Also, puppies are adorable.

This would have been adorable puppy behavior instantly corrected had it not been for that fact. "My puppy woke me up by chewing on my toes, the little scamp!"

Also, why the fuck were the police involved?

Owning a dog is the most rewarding thing in the world, truly, but it is a HUGE amount of responsibility and not to be taken on lightly. All the complaining one hears about dogs and dog owners on SLOG is less about dog ownership in general and more about dog ownership by irresponsible or clueless people.

Now, because of the failure by a human to teach a puppy bite suppression, they will likely be put down. The owner's irresponsibility as a dog owner lost him his toes and may have lost his puppies their lives.

Put puppy in a crate at night, there wouldn't have been a problem. My almost-2-year-old youngest dog has only STARTED being allowed out at night, and is still crated during the day due to his impressive ability to find things to chew that he really shouldn't be chewing (like disposable razors or my asthma inhaler).

most rewarding? what, for invalids? apparently not, according to this story... most rewarding...wow.

I haven't had a BF eat my feet in my sleep yet, though. I figure when that happens, I'm giving up dating.

Oddly enough, many dog craters are also the same types who insist on dragging their pets around with them everywhere they go: the bar, Pike Place market, your house when you have a party, because they "love" their pet so much they can't bear to leave them at home, despite the fact the majority of dogs and most animals in fact, hate crowds and being forced into unknown, scary environments...

Love most dogs, and cats; hate a lot of their owners.

Nothing that can't be cured by a couple of classes at the local community college, really.

Even after my recent wiener reduction surgery, it's simply too big. Whilst you are no doubt correct about the effect of slapping them, the reflexive act is impossible to overcome.

My dogs do Agility and Flyball, and a little competitive obedience, and some herding too. I'll bet they're better trained and get TONS more positive attention than dogs allowed loose to poop and pee and chew on things during the day (if those dogs ever actually make it to adulthood, considering the kinds of things I've caught the youngest trying to eat and the excuses I've heard from people giving up their dogs at the shelter).

Anyway, my point stands. Crate a puppy at night and he won't be eating your toes.

That being said, he actually likes his crate. It's like his little cave (or rather, his big cave, since he's 80 lbs.). He will go into on his own, and sometimes makes a little fort with his blankets to similate being in a small space.

Many other dogs I know are like this -- for some reason they are more comfortable in their own little defined space. So, crating your dog for 16 hours a day is bad, for sure, but there's nothing inherently wrong with crating.

PS, she's not a pitbull. She's a border collie, and yes, she did used to try to chew on my toes when she was a baby. I trained her not to. There's no such thing as a bad dog, just bad owners.

Dogs like their crates, when they're used as refuges and sleeping quarters, not punishment. Denning is natural behavior for dogs. Anthropomorphizing it to how a human would feel if crated is just ignorant. Crating a dog when the dog is unsupervised is perfectly humane, provided the dog gets plenty of exercise and attention the rest of the time.

But my question is - Would Dan approve of RUFF fucking a pit bull? Without consent?

Raping a monster doesn't involve the act of rape. You're just raping a monster. Big deal.