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  timorborder at 05:46 PM JST - 28th October

  Don't about pups going to the executioners, I always imagined them being sold off live for animal testing, or worse being given over to vet students. When I was young, our pups all used to go to the Guidedog Associations in Australia or overseas.

  Posted in Tosa dog bites boy, postman in Osaka; owner arrested at 05:46 PM JST - 28th October

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  timorborder at 03:06 PM JST - 28th October

  Schoolboy - you raise an interesting point. Unfortunately, many people in this country (and in others) see animals as being just another possession like a bag, a pair of shoes, etc. The result of this mentality is that the dog or cat is treated like a possession in that interaction…

  Posted in Tosa dog bites boy, postman in Osaka; owner arrested at 03:06 PM JST - 28th October

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  timorborder at 12:13 PM JST - 28th October

  Dogs like people are the net result of a number of inputs. Mastiffs, Ridgebacks, Tosas, etc., are not born vicious, rather their personalities are the net result of the lives they lead. If you lock a dog up in a restrictive cage for long hours, fail to interact with it,…

  Posted in Tosa dog bites boy, postman in Osaka; owner arrested at 12:13 PM JST - 28th October

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  timorborder at 11:07 AM JST - 28th October

  Tosas are actually on the restricted list in many countries, cannot import them, cannot breed them, cannot own them. The reason is as follows:

  Up until about 120 years ago, the Tosa was a totally different dog. However, Japanese dogfighting enthusiasts in the Meiji Era decided to import some rather…

  Posted in Tosa dog bites boy, postman in Osaka; owner arrested at 11:07 AM JST - 28th October

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  timorborder at 10:38 AM JST - 28th October

  I would agree that some dogs are naturally more wary of their surroundings than others. However, at the end of the day, whether a dog freelances or not is very much dependent on the training (leadership) they receive from the owner. At 23 years of age, I would question how…

  Posted in Tosa dog bites boy, postman in Osaka; owner arrested at 10:38 AM JST - 28th October

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  timorborder at 10:15 AM JST - 28th October

  Rakish - Dogs are only as bad as their owner.

  Posted in Tosa dog bites boy, postman in Osaka; owner arrested at 10:15 AM JST - 28th October

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  timorborder at 10:14 AM JST - 28th October

  Another moron who gives responsible owners of big dogs a bad name. Would like to know more about this story. Were the dogs kept in cages all the time (stress)? For what reason did the owner have 5 big active dogs on his property? Something about this story stinks of…

  Posted in Tosa dog bites boy, postman in Osaka; owner arrested at 10:14 AM JST - 28th October

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  timorborder at 10:04 AM JST - 28th October

  Unfortunately, every nutjob in the US probably sees themselves as the next John Wilkes Booth because of the strong possibility that America is going to elect its first (half) African-American President. As such, things are going to become very busy for the Secret Service, etc.

  With regard to these skinheads,…

  Posted in Feds disrupt skinhead plot to assassinate Obama at 10:04 AM JST - 28th October

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  timorborder at 04:22 PM JST - 27th October

  A labor union? Wonder if these guys would have been arrested if they were right wingers? Perhaps invited in for tea instead?

  Posted in Three men arrested for unauthorized demonstration near Aso's house at 04:22 PM JST - 27th October

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  timorborder at 04:20 PM JST - 27th October

  To be very cynical, you could argue that this little stunt is just a case of Curious George handing out his going away presents before he leaves office.

  Posted in Eight reported killed in U.S. attack inside Syria at 04:20 PM JST - 27th October