[jonathani]

Thanks to the huge representation of the Military in this thread. We could not do this without your sacrifices.

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I have a pit too...greatest dogs ever.

After 40 years, I'm done with dogs. I have nothing against them, but I love pointing out to certain people that every canine after a wolf is a GMO. That freaks out people shopping at the Farmers' Market. I'm on to snakes now, but I only buy purebred species to get back as far as I can. They're tougher to find that all these other crazy colors and such. Again: genetic modification through selective breeding - much like that farmer's market, actually. Did you know snakes are move evolved than humans? Their skeletons show where arms and legs used to be. Now, they don't need them anymore. Yet, most mammals like us still do. Weird.

If you have dogs, keep 'em, and don't let them reproduce without a plan. The humane shelters in this country don't know what to do with all the input and so little output. And the lovable animals are "man's and women's best friend"!