Element

Mollie is our only dog who absolutely loves cold weather. She loves playing in the snow, and, of course, eating it, too. Isn't she sweet?

Snow Falling on Farm

These are a couple weeks old, but we are just now getting around to posting them. So, we can all reminisce about the loverly snow instead of worrying how we will get up the driveway.

Uncle Enigma Returns

Nina loves her Davie

What a Good Boy

Clyde Loves to Play in the Snow

Sweet Polar Baby

The Return of Clyde

(Willow's Baby's Daddy)

Vegan Cuteness

Hey, I found this vegan blog by browsing. Though we are not vegans, I think it is adorable! http://veganlunchbox.blogspot.com/

Platform

“The will to domination is a ravenous beast. There are never enough warm bodies to satiate its monstrous hunger. Once alive, this beast grows and grows, feeding on all the life around it, scouring the earth to find new sources of nourishment." Andrea Dworkin

http://www.americanpitbullterrier.org/pitbull_content.html

Pit Bull Terror

Like others, I have not been able to keep up the blog the last few weeks. I am jumping on the "journaling" bandwagon, since I found this article on http://www.dapbt.org/ . I've only included the abstract and the conclusion. Take a look at the website and some its links:
http://www.sathy.fi/SATHY-documents/Fakta13.pdf .

The pit bull terrier: a dangerous or a defamed breed?
STEPHEN COLLIER
School of Human and Environmental Studies,University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2351.
Abstract
After more than a century as America's icon dog the American Pit Bull Terrier since 1980 has developed a notorious reputation as a dangerous breed with consequent restrictions placed upon it by various jurisdictions in Australia and elsewhere. Studies in the USA have indicated that the "pit bull" is responsible for a large proportion of human fatalities resulting from dog attack, but their data are flawed by methodological shortcomings. Data on frequency of dog attacks by breed in Australia reveal the pit bull terrier to be exceeded by several other breeds. Of about 14 human fatalities in Australia over the last two decades, none has involved a dog verified to be a pit bull terrier. The evidence does not sustain the view that this is a uniquely or particularly aggressive and dangerous breed, and there is no support in its attack record for breed specific laws aimed to control it. Dogs are kept by approximately forty percent of Australian households. They confer many benefits upon their owners and are a source of great emotional satisfaction to a large number of people. Dogs are also a threat to the community in that their bites injure a large number of people every year. A small number of these attacks cause very serious human injuries, and even fatalities. Dog attacks, then, represent a significant public safety issue that needs to be addressed by state and local governments.

Dog attacks are a significant public safety issue in Australia, as elsewhere. However, a tiny minority of the dogs in our communities bite people in any given year. The available data show clearly that the American Pit Bull Terrier is not involved in more attacks or serious attacks on people than other breeds - indeed, it is well down the lists of frequency of attack by breed. In America in the 1980s, the decade of the "pit bull panic", with an estimated pit bull population of 500,000 - I million,49 accepting the most damning figures, in any given year one pit bull in 62,500 to 125,000 killed a person. The average American person was at least five times more likely to murder somebody. The case that the APBT is an especially dangerous dog is not convincing. Though American data lend some support to this view, they are so seriously flawed as to be unreliable, and the sociology of the human-dog relationship is probably more important than inherited breed disposition. In Australia the available data show the APBT to be less dangerous than several other breeds in absolute numbers of attacks on people. There are no data available to assess breed attack rates relative to breed populations, so a definitive judgement on the relative danger of various breeds must be suspended. What emerges clearly from analysis of available data is the fact that attacks are committed by a small proportion of individuals of any breed.

Puppy Mill Movie of the Week

Ok, this is a first for the Puppy Mill: we're trying to pass off our film tastes on whatever innocent bystander bumbles onto this blog. But for real, this movie is awesome. If you don't take it from me, take it from Quentin (as in, Tarantino), who "presents" this movie. It's not a new movie, but it's worth mentioning. If you don't mind English subtitles (get over it!), then this Chinese drama/wu xia film (sword play) will totally do it for you.