Dog Health Questions: Dog fighting and using other dogs for bait?

A few minutes ago i was sitting on the pc just looking through yahoo answers trying to find out more information on weight training dogs/training dogs for weight pull and someone answered that weight pulling is for fighting dogs, i found it abit funny because most people who are ok in the head do weight pulling with their dog so they can just build muscle for their dog. The person also had a link to a site about dog fighting and said if you are an easy cryer then do not look at it, so i clicked it but it didn't come up. Afterwards i went on google trying to find the right link and i got happy when i found it BUT now i wish i never as when i saw a picture of a dog that had been used for bait at 4 months old i felt sick at what had happened to it and when i read the story of the people who fostered it i had a tear drop down my eye. http://www.mlar.org/advocacy/dog-fighting PEOPLE please read through all of this and tell me what you think of dog fighting now.

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First: I am not going to read it, as I am an owner of American Pit Bull Terriers and I absolutely love the breed. I know this horrible activity still exists, and I am thankful that some states have made it a felony, and I hope those offenders get prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law (and then some)!

Second: The person who responded and said Weight Pulling is only for fighting dogs is an idiot (and needs to do their research). Weight Pulling is a positive sport for American Pit Bull Terriers because this breed is so strong and powerful it give them a good outlet to expend some of this extra energy they have. This is a breed who loves to work hard, they thrive on it, and to just have them laying around in a backyard, or chained up is a shame, and ruins them. This breed NEEDS to be kept busy, NEEDS tons of exercise, positive human interaction, LOVE and attention and rewards. When done correctly, Weight Pulling is not inhumane, does not hurt the dog in any way, AND is founded by and supported by the fmr. president of the UKC.

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• emotional neg


• What's your point? People are sick in the head and they even have sex with dogs. Don't worry I'm sure Karma will hit that person back.


• i dont even have to read it. dog fighting is horrible. why would someone want to hurt dogs! i feel so mad at people who dont have a problem with dog fighting. poor dogs.


• don't do it


• what is with people these days!!!!
  
  no respect for animals!!!


• Just like Michael Vick. All of those a**holes.


• I didn't look at the site since I know what it will say. Sick, twisted people would do this. They are the reason why Pits have been deamed dangerous and have made it difficult for people that own these dogs for the love of the breed.