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February 23, 2006
The Person Your Dog Thinks You Are
Now that I've submitted an adoption application, I guess it's official. We're looking to adopt a dog. I've been visiting local animal shelters recently, looking for either a puppy (my preference, really) or a dog with a documented history of cohabitation with cats.
We're not breed specific - though we want a medium to large dog, and we're trying to avoid breeds that homeowners policies consider "high-risk" (i.e. Pit Bull, Akita, etc.). We're not doing this because we think they're high risk - we know that it's all about the owner and environment, rather than the breed - but because we don't want our homeowners to drop us like a hot potato.
It's really annoying (depressing) too, 'cause Pit Bulls are vastly over-represented in shelters...
Posted by dberger at February 23, 2006 5:12 PM
Comments
its really a shame too- most of the sweetest, most loving dogs i have ever met were pits. in fact, i think it was a pit that actually turned me from a "cat person" to an "animal person".
Posted by: mike at February 23, 2006 5:59 PM