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Jesse James Searching for Lost Pit Bull

by Helena Sung (Subscribe to Helena Sung's posts): Feb 3rd 2010 11:00AM Filed Under: Dogs, Pets News, Celebrity Pets

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Can the power of Twitter and Facebook help Jesse James find his lost dog, CinnaBun?

James -- best known as the owner of custom motorcycle shop West Coast Choppers, sometime reality-show star, and husband of actress Sandra Bullock -- has launched an all-out plea for help in finding his lost pit-bull puppy. "CinnaBun our shop dog & pet has been missing since 2pm yesterday. If you find her plz call 562-983-6666," James tweeted last Tuesday, Jan. 26.

A $5,000 reward is being offered for finding CinnaBun. "She's a light brown and white pit bull, 9 months old, cropped ears, full tail, hazel eyes," states James' Web site. CinnaBun was last seen wearing a large pink collar near the West Coast Choppers shop located in Long Beach, Calif.

CinnaBun was given to James as a puppy by a kindly stranger after hearing about the death of one of James' elderly pit bulls, Cisco. She is the newest pooch to join James' pack of dogs and is described as a "little charmer" with the "attitude of a charging rhino and bladder of a hummingbird." (View photos of CinnaBun playing with Mr. T, another pit-bull pet.)

Helping to look for CinnaBun is FindToto.com, the pet locator service that helped find Brooke Burns' lost dog and tried to locate Jessica Simpson's lost Maltipoo, who was never found.

There have been numerous alleged sightings of CinnaBun, including one report of a local teenager trying to sell a dog that matched CinnaBun's description, but the pit-bull puppy has not yet been recovered. Meanwhile, CinnaBun has a Facebook page where fans are posting updates.

The Doggie Diaries: Bully Breeds

by Ben Westhoff (Subscribe to Ben Westhoff's posts): Nov 19th 2009 11:00AM Filed Under: Dogs, Pet Adoption

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Thanks in part to all of the stories and words of advice shared by readers, Anna and I are exploring adoption of a rescue dog. (A dog that has been rescued, that is. Not, like, a St. Bernard carrying a barrel of whiskey around its neck, or a puppy in a cape.)

We've been perusing Petfinder.com in our spare moments, and have come upon a number of lovable-looking candidates, one of whom we're making plans to go see. One thing struck us as interesting, however: the amount of so-called "bully breeds," i.e. the bigger, sometimes more aggressive dogs with bad reputations. In Northern New Jersey, at least, there seems to be an inordinate amount of American Staffordshire terriers, pit bulls and pit-bull mixes.

Sure, Michael Vick now is playing down the turnpike for the Philadelphia Eagles, but that doesn't really explain it. So I consulted Kim Saunders, Petfinder.com's vice president of shelter outreach and public relations. "Certainly in the Northeast and the New York metro area there's a predominance of bully breeds in need of homes," she told me. "People get them for the wrong reasons, they come from areas where they're not spayed and neutered as often, and there are a lot of unfortunate stereotypes about the dogs, which are not deserved."

Large Dogs Banned from Public Housing, Leads to Increased Euthanizations

by Rebecca Quimby (Subscribe to Rebecca Quimby's posts): Oct 5th 2009 11:00AM Filed Under: Dogs, Pets News

"I would like to ferociously attack a sandwich." Photo: mutts and such/Flickr

With more and more reports of pit bull attacks in public housing, New York City will soon ban "dangerous" dogs within the buildings.

The strict ban, which goes in effect next May, prohibits residents from keeping any dog (with the exception of service dogs), that weigh over 25 lbs. New York's city-run Animal Care and Control reports at least 113 dogs have been given up because of the ban, and 49 of those have been euthanized. The ban is one of the strictest in the country.

According to a recent New York Times article, "A spokesman for the Housing Authority, Howard Marder, said the new rules were a response to complaints and reports of dangerous and threatening dogs from tenants, tenant leaders and the police. The three breeds on the forbidden list [pit bulls, Rottweillers, and Doberman Pinschers] had been identified as 'the most frequent problem breeds,' Mr. Marder said." Apparently public housing buildings have seen several pit bull attacks -- more than 17 since 2007.

Some think the ban creates its own problems, though, since the kinds of dogs prohibited are the hardest for shelters to adopt out. Residents have had to abandon their pets, while others simply hide theirs from authorities.

Bill Smith, founder and CEO of Main Line Animal Rescue, commenting on another story, told Paw Nation, "Over a million pit bulls and pit mixes are euthanized every year. Pit bulls are incredibly sweet dogs. There's a saying, 'Judge the deed, not the breed.'" We agree -- any dog, regardless of breed, who is poorly trained and/or mistreated could be dangerous. Assuming that certain breeds corner the market on bad behavior is bad behavior on our part.

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Woman Who Adopted Dog Thrown Off Bridge Faces Eviction

by Helena Sung (Subscribe to Helena Sung's posts): Aug 28th 2009 1:00PM Filed Under: Dogs, Pets News, Pet Adoption

Photo: Scott Utterback, The Courier-Journal, Scott Utterback / AP

If you were forced to choose between your apartment or your dog, which would you pick?

For 21 year-old Kelsey Westbrook, the answer is clear. "An apartment, to me, is just a material thing," she tells Paw Nation. "But you can't get a dog's life back."

In July, the University of Lousiville senior was serving tables at Joe's Crab Shack overlooking the Ohio River when she heard a boom so loud she thought a piece of shrapnel had blown off the highway. "Somebody just threw a dog off the bridge," a customer said, stunned.

"We looked down," remembers Kelsey. "And sure enough, we saw her little head bobbing in and out of the water. You could tell she was confused. She was swimming in circles and had no idea where to go." The dog, a pit bull, had just been hurled off the Clark Memorial Bridge and plunged 80 feet into the water below, reports the Courier-Journal.

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