Posted by
Dave Kooker on Friday, October 31, 2008 11:32:02 AM
I have no apologies and/or no regrets owning a breed of dog, which has a reputation of savagery. I own a seven/eight year old American Bulldog named SusieQ. SusieQ’s breeding days were over and was scheduled to be destroyed but the original owner offered SusieQ to my son to replace my son’s previous bulldog (Pitbull) Luke which was stolen. SusieQ quickly become an integral part of the family. During the weekdays and my non-visitation weekends with my son Bryce, SusieQ lives outside. She has lived outside her whole life by the previous owner. When my son spends the weekend with me, we will scrub SusieQ down on the back porch then we coax her to come in the house but you can tell she does not feel comfortable in the house and she is anxious to return outside. SusieQ sleeps with my son and is very protective of him. On occasions Bryce and SusieQ will have farting contest to see who can make the other leave the leather couch. The dog is ‘Blue Collar’ in mentality.
It is my belief that our high achieving Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (Florida) is allowing the crime to escalate at the expense of the taxpayer’s safety so the taxpayer will scream against any proposed property tax or sales tax cuts. For example, JSO police car 1321 will sit on the corner of King Street & Post Street and pick off the law abiding citizens for moving violations but allow the indigenous inhabitants of the neighborhood to deal drugs eight feet behind his police car. If the police are not going to protect the law-abiding citizen, well then the private citizen has to provide protection at their own expense above the taxes already paid to the City of Jacksonville for safety.
I work two jobs so typically I do not have the opportunity to walk SusieQ until 10 or 11 o’clock at night. In the past four months SusieQ has stopped two precarious situations from lawless predators. Both times the perpetrator(s) backed away from me before I unleashed the 70 pounds jaws of wrath. From my personal experiences of urban renewal, indigenous inhabitants of the neighborhood are more scared of aggressive dogs than they are handguns. If you miss your target by handgun, the perpetrator(s) just runs away into he shadows of safety. If you unleash the dog, the perpetrator(s) run away with the dog chewing on them. When SusieQ is in the back of the truck or in the truck cab, my tools are safe while I am paying for gas or having lunch.
I am in SusieQ’s debt for her safety and loyal friendship. My son and I saved her life, SusieQ has protected my safety twice. Ban the deed and not the breed.
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