[Imre0538]

This is what I wrote:--My feeling of impending doom is incresing.

I am writing in reference to your article "With Best Friends Like This" which was posted on a discussion board and felt I needed to respond to it. I own two rottweilers. Both are trained in basic and advanced obedience. I work very hard to preserve the rottweiler legacy, I constantly train my dogs today, to have an effect on the rottweilers name tomorrow. It is one-sided comments and editorials such as yours that make my job even harder, more arguments that I have to fight for my dogs good name. I have a question: 'Had it been a Labrador Retriever that attacked your dog, would you have lashed out against the Labrador breed in the same way that you have lashed out at the Rottweiler breed??', 'Would you have made such a passionate, hateful pursue to have the Labrador Retriever banned?' Some how I don't think you would have. Speaking from a professional point of view in a real world situation (Veterinary Tech for 5+ years) I can tell you that 'uncontrollable' and 'violent' dogs come in ALL BREEDS. I have seen a 10 pound poodle more violent than a 100 pound rottweiler. I think you need to stick to your first and correct belief; 'That there are no bad dogs, just bad owners.' You have done one of the worst things any person can do, and that is to lash out in anger. You are angry because your 'baby' has been attacked and hurt, and for this I am sorry; but you simply CANNOT try to influence the general public, govenment, etc. that this is a bad dog simply because it is a rottweiler. We as rottweiler owners have enough to deal with, without your thirst for a witch hunt. You are angry at the one dog that attacked your dog, and you want to hurt that dog and its entire breed, just as much as he hurt your dog, and more. This is wrong and unfair of you and you are using your power of the media in a most dishonorable manner. Just a sample of what we as rottweiler owners have to deal with, without your slanderous comments.
-Imagine yourself walking with a newfoundland (which is an equally large dog) that you know is the friendliest, sweetest, biggest baby in the world, yet at some places you walk, people climb the walls screaming bloody murder and your dog hasn't even looked in their direction.
-Think of yourself trying to find a rental apartment, condo, or house, and you can't even get 'rot---' out of your mouth before getting turned down, and sometimes not in a polite way.
-Imagine yourself buying your first house, and then you can't even get insurance on that house because of the dog you have, YET you have worked 2+ years to train the dog in basic and advanced obedience. The dog has a CGC, etc. Do they care? No. They Don't. No one cares that you have worked to make your dog the best dog they can be, they care that they are a rottweiler, and that's all that matters. That's all they need to hear.

I think you need to re-think what you have done. It was wrong, close-minded, petty, and done out of resentment. Your plee for the eradicaton of Rottweilers is not the answer. Where would the world be if all things that caused pain, anger, discrepancy, death, war, etc. were annihilated no matter if it was just one of many? I think you, and many others would be put out of a job.