well, not THE mike vick - but it might as well be for all the ignorance and stupidity and downright cruelty. i am SO angry right now i can't see straight. my neighbors, mr. and mrs. yahoo, have friends down the road who just bought a 5 week old baby pit. she is adorable - let's not even discuss the age she was sold as i live in the land of backward brains and pride in ignorance. well, the whole lovely group, including the puppy, is having a bbq next door. nice sunday afternoon activity you say? not for the puppy. each couple has a human brat-child - both 5 years old. i was walking one of my dogs and looked up in time to see the little darlings holding the puppy by the leash - UP IN THE AIR! they were laughing as that baby was struggling to breathe. i have never screamed so loud in my life - and those of you who know me know how i get when i am angry. thankfully, they dropped the pup on the grass. one of the brain dead dads came aaround to see what was going on and i told him if i saw those kids with that pup again, handling her ANYTHING but lovingly and gently, i was calling AC and bully rescue and filing abuse charges. that little baby can't weigh more than 7 or 8 pounds - she's tiny - i'm afraid she has no future at all or will end up a biter in self-defense. what is WRONG with people?? thanks for letting me vent. diane Diane Strasser Silstra German Shepherds "In dog years I'm dead." - Author unknown <BR><BR>**************************************<BR> Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour</HTML> ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================