Three violent incidents involving pit bulls in one day in Salinas is a statistical anomaly, according to animal control officers, but dog attack cases involving the pit breeds and other large dogs are common. The two most common breeds received at the Salinas animal shelter on Hitchcock Road and the SPCA for Monterey County shelter on Monterey-Salinas Highway are Chihuahuas and pit bulls, said Burnham and SPCA Executive Director Greg Tiscornia. Pit bulls — there are several breeds, including American Staffordshire terriers, American pit bulldogs and Staffordshire bull terriers — are not inherently aggressive toward humans, Burnham said, and they aren’t the only dogs that can be vicious. Many are given to the shelter because the owners have lost their home to foreclosure and landlords won’t rent to pit bull owners, and homeowners’ insurance providers penalize owners, Burnham said. Pet owners who go from living in their own house to renting frequently come in to the SPCA shelter with “small mammals, all sorts of breeds of dogs and cats, because they’re moving from a home that’s been foreclosed,” Tiscornia said.

Unfortunately it’s just the nature of that little bundle-turned-beast around 6 every evening — just when you are dog-tired and still have dinner to make, laundry to do, bills to pay and that mindless paperback with the peeled up cover you’ve been trying to finish since you can’t remember when. It’s not like your 3-week-old is trying to upset you; I found it helps to keep the age difference in mind, and it’s not you being a bad parent; it’s simply your baby experiencing discomfort. I looked either extremely creative or a little bit crazy depending upon who was watching, but sitting on the floor of the walk-in closet and gently rocking him in nothing but a pink and blue infant receiving swaddling hospital blanket (him, not me) while I tried not to fall asleep was my MO. Chances are you are feeling inept as a parent even after you have gone through the standard Baby Troubleshooting Check List and little Junior or little Miss Sunshine, for that matter, continues to cry. Your baby is uncomfortable and the only way of verbalizing it is by clenching those tiny fists, drawing up those little legs, tensing up his small body and letting out a steady stream of wails that challenges even the toughest cookies.

Reo - short for Mistytrails Double Stuf ‘d Oreo - a Havanese owned by 15-year-old Emily Dorma, received the Best of Breed award at the prestigious Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York City. Best of Group - toy dogs, in Reo’s case - went to a Pekingese named Palacegarden Malachy, who also went on to win Best of Show. Emily takes care of all the hands-on work with Reo, overseen by Bev, who has raised the dogs for all of Emily’s life. Bev and Emily went to two musicals - Spider Man and Rock of Ages - visited Times Square and the Ripley’s Believe It Or Not Museum, and made a trip to Macy’s, where they picked up some show suits for Emily. The Havanese - originally bred in Cuba, as its name would suggest - is a relatively new breed, having received recognition from Canadian kennel clubs just 10 years ago. Based on the results, they appear to be doing things right - including showing the dogs.

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