808 Blue Pitbull Blog: December 2005

Happy New Year from 808 Blue Pitbull

Aloha,

Just wanted to wish you all a Happy New Year! Hau'oli Makahiki Hou!

Have fun, but be safe. Here's to a great 2006!

Sincerely,

Allen and Stacie
www.808BluePitbull.com

Over 1000 Visitors!

Wow ~ it's exciting to see that more and more people are coming to 808BluePitbull.com! This site was built about 3 months ago and this month there were over 1100 unique visitors to the site. That's so cool. We will continue to work at providing good pitbull information and blue pitbull pictures to you. Thanks for stopping by!

Ontario Pitbull Ban

From the online edition of Thunder Bay's Source:

The second phase of Ontario's ban on pitbulls took effect Nov. 28.
As of Tuesday, all newly born pitbull puppies must be shipped out of the province, given to a research facility, or killed.
The first part of the ban, which came into effect at the end of August, required all pitbulls to be leashed, muzzled and sterilized. The provincial government implemented the ban after a spate of vicious attacks by pitbulls on people and other dogs. Premier Dalton McGuinty says Ontario's pitbull ban is a ``matter of public safety.''
The law is facing a constitutional challenge led by famed defense lawyer Clayton Ruby, who has called the ban ``unconstitutionally vague'' and ``overly broad.''

Wow ~ that's serious ~ Read it online at http://www.tbsource.com/Localnews/index.asp?cid=78788

There is also an online petition against the ban at http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/pitbullban

It's unfortunate that the entire breed's reputation suffers because of the "bad apples". Not all pitbulls are monsters. I wouldn't have allowed our three pitbulls anywhere near my four children if they were.

Blue Pitbull Puppy Going to Guam

This blue pitbull puppy (female) is going to have a new home in Guam. We are in the process of obtaining the necessary paperwork to export her from Hawaii to Guam and hopefully, she'll be at her new home for the New Year! It's quite a chore to get everything organized and done during the specified time table that Guam and the airlines requires, but I think we're moving in the right direction.

Today, this blue pitbull puppy will be taken to the vet to get the required immunizations so that she can make the trip to her new home. Later this week we'll need to get her health certificate and make arrangements with the carrier. We've already gotten her kennel for the flight. I just hope she's not over the 20lb limit the airline places on pitbulls. If she is, we'll need to find other shipping arrangements. I don't think she's over 20 lbs, after all she's just 10 weeks, but she'll be almost 12 weeks by the time she flies. Hopefully everything works out okay.

Pitbull products and attire ~ buy online

Click on any image to see product details and ordering information.

Looking for something to show your pitbull pride? Stay warm in this ultimate PitBull Terrier sweatshirt. Perfect for those cool windy days!

If the sweatshirt is not for you ~ maybe this fun, functional key chain is more your style.

Or maybe you'd like this t-shirt instead ~ it's cute, fun, and loveable ~ just like your dog!

Then there are those who just prefer calendars ~ :).

Protecting our Blue Pitbulls ~ Frontline

Of course you want the best for your dog. Protect your pitbull with Frontline Plus. We use Frontline Plus as needed on our blue pitbulls to protect them from ticks and fleas. In fact the product pictured below is exactly the item we buy. Since we have 3 dogs it only lasts 2 months. Maybe we need to think about buying the 12 month supply. :)

Frontline Plus provides your dog with the most complete spot-on flea and tick protection available. In addition to killing 98-100% of adult fleas on your dog within 24 hours, Frontline Plus contains a special ingredient that kills flea eggs and larvae, too, and keeps all stages of fleas from developing.

Click on the image below to order online now.

6 MONTH Frontline PLUS Purple for Dogs 45-88 lbs

Sale Price: $61.99 (reg. $82.99)

Thinking of owning a pitbull?

If you are thinking of owning a pitbull or are a new pitbull owner there is a great site with good information on things you should know in regards to owning a pitbull and properly caring for one. For more information visit http://www.realpitbull.com/ownership.html ~ these dogs can make great pets if properly bred and cared for.

Blue Pitbull questions

Many people ask us the following two questions:

1. What do you feed your dogs?

2. What kind of exercise program are your dogs on?

Now you won't have to ask ~ here are the answers.

1. Our dogs eat Nutro Natural Choice Large Breed Dog Food. They all ate Puppy food until a year of age. After that we switched them over to adult food. Angel, during lactation, ate puppy food twice a day. Our dogs have never been fed human table food at all. On occasion we'll treat them to some milk or an egg with their dog food.

2. Basically, all we do is take our dogs for walks. Other than that, all they do regularly is run around in the yard. We don't put them on a treadmill, train them with weights, or anything like that. Their physical conditions are primarily genetic. We just take them out on walks on a regular basis to give them the exercise and attention they need. Angel is the only one who ever went on regular runs. She loved to run and did so 3-4 times a week (about two miles a session) before she began breeding.

Male White & Blue Pitbull Picture - Squirt

Here is Squirt, one of the white and blue males that Angel and Polu had. You can also see him on our Males Page. Squirt was born in Hawaii but lives in New Jersey. Pictured here at 15 months.