The most vicious dogs in the world

Any of you guys out there that like dogs should really check out this site about the Michael Vick dogs.

It's really incredible what they were able to do here. Most times, when a dog-fighting ring is broken up they simply euthanize all of the animals because it's assumed that they would have been so mentally damaged that it would be impossible to rehabilitate them and have them lead normal lives with a loving family. It's kind of like how when an army liberates a POW camp the first thing they do is kill all their soldiers that were there. After all that twisted-ass POW life it's unlikely that they'd be able to reincorporate into society back home. It's the "humane" thing to do....oh wait...they don't do that....what the hell....

So, yeah....for whatever reason the Feds decided to let these rescue groups test and take care of the animals and make the choice of which ones were suited for family life, and which weren't. The website tells the story waaaay better than I could, but let's just say that even the Pit bull rescue groups were amazed at how many of these dogs could be saved from their lives of neglect and brutal outright abuse.

It's a heartwarming story, but you still might need a tissue.....


Here's my foster puppy Rocky from Pitbulls for Life. Isn't he just the cutest!!!



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Now playing: The Stooges - I Wanna Be Your Dog
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Dogs and birds.

Been a pretty rubbish weekend, as far as these things go. Didn't really do anything Friday night except play with the dogs and laze around.

Saturday I was going to go out but it was so rainy and crappy. Only real excitement was Rocky catching a baby bird that got blown out of the sky. He didn't even hurt it. Just carried it near me and dropped it on the grass. I could see it was still moving so I kept both dogs from investigating and it bounced it's way to the nearest bush. It was still there when I checked a bunch of times over the next few hours but then it was eventually gone. I hope it got back to it's family.




This was much better than the time a couple years ago that Daisy gave a bird a heart-attack and it died on my lawn. She ran over to this bird that was hanging out in my yard and gave a big play-bow right as it was trying to frantically take off. I guess this was a little too much excitement for the little guy cause he proceeded to abort take-off and crashed back to the ground making the most horrible shrieking noise. I went to grab daisy to keep her from pouncing it but she was already hiding behind the shed afraid of what the bird was doing. The bird continued to shriek and spasm for about a minute .... in the process losing piles of feathers and then lay silently.

I really don't like dead things....if I can recognize them as once being an animal I really don't like em. So, I did what I had to do...I picked it up with the pooper scooper and dropped it into a grocery bag that I then tied and dropped into a big black garbage bag. This I tied up and took down the block to a garbage can in the park where I disposed of it. Ick.

So the not-dead bird was my excitement. Matty and I wanted to go for curry at a place that advertises they're open till midnight on saturdays, but I called ahead and it turns out they close at 11pm now. Boo.

Today is a write-off....working a short relief shift at Shoppers. Hope I don't get stabbed. For those of you who don't know my thrilling robbery story I'll share it with you on here someday.



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Now playing: The Black Keys - Keep Me
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Rocky update and more

My foster dog Rocky (from Pitbulls for Life) had a meeting with a potential adopter tonight. Since he's my first dog from this organization I'm not really sure how the process goes but I think he impressed her. He's such a big cutie, even slipped her a little tongue on their good-bye kiss. I taught him that one.

I need a curry. All that curry-writing the other night got me craving. Mmmm..... curry.

Finished watching the movie "The Hustler". I'm pretty sure I watched it as a kid....but I only remember the pool parts. It's pretty damn good. Paul Newman excellent as always, with a pretty good back story. A whole lot more too it than balls and gambling, that's for sure.

Had a tasty dram of Black Bush tonight. I love my irish whiskeys for when I just want a nice drink but without too much "character". Some nights there's nothing better than a triple-distilled smooth as glass irish. And that sound .... oh....my favourite sound in the world is when you pour the whiskey (or whisky....and if you don't know the difference, I'm sorry...you had a negligent father) over the ice and the rocks crack from the change in temperature. Try it yourself sometime. I'm sure you've heard it....but listen for it.....beautiful.


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Now playing: Guy Terrifico - Whiskey, You Can Save Me
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Heh heh.

ren