs in the least. Meatwad had a little fear of dogs at first,but with some obedience training she's very well behaved. ^^
The reason for this post is to try and inform people about dog fighting, and how much the dogs suffer. And that dogs form those conditions don't always have to be put down, its not the dogs fault, and with a little time people can work with them. The thing is Pit Bull were not breed for fighting, they were actually breed for guarding livestock. They are built tough for defending the livestock, and are extreamly loyal to any job given to them. And unfortunatly, that loyalty to their owners is why they are used in these fights.
And in the matter of Lilly, yes she is deaf, but she is still capable of doing many things, a lot of the time we actually forget she is deaf.
Thanks for anyone who read this! I know it was a lot. lol
