Comments on: Michael Vick’s Abused Pit Bulls Are Given A New Leash On Life

By: Daisey

Daisey — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 00:04:20 +0000

What a lovely article, the look on poor “Cherry” was so heartbreaking,,and I thank God, there are people that will take the time to work with these animals, it’s such a blessing for them to see these animals slowly turn into loving, trusting dogs..What breaks my heart is animals are so trusting, and so unaware of what or why bad things happen to them. You have to be a real criminal minded person to hurt them. I have cats, and all have been rescue cats, I’m on my 6th one, having just lost my 14 year old boy last month, from cancer..I rent, they don’t allow dogs, but when I was growing up we had 4 at one time, I still rememeber my burly dad, gently picking up the puppy and hugging him, and my mom laughing while she cuddled the kitty, in the little dress, my girls had dressed him in,,our example was to love and care for these pets, we volunteer our time to the animal shelters to spend a few hours a week, playing and petting them, there is always something you can do, thanks for the lovely article,,Daisey

By: kathy galentine

kathy galentine — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:11:32 +0000

Hey John Garcia!!!

Thank you for educating people!!!
Until..saw the show(which my husband saved..HAAd to watch) My conception of the “Pit Bull” was totally incorrect!!!
You will be so.so…so…. “PICKY”…I luv all of them..but “Georgia” really is special..to me!!!

If we could have a chance?? You will know!!!

Arlington,Texs
817-296-0241

Thank You!!!

By: Call me Bubba Darling Ok?

Call me Bubba Darling Ok? — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:02:42 +0000

Thanks for posting this article. All of my pets are adopted also. I hope Mike Vick gets to meet and get very friendly with a “BIG DOG” in prison and the tables are turned on him. See how he likes being a victim. I don’t think his sentence was long enough AT ALL.

And kudos to all the people who saved the victims.
I hope that any money he made off this discusting past time is taken out of his estate also. (if they can find out how much from a couple of whistle blowers)

And he needs to be forced to clean the pens of the animlas in shelters. You know to be put on “Poop Detail” for a year at the very minimum.
They can call the sentence…
“Sh*t cleaning up sh*t”.

By: Fran

Fran — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:42:05 +0000

I have nothing but admiration and praise for the people who have helped Mr. Vick’s victims. It is their good deeds that comfort me when I read about the horrific torture these animals were subjected to. I have two cats, that I rescued, and imagining that they might have suffered just some of the unspeakable things inflicted on these poor dogs, makes my heart ache. I wish I could help them all.

By: Marte

Marte — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:32:45 +0000

I can not believe anyone would go to the distance to hurt these animals like he did. I am just happy most of them have been given a chance to change to succeed in life.
There is a lot of pain given to animals in this world today and it is very upsetting. Animals are apart of this world and they hurt just as we do. But there are people such as Mike Vick who do not have a care if he hurts something such as a animal.
I have gone the distance like you all and saved animals from harm and from being put to their death. What gets me is people out there will get an animal to care for while they have that feeling, but if the animal does things the owner does not like, then it is to the shelter or abuse/neglect is given. What is the reason for such things? It hurts seeing Cherry, Georgia, and the others hurting like they are. It makes me sick.

By: k

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 08:14:19 +0000

Further, laws regarding the types and number of animals are put in place for health reasons and to keep people in check…because hoarding almost always starts with good intentions that have gone terribly awry.

YES. I could not agree more.

By: Ann

Ann — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 08:01:28 +0000

K – Thank you, thank you, thank you for posting this message. There is a very special place in hell for people like Michael Vick, and another very special place in heaven for those who save these poor creatures from lives filled with nothing but torture and pain.

I have 3 dogs myself that are all rescues, and 2 of them are from the no-kill shelter for which I volunteer some of my time. One of my dogs is now ancient, but she had been found dumped at the side of a road when she was a puppy. Another was part of a round up of stray dogs near an Indian reservation that were about to be shot by the local sheriff. (How’s that for a euthanasia method.) My newest little one is a Katrina rescue that had terrible health issues including a nasty case of heartworm (we almost lost him during his treatment,) mange, and maggots in open sores on his hind legs. Unfortunately, his health issues were firmly in place LONG before Katrina. It still makes me angry to this day to think that he was either one of the thousands of strays roaming the streets of New Orleans making thousands more babies, or if someone did own him, no one cared enough to get him the proper medical attention he so desperately needed.

Today, I am so happy that I can provide these little ones with fulfilled, happy and healthy lives. In fact, my husband and I often joke the only reason we are here is to attend to their every need. When we go to bed at night, nothing is more peaceful than listening to my babies snoring contentedly.

And K, thank you for noting that there are limits. Every person must understand the importance of following the laws of the state/county/town, etc., regarding the number of animals allowed, and only adopt what can be cared for properly. Caring properly includes evacuating WITH their animals in the event of an emergency such as a hurricane, wild fire, flood, etc.. Further, laws regarding the types and number of animals are put in place for health reasons and to keep people in check…because hoarding almost always starts with good intentions that have gone terribly awry.

By: k

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:40:44 +0000

I don’t “owe” “Ms. McKinney” anything. Tell “her” that for me, okay?

Wow. Nobody said she should adopt the millions of dogs in shelters (btw, nobody said 80 million, it was six to eight million). They said if she wanted to replace one dog, then she should adopt A pit bull from a shelter. “A” means singular. Uno. One. But nice try.

And in case you didn’t read it the first time, I said that I have all the animals that I can properly take care of, and for me to take in more would be both cruel to the animals I already have and to the new adoptee. However, I do donate time and goods and money to shelters so that they can help find animals new homes. More animals does not necessarily mean more love or more “heart”. It just means you know and accept your limitations.

So thanks for the testimonial of someone which I’m sure you are very, very, very close to. But I won’t spend one red cent to buy any book or see any movie that might come out of this selfish, self-centered, horrific fiasco (if indeed there is any).

I must be on your Google Alerts, you were right here as soon as your name was mentioned. So save your fingers typing out your little manifestos, because they are falling into the category of tl;dr. You aren’t fooling anyone. In case you didn’t realize it there is a little thing called opinion, and anyone who puts their story out in the public eye should expect others to form and voice their opinions, and not be surprised if they should differ. People who don’t like it should keep their stories to themselves.

This will be my last reply to you, because this is getting boring, repetitious, and old. Have a nice day.

By: eb

eb — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:36:59 +0000

WHAT’S THIS TALK ABOUT “UTAH”?!? ARE YOU A MORMON?!? You AGAIN owe Ms. McKinney an apology due to your unbelieveable IGNORANCE and your lack of knowledge of the TRUE FACTS about her. Also ditch your ”holier than thou” attitude. First of all, we have had the luck and good fortune to know this kind lady for many years. During those years I have seen her work non stop in animal rescue WITHOUT PAY, taking animals to her 100 acre home, feed them and gently nursing them back to health as if they were baby birds. As for you snotty comment that “Ms McKinney should adopt one”, why don’t YOU adopt them, You of the Hypocritical Big Mouth? Ms. McKinney, at this writing already has FIVE rescue dogs, three which she saved from the death needle at the pound (all pitbulls). She also has another little dog which she took in 15 years ago. (It’s cruel owner moved out of a trailer and left this dog with the moving boxes and no food or shelter. Ms. McKinney went up there and fed her and took her in and still has her fifteen years later.) Her FIFTH rescue dog is a big hound dog she rescued from the hurricane and flood. She RISKED HER OWN LIFE to wade through waist high water to get to him as he was on only a small mound of dirt with water surrounding him. She mended his broken leg and sewed him up with fishing wire and gave him her own antibiotics, until the road people cleared the road of debris enough to get him to a vet. Now THAT’S Love. Some body should pray for YOU and get you to read the Bible so you will stop judging others, especially such kind hearted people as Ms. McKinney, who has been through so much personal pain from slander, and endured it all because of her wonderful animals who she says, along with her faith in God, helps her survive it all. And by the way, some other media sources were added today by her libel attorneys to a huge Slander and Defamation suit they are working on. She wants to use the money to repair her life and build a training center for service dogs. Some of the cloned puppies will be trained there as service dogs. Also she wants to adopt more animals from pounds, who are doomed to death, and to train them as Service dogs. That way she will be “saving two lives instead of one”, she says. You know, you really need to get to know who you are criticizing and talking about, before you critique or slander them. You might find them to be nice people. In fact Ms. McKinney is very much against the fighting of pitbulls and has worked and spoke out against it. She really loves the breed and wants to restore their good name in the movie script which she is working on about the Pitbull service dog she had which is now famous due to the cloning. Her goal is to get some good positive PR for the pitbull breed and hope that a good positive film on a pitbull service dog will help people be more open to adopting them in pounds. Obviously, some of the whackos who criticize her say goofy statements like “There are 80 million homeless dogs in shelters, why doesn’t Miss McKinney adopt them instead of cloning a dog?” They are such thoughtless morons that they don’t realize that NO one human being could possible adopt 80 million dogs on her own! Ms. McKinney is mature and realistic enough to realize that we each have to do what we can. Every little grain of sand can help to move an ocean. Telling the very special story of Service Dog Booger and the Love he spread in this world, is her way of doing that. And the beautiful healthy cloned puppies will be his genes, his intellectual level, his legacy. As the esteemed genius scientist who cloned them said “We can only give them their bodies; you can supply the love and environment of the original Booger, and only God will give them their souls”. Well put. People should focus on the positive or scientific aspects of this story rather than be cruel and hypocritical and make comments which hurt Ms. McKinney and cause her emotional pain without any purpose. Hope you have learned your lesson. And we hope you read the book and go see the movie on Booger’s story when it comes out.

By: Raylynn

Raylynn — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:18:40 +0000

I believe in God and that he will one day bring about justice for all the world blameless creatures. I know in my heart of hearts that he will. In the mean time, lets increase penalties on animal abuse, abandonment and place limits on breeding. Remember, one dog that is born takes the future of a dog waiting in a shelter. In my life I have had the ugliest dogs with the biggest hearts…all those gigantic hearts pounding away with love…please stop breeding and take what is in the shelter. That’s all I have to say.