TBeats posted:

American staff is a breed (at least according to the AKC, which I put more stock in than whatever you have to say, but you're welcome to disagree I guess?) It is a type of pit bull. It is my favorite breed because I grew up around one and became fond of its personality and temperament. Not to mention superficial reasons (I think it is one of the most beautiful looking dogs).

TBeats posted:

American staff is a breed (at least according to the AKC, which I put more stock in than whatever you have to say, but you're welcome to disagree I guess?) It is a type of pit bull. It is my favorite breed because I grew up around one and became fond of its personality and temperament. Not to mention superficial reasons (I think it is one of the most beautiful looking dogs).

YOU IDIOT!!!

TBeats posted:

Something I never said lol but please tell me what my family dog (that you are assuming we got as a puppy) and family home were like lmao

Verman posted:

I believe you meant to say poo poo bull murder dogs.

Sarcasm ... I love pit bulls.

Warbird posted:

The Lord of Hats posted:

Warbird, I've enjoyed your posts, much as I've enjoyed leading larchesdanrew's TV station saga in the tech support thread, or Sundae's accounts of corporate hell in BFC.

Supercondescending, Ausrotten, you two need to get a website where novice dog owners try and talk condescendingly to you about dogs, because it's hilarious every time.

Cythereal posted:

Your local animal shelter. American Brown Dogs are supposed to be amazingly healthy.

Cannon_Fodder posted:

Euth the dog. = Advice
Don't get another one. = Same cunty dickwavering


What is it with this loving thread? Do you practice being offensive and demeaning?

Sprue posted:

Also, granted I haven't read through much of this thread, but I don't really get the attitude thing. People are coming here for advice, and people that have experience and want to share advice should do that. There is no reason to be an rear end in a top hat when people come to you for advice. If someone is doing something clearly wrong (even if it is negligent) it doesn't usually help the situation in any way by being an rear end in a top hat to them. Ninety percent of the time it'll just make them defensive. The best way to help people (and by proxy their animals!) is to give the best advice you can in regards to behavior and health in a way in which you think they'll be most receptive to it, not by berating people that make mistakes or are ignorant of dog behavior and modern training methods. Remember that dominance models of dog behavior used to be the accepted thing and that if you or I were taught dog psychology twenty years ago we would have bought into that as well! Anyways, I'm not a terribly experienced handler (heck my dog wouldn't even recall off the poultry today until I sat in the grass for five minutes waiting til she got tired of circling) or a vet (I was just taught by one and I can do minor birth assists and treat injuries), so I'm not qualified to help in the other thread. If I was, I'd want to resurrect it with some other people because there is so much bad information on the internet that I'm happy when people are even asking questions and we can prevent them for ending up with some lovely advice telling them to beat their dog until it listens or whatever.

Fluffy Bunnies posted:

Imagine if A/I had a thread that was literally "if I turn this key in my car will it start?" only the key was made of playdough and everybody was like "I dunno but here's some youtube links!, we like love and rainbows!". Then a long time poster was like "are you retarded? that's playdough." and everyone got really offended because the old poster pointed out the goddamn key was made of playdough.

I'm terrible at analogies and I don't care.

Fluffy Bunnies posted:

-Uh these dogs don't "retire". They can't. They're working dogs. Working dogs die working.
-Finished for what? Walking around their backyard?
-There's no such thing as 'working" lines unless they're registered and these dogs weren't
-Dogs don't work in pairs
-obviously they don't because a few dogs isn't going to do anything to keep their sheep safe
-I really doubt that, it's oregon, they really don't have a lot of predators up there
-funny

Mirthless posted:

what's funny about this link is that in the golden age of the small american farm the average american farm was still 200 acres

at the peak of the great depression it was still a hundred

I do not dispute a small farmer may have need of a guard dog, I dispute that 3.5 acres qualifies as a farm

Instant Jellyfish posted:

"Wow why are the regulars either absent or mean???"