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Post by adoptapitbull on Jun 24, 2011 15:56:56 GMT -5
I have a friend on FB who is involved in rescue and fostering. She has a few Pit fosters right now, and they are all in her home. Sometimes things happen between all the Pit and non-Pit dogs there, and she puts it on her FB.
"Buddy and Lucky got in a fight and Buddy bit me."
Now we all know that breaking up dog fights can result in bites. We also know that it does not mean the dog is human aggressive because it bit you in the midst. However, does the average potential adopter know that? It's not always the Pits involved, but when it is, it ticks me off! Why put the dogs on blast for everyone to see? Instead, change their adoption profile to "Does best with only female dogs" or "Only dog home".
I kinda want to say something like, "By getting sympathy from your friends, you're giving the dogs less and less of a change of being adopted." Or "You can say you got bit, but leave the dog's name out if it was just a dog fight situation."
Am I reading into this too much? ???
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Post by fureverywhere on Jun 24, 2011 17:53:23 GMT -5
Not at all, she definitely shouldn't name nippers even in jest. Alot of people especially if they're edgy taking a chance on a pitty to begin with don't want to hear-fight/bite/breaking up- in any context...any hint of aggression would scare some folks off to a spaniel rescue right there.
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Post by deathsmistress on Jun 24, 2011 22:08:12 GMT -5
I agree. Sometimes all people hear/see are "fight" or "bite" and draw their own, perhaps already biased, conclusions. Social networking sites are incredible ways of finding homes for dogs. You know who your friends are and (generally) if they would make a good family. That's how Jason and I found Nicci and how we helped re-home a very sweet little yorkie bichon mix. There are more positive ways of being honest about challenges (the aforementioned little guy was very leaky and needed some serious devotion to potty training), but advertising a fight and whining about a bite is not the way to go.
I think it's a great idea to gently and privately suggest not naming names and encourage altering the adoption profile. At the very least, updating the dog's profile is the responsible thing to do. I'm sure your friend doesn't mean any harm by her comments. It may have never occurred to her that through a little careless typing she is making life harder on the dogs and on herself.
Good luck!
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Post by loverocksalot on Jun 25, 2011 6:45:00 GMT -5
Although should not be mentioned public the potential adopter should be aware of that the dog needs to be an only dog and has had a dog on dog incident. Just because there are many people out there adopting the breed and those of mix who have no idea about things and many people believe that dogs should be social.
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Post by adoptapitbull on Jun 25, 2011 7:03:02 GMT -5
That's exactly right, CA. Thankfully we haven't had a bad fight in a long time, but when we did, I never put my dogs on blast like that. I would never want anyone to think I had "bad" dogs, even if I wasn't trying to adopt them out.
Frustrating...
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Post by sugar on Jun 27, 2011 14:54:10 GMT -5
That's exactly right, CA. Thankfully we haven't had a bad fight in a long time, but when we did, I never put my dogs on blast like that. I would never want anyone to think I had "bad" dogs, even if I wasn't trying to adopt them out. Frustrating... Agreed. I'm not trying to adopt out Chubby but I would never put it out there for everyone if I accidentally got bit because people would just nod their heads and go "See, those pitbulls even turn on the ones that are trying to help them!!" Thankfully I've never been bitten by Chubby, but int he beginning I got sharked plenty of times! I mentioned that HERE, on this forum where I got tips and training techniques and even a few "Yeah, been there!". I never put it up on the FB people I knew most people don't understand the difference between overexcited 'sharking' and real human aggression. All they need to see is the word bite and its "ALL pits are mean..." Granted, it is important for her to disclose any important information (adult only, only dog, only other males...etc) to potential adopters. |
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Post by RealPitBull on Jun 27, 2011 15:22:24 GMT -5
It's not in anyone's best interests to be posting accidental fight reports on FB when you are a rescue group trying to place Pit Bulls.
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Post by suziriot on Jun 27, 2011 16:15:29 GMT -5
It's not in anyone's best interests to be posting accidental fight reports on FB when you are a rescue group trying to place Pit Bulls. Yeah, this seems like a "DUH" kind of thing. People are so freaking stupid. Sorry, no patience or tolerance today.  |
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