Post by DiamondTiger on Oct 26, 2008 8:11:44 GMT -5
Alicia posted pics and a lil summary of our event yesterday on our blog. nhpbr.blogspot.com/
Hey, if you got through to one person... I'd consider that an accomplishment! So many people came to our event yesterday, and only a handful were truly interested in being responsible owners. We helped one woman with some exercise and training advice and *I pray* drove the point home that Pits don't belong in dog parks. She came in to meet us and buy a treat for her pooch "Doozy" and left with a prong collar (which I don't recommend for everyone, but she was walking in on a choker which I HATE with a passion and said it was the only thing she knew of that had even the slightest effect on him) and a new flirt toy. She was very open to what I had to say about dog parks and her eyes were when I told her that even if her dog isn't the instigator he will be blamed and she could be sued and even lose her dog over an incident another dog starts. I gave her some more info on Pit Bulls and dog parks and showed her how she could use the toy we picked out as a training aid. She left VERY happy and left me with evidence of "Doozy" love in the form of a couple of scratches down my arms! It's all good... she was gonna go home and start working with him on good manners (which aside from the one jump to greet me he did exceptionally well with his manners in the store).
Another group of girls came into the store and decided to check us out (from a distance at first). When they saw my daughter standing there in the midst of a bunch of Pit Bulls (and other bully breeds) and petting Mia, one girl said "So Pit Bulls aren't dangerous?" To which I responded, they can be in the hands of the wrong person but that's ANY breed not just Pit Bulls. She said "Yeah! You're right!" and her friend came over to pet Mia.
One couple came in to check us out and they instantly fell in love with Mia.. they showed interest in adopting her so we asked them to check out our web site and ask us anything they wanted to know about us and the breed. We talked about BSL (which they had never heard of) when they gave our find the Pit Bull board a try. They were to learn that every breed on our board (and more that aren't on there) are being banned or restricted and confused with pits so effected all throughout the country and world. That bit of info made them sick, especially when they saw the JRT and Lab on the board.
We were disappointed to see how many people came in with intact males, but over all we were please with the support that came out and how well the event went. And we got some INCREDIBLE donations for Mr. Mike who we're trying to bring into our program. I'll post another thread about Mr. Mike, because well... he's quite a story.
Well, I'm sorry I didn't really get much out there. Only about 3 brochures, but one was to a lady who had just bought a pit bull pup, and I told her about the forum. I hope she ends up joining. She has the "Be a responsible owner" handout as well.
Hey, if you got through to one person... I'd consider that an accomplishment! So many people came to our event yesterday, and only a handful were truly interested in being responsible owners. We helped one woman with some exercise and training advice and *I pray* drove the point home that Pits don't belong in dog parks. She came in to meet us and buy a treat for her pooch "Doozy" and left with a prong collar (which I don't recommend for everyone, but she was walking in on a choker which I HATE with a passion and said it was the only thing she knew of that had even the slightest effect on him) and a new flirt toy. She was very open to what I had to say about dog parks and her eyes were when I told her that even if her dog isn't the instigator he will be blamed and she could be sued and even lose her dog over an incident another dog starts. I gave her some more info on Pit Bulls and dog parks and showed her how she could use the toy we picked out as a training aid. She left VERY happy and left me with evidence of "Doozy" love in the form of a couple of scratches down my arms! It's all good... she was gonna go home and start working with him on good manners (which aside from the one jump to greet me he did exceptionally well with his manners in the store).
Another group of girls came into the store and decided to check us out (from a distance at first). When they saw my daughter standing there in the midst of a bunch of Pit Bulls (and other bully breeds) and petting Mia, one girl said "So Pit Bulls aren't dangerous?" To which I responded, they can be in the hands of the wrong person but that's ANY breed not just Pit Bulls. She said "Yeah! You're right!" and her friend came over to pet Mia.
One couple came in to check us out and they instantly fell in love with Mia.. they showed interest in adopting her so we asked them to check out our web site and ask us anything they wanted to know about us and the breed. We talked about BSL (which they had never heard of) when they gave our find the Pit Bull board a try. They were to learn that every breed on our board (and more that aren't on there) are being banned or restricted and confused with pits so effected all throughout the country and world. That bit of info made them sick, especially when they saw the JRT and Lab on the board.
We were disappointed to see how many people came in with intact males, but over all we were please with the support that came out and how well the event went. And we got some INCREDIBLE donations for Mr. Mike who we're trying to bring into our program. I'll post another thread about Mr. Mike, because well... he's quite a story.