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Some asshole abandoned him after not wanting him anymore. Happens all the time. He was lucky enough to be found before something bad happened to him.

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Unfortunately when he was found he had a terrible gash in one leg, probably hit by a car. Hopefully he finds a good home, poor thing!

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How dare you, along with 11 other of your peers? I'm sure his owner is looking for him and if by chance that is not the case I will call that number in the morning. Stuff happens, dogs wander. And human beings step up in the gap.

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I really hope that was sarcasm. Responsible dog owners whose dogs have cones don't just leave their dog on a busy city street. The dog is either inside recuperating or on a leash.

My guess is that the dog somehow got so badly injured that the owner didn't want to pay a vet to have it taken care of so he/she slapped a cone on it and ditched it in an area where it would most likely be found by good people.

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They don't wander off.

They don't get lost.

These dogs were bred as livestock guard dogs. They remember where they have been and where they have gone. You don't usually see them getting lost unless they are very old.

Somebody dumped this poor baby, probably because he outgrew the apartment. They are large, rather active dogs (see livestock guards) and I'd bet someone did not know what they were getting into. The shame is that they didn't contact a St. Bernard specific rescue!

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Looks like a St. Bernard body with a bit of pit bull face?

What is it with all the pit bulls around here anyway. When we adopted our cat at Angell it looked like it was pit bulls on parade on the dog side of the shelter. Mostly puppies that were very cute - but I'm not sure I could ever take the chance on owning one. They're adorable - until they're not. You are always taking a chance with any animal - but that's a tough one.

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Please.

That's a St. Bernard face shoved in a cone.

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There is nothing pitbull about that dog.

A lot of pits end up in shelters because they are a type of dog that idiots buy for the image that they project. They get their pit to walk down the street and look like a badass without realizing that having a dog takes actual work. Shit happens ALL the time with college girls and toy dogs too they can just usually pawn those off on someone much easier than a pitbull. The fact that most dog friendly landlords won't even take pits probably has something to do with them being abandoned more frequently as well.

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There's also a lot of pits in shelters because the assholes who want them because they're "tough" or god forbid for fighting also don't spay or neuter them, because if they spayed or neutered, then they couldn't breed the dogs and get free dogs for fighting or selling. Many of them also don't care for them properly, which is how they eventually end up in shelters.

I have a pit mix and sketchy people come up to me on a semi-regular basis (probably once a month) and ask if my dog is spayed. Basically they want to buy her for breeding. Even if she wasn't spayed, I'd say she was because get the hell away from me and my dog.

Anyway, pit bulls on the whole are great dogs. (Obviously there are bad apples in every breed, but please, people, don't make the mistake of thinking that any breed of dogs is inherently "good" or "bad".) Any pit bull at the MSPCA or ARL or what have you is going to have been given a thorough temperament test, and if there's any question at all about whether they'll have any problems interacting with people or other dogs, they're not going to be up for adoption at those places.

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I've adopted two over the years; one is a healthy, happy, foolish 14 year-old goon while the other is a 5 years-old spitfire who wants nothing more but to give and receive love and attention.

I've raised both since they were puppies and can only say that they're just like any other dog - proper and monitored socialization with other dogs of all sizes and children did wonders for their development. The 14 year-old boy passed his therapy dog certification years back and I bring him to senior centers and Dana Farber often to pay forward just some of the joy I've experienced for the past decade or so.

Sorry for the rant and typical "but MY pit bull is DIFFERENT" rhetoric, but hard work and dilligent training - again, just like any other dog - goes a long way towards a wonderful pet-owner relationship. I hope you'll reconsider adopting a pit bull some day if the match I there.

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so, in summary, you don't know anything about pit bulls at all.

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You don't know much about St Bernards?

A few things threw me on this guy - most St Bernards have a narrow strip of white between their eyes. This amount of white is not unheard of - but not common which led me to believe it was a mix. Also, could have been camera lens, the pose or just the cone - but St. Bernards generally have a shorter, wider snout with long jowls. This dog has very little of that jowly look and, perhaps due to a slight zoom on the lens, an apparently longer, thinner snout. The overall appearance made it look like a bit of a mix - and my guess was a pit bull.

As for pits - I've heard they can make great pets (and there are like 4- 5 different kinds). But I've also heard they take a lot more attention to get them that way than other breeds and you have to be extremely cautious if there are other pets in the home, no matter how socialized the dog. Not all the dog's problem - apparently even the ASPCA says that while in the early days of the breed violence toward people was an undesirable trait and bred out of them, there are many unethical breeders and owners now. These breeders sell them all, even if they get dogs with a violent streak toward people and like it or not, the anatomy of a pit bull can make their bite far worse than that of many other dogs. They might not bite as often - but when they do, they do a hell of a lot more damage than a dachshund or a Chihuahua.

End of the day every animal is different as any pet owner knows. I keep cats to protect me against bad dogs like the lab/chow mix that Tara the hero cat took care of a couple weeks ago! :-)

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Even the ACK's images of Saints include one with a wide strip of white between the eyes. And they can be white on red or red on white. Obviously this one is the latter but that amount of white is not outside of the standard. Basically, everything you said about the standard is incorrect. Good job!

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One? A whole one? Out of how many pics? Google St Bernard and click on images - you will get hundreds and again, you might see one adult with that amount of white on its forehead. ALL of them have jowls, All of them have very short, flat snouts and the snout is very tall chin to nose. All very different from this dog in a not very clear cell phone picture.

After clicking on a couple of pictures this apparently isn't your typical St. Bernard. This seems to be a short haired St Bernard which can have a very different appearance from what we are used to seeing (I've never seen one, at least not that I know of, but there's a lot of info online). They have a much less massive body and head, obviously short hair, less jowly look and, based on photos, often a very different snout shape from the more familiar long haired version.

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What is it with all the pit bulls around here anyway.

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Pits actually aren't much more aggressive than most dogs, even though they have the look and power. Labs and Retrievers are actually more aggressive if not properly trained.

The most aggressive dogs, most likely to attack are dachshunds and chihuahua. They're terribly possessive and aggressive breeds, but when they bite they don't do much damage so people laugh it off and ignore them.

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