George receives the Purple Heart

[Mr. Peanut]

It's that time of the month... Monday.

[sunhuntin]

i posted this on an amercan forum... they were all impressed with the soldiers gesture. it ended up being a debate on cat vs dog. lol.

[soundbeltfarm]

Those pitbulls attacked my parents dog but luckily the old man came home from work durin the attack he got them with some wood he found. and they broke off Zeal and ran off.
mums dog need about 300 bucks worth of treatment.
the dog rangers know who owns the dogs but they have not come forward to claim them so were put down and the olds cant claim the vets bill from the owners as they werent registered even though the whole bloody township (pop about 1200) knows they owned them.
Dad said the council are going through something to try and show where the dogs were from so all the people with injured animals can claim.
but as the same ol story goes even if they can claim i very much doubt they'll get any compo as the owners are broke benefit bludging bastards.
they had caused quite a bit of carnage over the last month but were never caught.
mums neighbour had a horse on the empty section next door and the dogs had a go at that.
and also many other dogs in Manaia.

[SwanTiger]

That little dog showed more courage and character than most people will ever show. It was a great example of commitment and selflessness in the face of impossible odds.

Okay, this is a fucken dog we are talking about, not a human being who has been conditioned with all of those lovely words and their meanings - "selflessness", "commitment", "impossible odds".

The truth of the matter is, two dogs showed aggression and the Jack Russell acted on instincts like most other dogs would and engaged them.

Dog's don't think like us, especially Jack Russells, of which they as a breed are probably responsible for more bites of humans than most other breeds. The only difference is that one can swiftly kick the shit out of a little Jack Russell.

Mr. Texan Marine has made a nice gesture, but his reasoning is a bit of bullshit.

I'd hazard to offer the suggestion that the whole reason the two dogs approached the children and their dog was A.) because the Jack Russell was not properly under control and B.) because the Jack Russell was there in the first place. I doubt the presence of the child was of any interest to the two other dogs unless the kids were teasing and/or abusing them.

I don't mean to make excuses, but it fucken annoys the crap out of me to see idiots spin bullshit without looking at the bigger picture.

Dog attacks are the result of us humans being ignorant and lazy fuckers - the dogs aren't the problem, we are, and their actions are the consequences of our short commings.

[Toaster]

The dogs went for one of the boys. The JR went to his defence.

How do you know animals only act on instinct? I suggest that many a creature shows clearly that they think and react.

[candor]

We had to do experiments with pigeons in psychology at varsity which showed they can reason and problem solve using new insights in novel situations ie make choices. If bird brains can put 2 and 2 together then dogs definately can. Any way is it not part instinct that would get a soldier to get a purple heart too - adrenalin and maybe protective instinct, plus the choice to fight not flight? I'm an animal... last time I checked.

Second what Swantiger said -
Dog attacks are the result of us humans being ignorant and lazy fuckers - the dogs aren't the problem, we are, and their actions are the consequences of our short commings

[Fub@r]

I would add that that little dog probably has more intelligence than some of these wankers that own these pitbulls

I think you'll find a pretty close bet that a lot of these dogs that are attacking lately have been trained to fight for all these illegal dog fights that are going on now.

Also to argue that the dog doesn't merit any recognition because it reacted purely on instinct well then you should take the majority of awards of all veterans then, most of those awards come from acting on instinct and not self preservation. Hell go and jump in half a meter of water and try and drown yourself to get an idea of how the body and instinct will do everything to stop you, with out the aid of drugs or being tied up, but even with that your body will instinctively fight to survive

[pritch]

There was a TV series on animal intelligence, I only saw the first and last episodes but would like to have seen more.

In one test they proved that a spider could count to at least three, that it could formulate a plan, that it could remember that plan and carry it out.

I guess it all depends on exactly how you define instinct.

And in case you didn't see the programme, the "worlds most intelligent animal" was the Kea.

[doc]

Okay, this is a fucken dog we are talking about, not a human being who has been conditioned with all of those lovely words and their meanings - "selflessness", "commitment", "impossible odds".

The truth of the matter is, two dogs showed aggression and the Jack Russell acted on instincts like most other dogs would and engaged them.

Dog's don't think like us, especially Jack Russells, of which they as a breed are probably responsible for more bites of humans than most other breeds. The only difference is that one can swiftly kick the shit out of a little Jack Russell.

Mr. Texan Marine has made a nice gesture, but his reasoning is a bit of bullshit.

I'd hazard to offer the suggestion that the whole reason the two dogs approached the children and their dog was A.) because the Jack Russell was not properly under control and B.) because the Jack Russell was there in the first place. I doubt the presence of the child was of any interest to the two other dogs unless the kids were teasing and/or abusing them.

I don't mean to make excuses, but it fucken annoys the crap out of me to see idiots spin bullshit without looking at the bigger picture.

Dog attacks are the result of us humans being ignorant and lazy fuckers - the dogs aren't the problem, we are, and their actions are the consequences of our short commings.

You're sad person pal, no passion. You're going to do well in todays environment. You may end up very successful but lonely, lighten up and smell the flowers do something friviolus, you seem a bit analytical. I think people who don't like animals dont have much character. Just my answer on this wall of graffitti. No offence intended in the present moderator environment.got enough red reps now

[SwanTiger]

Your a sad person pal, no passion. Your going to do well in todays environment. You may end up very successful but lonely, lighten up and smell the flowers do something friviolus, you seem a bit analytical. I think people who don't like animals dont have much character. Just my answer on this wall of graffitti. No offence intended in the present moderator environment.got enough red reps now

I love animals, I have a dog and a cat.

No need for red reps, unless you're insulting me and it's funny.

I like a good laugh.

[pzkpfw]

Geez.

The medal's going to the guy who owned the dog.

Maybe it'll make him feel better?

Why the heck not? Why all the flames?

[avgas]

Bloody awesome. I hope they shoot the owners of those pitbulls. As i have not seen any remorse from them.
When my dog killed lambs, i felt so bad i apologised face to face with the lambs owner, while my father put my dog down.
Obviously the pitbulls owners were a bunch of pathetic dickless POS's

[Timber020]

Some years back my mate and his wife and their 3 year old were on the farm moving stock. They left the kid sitting on the quad in another paddock while trying to move stock.

Problem is the stock wouldnt go through the gateway and the Jip the dog was nowhere to be seen. Steve had one of those electric corrective collars on the dog and after whistling for jip gave the remote shock button a push. They could hear a kind of yelp but couldnt see Jip. Steve whistled again and after no sign of Jip gave him another shock.
This was repeated about 6 times. Steves wife then started screaming, the kid was no longer on the quad, and had gone under the fence into the paddock where the cows were supposed to be going and was happily playing the the puddle right infront of the gateway. Between the kid and and 120 cows was Jip, stopping the herd coming through and stamping the kid although she was getting one hell of a belting from the shock collar. (i tried it on myself and it made me jump and yelp).

Ive seen another stock dog keep a toddler away from an electric fence, I think when I was 2 I got dragged out of a bull paddock by one of our huntaways called storm. A mates brother in the US shot his beagle after it bit both of his kids in there back yard, only to find that there was a timber rattler in the playhouse the kids were trying to get into.

Every animal works on instinct, but when an animal makes sacrifices to save or help others, thats something more than you will find in 99% of people.

[Kendog]

A second medal for the little fella from the SPCA.

Well deserved again I say.

[nudemetalz]

Oh that's cool !! Well done SPCA !!!