We call him "Clifford Olson" and he's wonderful with children;
Not one dog bite in Canada has been attributed to a Staffordshire bull terrier in the history of the breed, said Barkey, a leading advocate for rescinding the law as written. She breeds the dog in Quinon, Que., and in several countries outside Canada.
“I’m the only one here today,” she said of the dog’s breeders and competitors.
Because of the Ontario ban, the breed is in decline in Canada, she said. She named the 15-month-old dog “Che,” she said, to give the breed a freedom fighter.
Kudos on resisting the temptation to crack a joke about her last name.
Well, well, well, what happened to Che in the end? Read some history, moron.
Now let me see if I remember correctly!
What did the human do to the competition, which I doubt our four-legged friend would be capable of doing?
Got to love those Quebec freedom fighters!!!
Che was a terrorist wasn't he?
So that's the reason dogs howl whenever McGuinty is around.
I fondly recall having a "Staff.."....named titch.
Like most terriers she was fiesty and a very busy dog.....hell on cats tho'.
Did you hear that they're mixing pit bulls and collies now? After the dog mauls you, he runs to get help.
Nice. Take a breed that is being forced into extinction by power-mad, socialist bureaucrats and name it after a power-mad socialist terrorist. She should have named the dog Ayn.
Is one of the dogs named Morgenthaler? Maybe that's the reason for the decline.
I'm sorry. I respect Kate and everything but stuff like this has me reaching for the OFF/retch button:
“I sponge the hair down to keep the wave going — simple.”
A dog is a dog, and I love them. Pretty-ing them up seems to me to be a waste of time. They still eat climate scientists' homework.
Che Guevara Freedom Fighter, ah such a nice ring to it, much like Josef Stalin Humanitarian.
What an absolute fool. I won't allow my kids to wear "che" or "mao" crap. I make them read about who those socialists were.
Kate, you just love having her on your side don't you? ~:D
And all this time I thought that the onus was on a dog's owner for its training and behavior.
The people who love dog fights will either smuggle in these dogs or use other dogs. You can get a couple of Jack Russell Terriers up for killing just about anything. I know. I live with one!
http://bigjournalism.com/hfontova/2010/03/08/hey-msm-obama-fans-about-that-che-guevara-fetish-of-yours/#more-33118
Che...
"The Negro is indolent and spends his money on frivolities and booze, whereas the European is forward-looking, organized and intelligent… The negro has maintained his racial purity by his well known habit of avoiding baths".
"She named the 15-month-old dog “Che,” she said, to give the breed a freedom fighter."
I don't think that name means what she thinks it means.
DaWG
A resident of America's Hat©
There are some dogs that are "working dogs" and should be allowed only for that purpose, the traditional junkyard dog, or dogs used primarily for guarding or finding, etc. Where I used to live in Surrey (that's not the one in England) Pit Bulls and Rotweillers could have been their civic symbol because of all of the grow-ops and paranoid people who had to walk certain neighbourhoods.
There's never been a documented woverine bite in Canada, either. That doesn't mean they're suitable pets.
I don't understand those people with Che on the t-shirt, Che tattoos, Che style caps, any more than I understand why someone would tattoo a devil type figure on their shoulder... I haven't seen a Hitler face tattooed on anyone yet, but there's always tomorrow I suppose. after all he's still #1 here...
http://www.dictatorofthemonth.com/standings.htm
Ms "Barkey" whoo , you could not make this shit up. Anyway "Che" is a wonderful name he was hard-wired differently than most people the same way bull terriers are hard-wired differently than most dogs. Any dog will bite, or nip to make you back off it's food it's litter whatever, when a bull terrier attacks it is on a mission. Che got very "excited" about shooting anyone who would not go along with his Revolution, mostly defenseless farmers. Great role model for clueless Lefty's who watch the "Che" Movie wearing their Pally dishrag around their necks.
There is no need for satire in a country like ours, reality keeps surging ahead.
What Todd and the bear said @ 11:23 and what Bubba said @ 12:12.
No doubt some lefty teacher somewhere is proud of having brainwashed Ms Barkey.
Her dog's a "terriorist" ???
When they came for our pets, the neighbors clucked that it was a good thing they were being saved from these dangerous animals. When they came for our guns, the neighbors clucked that it was a good thing they were being saved from these dangerous things in our society. When they started to take us away we were in shock and were just led away.
Where ever the Socialists thrive, you can be sure that they will make more and more laws which deprive you of freedom and allow them more and more invasive control of your lives. Remember, the Socialist are the ones that kill their own, just like Che did....for the good of the state. Don'cha'no!
I take care of one for friends when they go out of town and that dog is the most gentle,affectionate creature I have ever met.
Micheal Bryant,the lousy POS that he is,has killed more people with his car than have been killed by pitbulls.
Che Guivara was a mass murdering psychopath. It's a great name for your dog!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
marc in calgary @11:54 - what's your point, gringo?
I'm all for personal freedoms, but somebody is going to have to re-educate this kulak about the inherent freedom to let some psychotic dog loose on the neighbourhood. Giving it a revered communist name is not that helpful to my understanding either.
But keep as many of the damned hounds as you want behind a high fence.
"...and this is our wonderful 6-year old Chesapeake Bay Retriever. We named him 'Ted Kennedy' because not only is he a powerful swimmer, he can also run for miles after he gets out of the water."
I like dogs - all types of dogs, big and small.
It is my unfailing experience that the behaviour of a dog will almost always represent the sum total of how the owner has raised it.
I have met dobermanns that were complete saps and poodles that were vicious monsters.
My neigbour has a Black Lab named Toby.
I told them they should have called him Kunta Kinte.
They said, "Yeah, but he was a rescue that already had the name Toby."
Sorry, but since nobody else has said it:
Che's Barkey is worse than his bitey.
"Freedom fighter" has a nice ambivalent quality.
If only there were a breed which would attack numbskulls infatuated with Guevara.
C'mon, people - give my mate Che a break.
He's probably the most famous asthmatic in history.
Credit where it's due.
You have an uphill battle Kate. The nuts want Dogs gone.
You know who's behind that?
The same folks who want to see Women in chains.
He's probably the most famous asthmatic in history.
Credit where it's due.
~jlc
U.S. President Teddy Roosevelt was an asthmatic.
Alexander and Gaius Julius Caesar were epileptics......so what is your point?
Naming your dog Che is like naming your child Apple. There is clearly no love (or common sense) here.
Never met a dog that a bullet wouldn't improve.
Your comment, Altaguy, speaks volumes about you.
(You may not have noticed but our Hostess here is a dog devotee)
Dogs have their place.
Pitbulls, and the like, have no place in regular society. They're okay, in strictly confined spaces, but too dangerous to be out in public. People who insist on parading their pitbulls on busy trails, are just trying to get the respect they haven't been able to earn, on their own.
There's a catch-22 situation, when it comes to owning pitbulls. If you're mentally stable enough to own one, you wouldn't want to own one. If you want to own one, that's strong evidence that you aren't mentally stable enough to own one.
Believing that Che was a freedom fighter is not a good indication of mental stability. Either that, or she can't read.
dp you are an idiot. My daughter and husband have a pit bull, now 6 years old. A more affectionate, obedient, pleasant natured dog you could not find anywhere. My wife and I babysit him now and again, take him to off leash parks, and he plays with other dogs with nary a problem.
In the words of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, "But then again, I eat my own poop".
You can put all the bows in their hair that you want, dress them up to look like sissies, but at the end of the day and Westminster, when the owner isn't looking, Fifi the poodle is licking him/herself and rolling in a fresh steamer in the back yard.
"ghost of Che" @ 2:31 p.m.: FYI, I believe "marc in calgary" @ 11:54 a.m. was merely quoting a racist psychopath named Che Guevara.
tranio- Turn that thing loose near me, and he'll get pepper sprayed, just before you get pepper sprayed, then shit-kicked.
Like I said, anyone who wants to own a pit-bull, is not mentally fit to own one.
nv53 @12:12 - I'm not a racist, gringo. I'm a dead hispanic revolutionary.
Like, duh!
In fairness, I am a psychopath.
zat is not my dog
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjNY3S-E25A
i second this...It is my unfailing experience that the behaviour of a dog will almost always represent the sum total of how the owner has raised it.