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Vick urges youth to avoid perils of dog fighting

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Dustin Meadows of Barnesville, Ga. (shown in photo), arrives with his dog Jack Jack for a pit bull training class which teaches basic dog care but was turned away because Michael Vick was at the meeting, Sat., August 8, 2009, in Atlanta.

Vick arrived at a suburban Atlanta community center to talk to inner-city youths about how to deal with potentially violent dogs. The former Atlanta Falcons quarterback entered the New Life Community Center through a back entrance Saturday for an event put on by the Humane Society of the United States. (AP Photo/John Amis)

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#1 Nick Whitner on 08/10/09 at 05:43 PM
Vick is an idiot and I wouldnt attend anything he was at. He will be back in trouble before Christmas. I have 2 American Pit Bull Terriers myself and couldnt ever imagine them being treated just a fraction of the way Vick and his goons treat dogs. There is no way that 18 months of prison changed his mind about the dogs. He has something wrong in his soul, spirit, and heart that sees nothing wrong with animal torture. Electricution, drowning and blunt force to the dogs is beyond "normal" activity for adult humans. If he was a child i could see that he had a lack of understanding of animal abuse but a grown man shouldnt want to do that. Its kinda like child molestation in a way. 18 months of fed time isnt gonna cure a pedifile of looking at little boys or girls in that certain way. Same mental state here.
It takes someone weird to do such hideous acts. There is no such thing as bad dogs just bad owners.
cafepress.com/pitbulldawg
I can take either one of my dogs to anyones house and around any children and they are just as calm with anyone else as they are with me. My dogs have changed so many peoples perspective on dogs and specifically this breed.
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#1.1 Aunt Bug on 08/11/09 at 06:43 AM
My brother had a pit bull like that. It was so good around kids. It never bit one either ....until it did. Then his Grand-Daughter had face reconstruction surgery. Building a bomb seems to be easier than putting one back together after its' destruction.
#1.1.1 The Wife on 08/11/09 at 03:00 PM
Going on the dog who bit the grand daughter, who was watching the child? When I take my toddler around any kind of animals, ESPECIALLY a large breed dog. I make sure to watch him, as children have a tendency to poke, pull, pinch etc. when around animals, which can make them mad. I seriously doubt that pit bull just bit the girl to be mean...
#1.2 L0veLee on 09/21/09 at 02:22 AM
You are an idiot also... HELLO JARROD!!! & YEARS IS A LONG TIME ISNT IT!!!??? lee0809@gmmail.com
#2 Anonymous on 08/10/09 at 06:08 PM
That's a good looking dog in that truck
#2.1 Anonymous on 08/11/09 at 04:19 AM
Looks to have more Am Staff in it rather than pit but its basically the same breed.. Just small details
#3 george bush on 08/10/09 at 07:45 PM
who is nick whitner he a idiot just like white trash
#3.1 NW on 08/11/09 at 04:16 AM
Im not hard to find. Just ask around
#3.2 Anonymous on 08/11/09 at 06:56 AM
This fake george bush guy is about as intelligent as the squirrel that just sat in the road and watched my truck barrel at him at 65mph and turned him into a furry pancake!
#4 Anonymous on 08/10/09 at 10:32 PM
if it was a dog training class, why was the barnesville native turned away just because michael vick was there.

is being around pit bulls a violation of vicks probation?
#4.1 Anonymous on 08/11/09 at 04:17 AM
Im pretty sure there was some sort of stipulation in there about it.
#4.2 Anonymous on 08/11/09 at 07:02 AM
i'm sure if it was "INNER CITY" then the man in the truck appears a little to white

thalk a about trash,then michael vick is on the bottom of the pile,hes nothing but a P.O.S thas trying to win is free ride back.and the sad thing about it is there is plenty of jocksniffers out there that would like to see him do it
#4.2.1 Buck Wild on 08/11/09 at 09:34 AM
Why are you so stupid. Leave Mike Vick alone. He made a mistake and now he is trying to do things positive. No one is trippin about the man from South Carolina that is having sex with the horse and was caught on camera more than once. Talk about your white friend that was doing that please and leave Mike and the inner city kids alone.
#4.2.1.1 NW on 08/11/09 at 11:43 AM
Why should anyone leave him alone. A mistake? i dont think so. He isnt ignorant of the laws. He knew 100% what he was doing and what his intent was. Choose another word to use. He is doing things "postive" as you call it because it is court appointed and he is trying to get back some of the fans he lost. He is a role model to lots of people. I havnt heard anything about a man from SC messing with a horse but beastiality isnt anything new. They should be charged and hanged. That is nasty. BTW how is he our "white friend". There you go using the race card. If we dont like Mike Vick for his actions we must be a racist right???? RIGHT??

Vicks ex coaches even busted him out. They said that Vick the player is awesome but Vick the person is a whole nother story. I guess they are messing with the black kid too though.

The NFL and every other league should rewrite everyones contract no matter what color. Any stupid choices that players make whether it be steriods, coke, crack, any drugs, shooting stabbing, etc should be immediatly voided from their contract. The player represents the owner of the team, the team, state, and USA. They are a disgrace to everyone by the stupid decisions they make.
#5 Authur Blank on 08/11/09 at 11:43 AM
Buck Wild, was this guy that had sex with a horse a QB for the Atlanta Falcons? Was this guy who had sex with a horse the posterboard player for the NFL? Did all the kids look up to this guy and call him a hero? I dont think so...So, just shut the Buck up!
#6 Anonymous on 08/11/09 at 03:19 PM
Most people cannot identify a pitbull if they had to. Be honest and look at this link. This goes for the moderators also. Choose what you think is an American Pitbull terrier. I have done extensive research on this breed for a little more than 4 years. There are more than 20 breeds that gets classified as Pitbulls in the media when a mauling happens. Pitbulls are not human aggressive for the most part. There are certain instances where this wouldnt apply. They are however animal aggressive naturally. You can contain them to an extent. I will not leave mine alone with a strange dog for any amount of time. I will however keep my dogs under control while im present and there will be no issue.


Look at this link and try it out.

pitbullsontheweb.com/petbull/findpit.html
#7 george bush on 08/11/09 at 04:56 PM
nick whitner is a idiot u rewrite how crazy u sound mr.perect people make me sick crawl on a rock pour gasoline on your self u idiot
#7.1 Anonymous on 08/11/09 at 07:42 PM
You sound good over the internet. I bet you wont say it face to face to him. Pretty big guy you are calling an idiot.
#8 NW on 08/11/09 at 09:07 PM
7.1 you know how these internet warriors are. Im not worried about it. Ive been called worse on blogs.LOL. Its all good. I already told that person that im not hard to find. Go in any establishment and ask for me and someone there can get in touch with me.

Im having trouble reading what this clown is typing anyway.
I never said i was Mr Perfect as you call it. Im not making millions and making foolish mistakes, Vick is.
These typos that #7 is forcing us to read is rediculous. I have read that post about 10 times and cannot make heads or tails about it. Small errors here and there are acceptable but this is hurting my head trying to read.
#9 Anonymous on 08/11/09 at 09:13 PM
I'm not taking any sides but george bush, you really need to proof read what you write. Or maybe you simply need to learn proper grammar & english. By looking at your comments I would say you didn't even make it past 8th grade!
#10 Question on 08/12/09 at 02:00 PM
I heard that people fight roosters in Barnesville...is that true?
#10.1 Anonymous on 08/12/09 at 02:51 PM
could be. Taylor county is big on rooster fighting i think.
#11 Anonymous on 08/12/09 at 08:16 PM
All Vick has done is let his handlers handle him so it looks all pretty for the press release. He has no remorse for what he has done. He is sorry for one thing. Sorry that he got caught.

We have a pit mix and he is just great with other dogs and kids. You couldn't ask for a nicer animal to have around.

I am more afraid of my father in law's German Sheppard. In the Orlando Florida area there have been 2 dog bite cases and guess what not a single one was a Pit.

Vick doesn't need to play football. Playing football professionally should be a privilege not a right just because you can throw a ball.
#12 unknown on 08/17/09 at 01:23 AM
How hypocritical can some people be? If we are so passionate on dog fighting,stateing that its wrong.Then if you are a deer hunter,dog racer,horse racer that partakes into any type of animal sport that is legalized,then you need to practice what you preach.I understand if you are hunting a deer for food then thats understandable.But if you are hunting to kill and then potraying the head as a trophy like many of you rednecks do.Then who in the hell are you to judge Mike Vick.Just say it was personal and it had nothing to do with the animals.Just like always how you rednecks use lame issues to dislike a person because of the content of there color.The same way you practice this type of behavior with our president.You hide behind lame ass issues. I would have alot of respect for you,if you just said you dislike these guys because of the color of there skin.And by all means im not playing the race cards,im just stateing the facts on how the Jim Crow south operates.Speaking in general terms.
#13 Anonymous on 08/17/09 at 05:18 PM
MIKE IS AN EAGLE!!!!!!!
#14 no obama on 08/17/09 at 07:42 PM
if the blacks can call us white trash does that make them cotton pickers?
#14.1 Anonymous on 08/17/09 at 10:51 PM
that make us garbage men!!!!!!!
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