Tis the Season

What's better than looking at pictures of dogs and cats?
Looking at them in Christmas outfits and snow :)

                                                Random deer --- Had to put this in this post.

Pit Bulls Are Misunderstood

Pit Bulls are Lovers, Not Fighters

Bandit & The Rest of My Family

Since my blog has turned out to be about animals, I figured that I would let ya'll meet my little puppy, Bandit and also my guinea pigs Snickerdoodle (who passed away about 7 months ago at age 6), LO and Ollie.  Bandit is now 3 years old and is a full blooded Black Lab. He enjoys the snow and during the summer, he would spend all day in our pool if he was allowed to. LO is about 3 years old and Ollie is about 6 months :)


Here are pictures of him from when Bandit first joined our family, to the present.

And these are my guinea pigs, Snickerdoodle (the short haired pig), LO and Ollie:

 OLLIE !

 Snickerdoodle

 LO

 LO

 Snickerdoodle & LO

Snickerdoodle 

<3

Top 20 'Deadliest Dogs' (And I Disagree)

As recently reported on Roadrunner.com, a study has been done to determine the top 20 most dangerous dogs of today's time.

After reading the sad stories associated with why these dogs are dangerous to humans, people should be aware of the dangers they are faced with when buying, adopting or accepting a dog into their families.

Roadrunner.com states “To rank the most dangerous breeds, we used a report compiled by Merritt Clifton,the editor of Animal People, which lists all of the press accounts of dog attacks organized by breed type. The study tallies the total attacks by dogs kept as pets from 1982 to 2009 in the U.S. and Canada.”

The following information is provided by Roadrunner.com :

1. Pit Bull

• Varieties included: Pit Bull, Staffordshire Bull Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier
• Registered dogs (U.S.): 2,683
• Child victims: 661
• Adult victims: 519
• Maimings: 819
• Deaths: 159   

2.       Chow Chow

·         Registered dogs (U.S.): 1,592

·         Child victims: 35

·         Adult victims: 14

·         Maimings: 34

·         Deaths: 7

3.       Rottweiler

·         Registered dogs (U.S.): 14,709

·         Child victims: 257

·         Adult victims: 115

·         Maimings: 244

·         Deaths: 67

4.       Akita

·         Registered dogs (U.S.): 2,457

·         Child victims: 34

·         Adult victims: 14

·         Maimings: 41

·         Deaths: 1

5.        Bull Mastiff         

• Registered dogs (U.S.): 3,760  
• Child victims: 17 
• Adult victims: 20 
• Maimings: 26
•  Deaths: 8
  

6.       Greyhound

·         Registered dogs (U.S.): 136

·         Child victims: 1

·         Adult victims: 0

·         Maimings: 1

·         Deaths: 0

7.       Briard

• Registered dogs (U.S.): 284
• Child victims: 0
• Adult victims: 1
• Maimings: 0
• Deaths: 1

8.       Malamute

·         Registered dogs (U.S.): 2,124

·         Child victims: 7

·         Adult victims: 2

·         Maimings: 3

·         Deaths: 4

9.       Husky/Siberian Huskies

·         Registered dogs (U.S.): 9,342

·         Child victims: 32

·         Adult victims: 4

·         Maimings: 13

·         Deaths: 17

 

 

 

 

10.   Australian Cattle Dog

·         Varieties included: Australian Cattle Dog, Blue Heeler, Queensland Heeler

·         Registered dogs (U.S.): 1,499

·         Child victims: 3

·         Adult victims: 4

·         Maimings: 5

·         Deaths: 0

 

 

 

 

11.    Dalmatian

·         Registered dogs (U.S.): 820

·         Child victims: 3

·         Adult victims: 0

·         Maimings: 3

·         Deaths: 0

12.    Mastiff

·         Registered dogs (U.S.): 6,913

·         Child victims: 13

·         Adult victims: 4

·         Maimings: 12

·         Deaths: 4

 

 

 

13.    Old English Sheep Dog

·         Registered dogs (U.S.): 1,403

·         Child victims: 1

·         Adult victims: 1

·         Maimings: 0

·         Deaths: 2

 

 

 

 

14.    Belgian Shepherd/Malinois

·         Registered dogs (U.S.): 1,416

·         Child victims: 3

·         Adult victims: 3

·         Maimings: 3

·         Deaths: 0

 

 

 

 

15.   Great Dane

·         Registered dogs (U.S.): 9,438

·         Child victims: 6

·         Adult victims: 7

·         Maimings: 11

·         Deaths: 3

 

 

 

 

16.   Border Collie

·         Registered dogs (U.S.): 2,181

·         Child victims: 1

·         Adult victims: 1

·         Maimings: 2

·         Deaths: 1

 

 

 

 

17.   Doberman

·         Registered dogs (U.S.): 11,546

·         Child victims: 8

·         Adult victims: 6

·         Maimings: 7

·         Deaths: 6

 

 

 

 

18.   German Shepherd

·         Registered dogs (U.S.): 43,575

·         Child victims: 52

·         Adult victims: 20

·         Maimings: 50

·         Deaths: 9

 

 

 

 

19.   Shar-Pei

·        Registered dogs (U.S.): 3,261

·         Child victims: 5

·         Adult victims: 0

·         Maimings: 5

·         Deaths: 0

 

 

 

 

20.   Great Pyrenees

•    Registered dogs (U.S.): 1,983

•   Child victims: 0

•   Adult victims: 2

•   Maimings: 1

•   Deaths: 1