You Got Your Dog's Ears Cropped...Really? You're A Big, Giant Asshole

So one day I'm walking with my dog, Ophelia, and I see a man taking what appears to be a small black mouth cur and mastiff mix puppy outside to tinkle.  The puppy seems very sweet and friendly, wanting nothing more than to give me and my dog lots of kisses.  I was struck immediately by the cone around his neck, though, and I asked what happened without looking the pup over carefully, he was cute, I was just looking into his big eyes!  The man says he'd had his ears cropped that day.  -_-

As the rage boiled up inside me I weighed my options...

1. I could tell the man he's a big, giant asshole and list all the reasons why ear cropping is ridiculous and stupid in the loudest and rudest way possible. (This was the one I WANTED to do.)
2. I could calmly tell the man why ear cropping is useless, and mean, and that he should NEVER do that to a poor innocent dog again.
3. Or not say anything except "oh" and go blow up on facebook about it later.

I went with option 3.  Because I could tell by the man's unfriendly demeanor and impatience that telling him he's a big, giant asshole would mean I didn't get to pet the puppy anymore, but more importantly, it wouldn't mean a damn thing to him, and he'd just tell me to mind my own business.  Sometimes you have to pick your fights, and when you can tell the person just isn't going to listen, there's really no point, and you'd be wasting your breath.
So when I got home I made a rant on facebook and my friends agree...that guy IS, a big, giant asshole.  :-)

Update On The Toothless Dog...

Remember that toothless dog I posted about a while back?

Well good news!  She's been saved! 

OK so I guess she wasn't really toothless but she doesn't have much to work with is my understanding.  I'm personally VERY happy that a rescue organization stepped in and took her out, they've raised WAY more money then asked for (there are good people in the world....who knew?!) and now she gets to be taken care of and shown some much needed love.

I will forever feel a certain amount of shame for having to share the title of "Human Being" with people who hurt animals....particularly to the extend that this poor dog has suffered.  But I am glad to share that same title with the people who are taking care of Annie now at the Ark Animal Rescue, and the people who donated money for her care.

Apparently, good people still exist!  They seem to be a rare breed but I guess they're out there.

Who Wants a Pit Bull!?

If you want a big dog because you don't want to have a sissy dog like a chihuahua or a pomeranian (looking at the men here) BUT you are aware that a big dog can maul your face off... which will require the help of leeches to reattach...apparently. Then BOY do I have the dog for you!


She has no teeth!


This is of course, incredibly horrible.  This a result of horrible abuse...her teeth were filed down, she's incredibly fearful, it's pretty much certain that she was a bait dog, and horribly abused by people as well as being attacked by fighting dogs.

BUT!  This can be turned into a GREAT pet!

It would take some work, of course.  You'd have to do quite a bit of rehabilitation, and she'd be on soft food for the rest of her life, but come on!  She doesn't have teeth!  That means she can't A. eat your cat B. eat your child and C. eat your face.  Now, I personally love pit bulls and do not think any particular pit bull is more likely to maul your face off than say, your friendly golden retriever.
OTHER people, however, do think that a pit bull would do that and well, it's cruel and horrible to file a dog's teeth down or pull them out so it's less dangerous.  But our poor doggie here really needs to be cared for, and I am trying to take a bad thing, the dog has no teeth.... and make it a good thing!  She doesn't have teeth!  You could spoon feed her baby food and put her in a baby pink bib!  It would be the CUTEST THING EVER!

Just look at that face!
She's so sad!
She wants to be spoon fed baby food!

Note: Other information on the story about the golden retriever is that he got pissed off at a 24 year old in the house and attacked him, the other people tried to pull the dog off, he turned and attacked them as well.  It ended up taking FOUR people to get the dog contained in the garden.  That's one pissed of goldie.  I have tried and tried to find out, but do not know what ended up happening to that dog.

Edit: I believe the golden retriever dog is doing ok and has been given a second chance. :-)