Min-Pin X Pitbull?

[Clint Boyer]

She's about 3/4 grown in these pics. We got her from our nephew who rescued her from a dumpster, so we don't have exact info on her.

 

[AggieTiff]

I see where you're going with this one. If only Clint's Min-Pin couldv'e shown a little restraint and better judgement, there would be eight less puppies in shelters right now! It's not really a morality issue, you know. I petitioned my puppy kindergarten to pass out condoms to prevent just this kind of thing from happening. These young animals need to be shown how to please themselves or just hump legs. That would keep all this madness from happening.
But once it's happened, the female animal should have the choice to determine whether or not she is ready for the responsibility of whelping a litter and nursing for eight long weeks. Oh, if only Kerry had been elected!!!

Didn't they cover something along these lines of "other options" on that episode of South Park... :grin01: ...

 

[Sisuitl]

Some of the best dogs come from dumpsters. A friend of mine adopted a german shepherd puppy that was found in a dumpster. Perfect hips, eyes, temperment, everything. Several very picky german shepherd breeders who have examined her have commented on what a shame such a high quality animal ended up spayed.

A couple of months ago she found her first human corpse (well, a lot of skull fragments anyway), and now she's only a few months away from being fully certified as a search and rescue dog.

And just a quick note, every time I stop by the shelter (At least once a week) I only see puppies about one in every 20 visits. The vast majority of the dogs there are fence jumping, furniture chewing, chicken killing, carpet peeing, midnight howling 8 month-2 year old lab mixes. Puppies, and especially puppies from small breeds, are in extremely high demand and are usually adopted very quickly. In Yakima there was a big problem with shelter volunteers "stealing" all the small breed dogs, adults and puppies, and selling them out the back door for $50-$500 each to people, and a lot of those people would resell them to others (like if they got a french bulldog, papillion, minpin, or something else really desirable.) Not to say that shelter dogs are bad, it's just very difficult for people to find puppies with qualities like Clint's in your average shelter.

 

[larryg]

Some of the best dogs come from dumpsters. A friend of mine adopted a german shepherd puppy that was found in a dumpster. Perfect hips, eyes, temperment, everything. Several very picky german shepherd breeders who have examined her have commented on what a shame such a high quality animal ended up spayed.

A couple of months ago she found her first human corpse (well, a lot of skull fragments anyway), and now she's only a few months away from being fully certified as a search and rescue dog.

And just a quick note, every time I stop by the shelter (At least once a week) I only see puppies about one in every 20 visits. The vast majority of the dogs there are fence jumping, furniture chewing, chicken killing, carpet peeing, midnight howling 8 month-2 year old lab mixes. Puppies, and especially puppies from small breeds, are in extremely high demand and are usually adopted very quickly. In Yakima there was a big problem with shelter volunteers "stealing" all the small breed dogs, adults and puppies, and selling them out the back door for $50-$500 each to people, and a lot of those people would resell them to others (like if they got a french bulldog, papillion, minpin, or something else really desirable.) Not to say that shelter dogs are bad, it's just very difficult for people to find puppies with qualities like Clint's in your average shelter.

I don't know how many great dogs come from dumpsters, even if you know someone who has one that did. I think only a crazy person would throw puppies in a dumpster, and I don't have any reason to believe crazy people have the best breeding dogs, as far as genetics. From what I've seen, the really ignorant people usually have the worst dogs. As far as the number of puppies at the animal shelter, there are plenty of 'pit mixes' here in our county at any given time, although they have been managing not to have to kill any animals for the last 3 or 4 months. http://nmhp.net is the website (no more homeless pets.) It was an accidental breeding, nothing more. Pinscher means Terrrier in German, and Pit Bull Terriers are also a type of terrier. They are a cross of two types of terriers. I would expect them to be potentially aggressive, once mature. Aggressive doesn't mean Dangerous or Vicious, just that they have the potential to hurt somebody and should be treated that way. They may not turn out to be 'sweet babies', so be careful.

 

[carol]

just that they have the potential to hurt somebody and should be treated that way. They may not turn out to be 'sweet babies', so be careful.

This is true with any dog. I gave dog training lessons for years, Mutts to Purebreds, I've worked with them all. About 99% of "Problem Dogs" were really "Problem Owners", and trouble ensued no matter what the price or breeding of the dog.
Terriers are known to act before they think, but put in the right hands, they can be wonderful, loyal, loving pets. Dobies too, can be a loaded gun in the wrong hands. I am sure Clint, as well as yourself, took some care in making sure the pups would have good homes to the best of your abilities.

 

[larryg]

This is true with any dog. I gave dog training lessons for years, Mutts to Purebreds, I've worked with them all. About 99% of "Problem Dogs" were really "Problem Owners", and trouble ensued no matter what the price or breeding of the dog.
Terriers are known to act before they think, but put in the right hands, they can be wonderful, loyal, loving pets. Dobies too, can be a loaded gun in the wrong hands. I am sure Clint, as well as yourself, took some care in making sure the pups would have good homes to the best of your abilities.

Some dogs lack the confidence or mental stability to make good pets, regardless of the owners. I've seen many competent dog owners at the dogs park with dogs that obviously lack confidence and/or stability, or others that simply like to fight, which are Pits probably 75% of the time. These are nice, caring, educated people who think Pits have a 'bad rap', but they more often than not end up not being able to come back to the dog park, after repeated attempts. Yes, the owner can ruin a good dog, but the owner can't take a nervebag, fear biting dog (or a 'gamey' Pit) and turn it into a Lassie.

I try to keep in touch with the puppy owners, at least to a certain extent. Here is a photo from the 'reunion' last year. I'll probably have another one in the next couple of months. Hopefully they all still have good enough character to be able to get along with each other.

 

[Chip]

Agreed. Bully breeds are great pets. But the potential for fighting is simply higher with them than most breeds. Puppy play classes are a must for them, IMHO.