Dog Show This Weekend - Hawaii

There is an AKC all breed dog show going on this weekend on the island of O'ahu. I think we're going to try to stop by on Sunday. For those who are interested in attending, here is the information I found in the Honolulu Advertiser:

Hawaiian Kennel Club AKC ALL-BREED DOG SHOW
Sat./Sun., - Sept 1, 2 Blaisdell Exhibition Hall 370 dogs, 70 breeds ea. day
Judging begins: Sat: 9:30a.m.
Groups: 2:15p.m.

Sun: 8:30a.m.
Groups 1:30p.m.
Tickets: Adult $5, Child 12/under-free.
Info: 262-5236 Sponsored by: VCA Kaneohe Animal Hospital

Chance at 12 Weeks

Here's a picture of Chance posin' in the yard. Picture taken this week - 12 weeks old.

Pits and Kids

Since our girls are hams....they wanted to get in on a couple of pictures too. It's tough to get them all smiling and the dogs looking. Either they are all paying attention and the dogs are distracted or the dogs look great and the kids aren't ready LOL.


See what I mean?

Just for Fun - Angel and Allen

The other night when we were trying to get pictures of the Lii X Tubbs pups, Allen was holding them up next to each other (two at a time). Well the whole time we were trying to take those pics, Angel was in the area just hanging around so he decided to pick her up too. She didn't want to look at the camera and Allen wasn't about to just keep hanging on to her until she did LOL...sooooo this is the picture we got.

Up and Coming

So here are the up and coming pups of our family. These are the puppies from the Li'i X Tubbs litter. One day we'll have to get a picture with all of them, but Ace (owned by Darryl K.) wasn't at the "party" last night. Doesn't is look like they are all looking for their brother?

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We're Squidoo-ing

What the heck is Squidoo anyway? Truthfully I haven't figured it out yet. LOL, but we do have a lens set up. You can check it out at http://www.squidoo.com/PositivePitbull/

Also - if you have any positive images/pictures of pitbulls that you would like to share, please send them in to us so that we can share them there! I'd love to be able to post at least one picture a week if not more. You can e-mail your pictures to info [at] 808bluepitbull.com.

Thanks and see you over at squidoo!

Pitbull Training Help

Lots of people ask about pitbull training. Our dogs are not house trained because they don't live in the house, but they are all crate trained. Most of what we know we either watched on Dog Whisperer or we read in training manuals and products. We share a couple of these resources on our website on the Pitbull Information page and even more on our Training Resources page.

Today I came across another resource that I thought I'd share with you. This one is simply called Pit Bull Training.

If you have unwanted behaviors you'd like to eliminate in your dog, maybe this resource can help.

Here's just some of what you'll discover...

• The silly mistake most people make when trying to train their Pit Bulls ...and how it can actually make your dog harder to train.

• The number one reason Pit Bulls do anything ...and how to tap into this amazing driving force behind Pit Bull behavior.

• The simple "anchor" method that cuts training time by as much as 71% ...and makes Pit Bulls obey you like they were operated by remote control!

For more information click here.

Introducing Kua, Female Blue Pitbull

Here's a couple of pictures of Kua, daughter of Angel and Polu (last litter) and sister to Elekoni. She is shown at 8 months in these pictures.







Meeting her big brother Koni
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October Bully Bash in Hawaii

Here's the latest information. We hope to see you there!

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Pitbulls=Crack Pipe

Wow - I just got an e-mail from MaxTheShelterDog.com and they forwarded a piece of dialog from a Fox News show in which Geraldo Rivera says some disturbing things. Well, they bother me at least. Here's the excerpt (from Fox News)

RIVERA: Well to me if you have more than one pit bull it's like having a crack pipe. There's only one reason for it. It's for sadistic reasons. To watch them...

O'REILLY: What if you just like the dog?

RIVERA: If you like one of the animals you have to understand that after two centuries of breeding they are genetically predisposed to abnormal violence. That is the take on it. And there's no dispute about that. You might get one at the shelter. You might be humanistic. You might care for them.

All of that is fine but the fact of the matter is if you have more than one pit bull why do you have more than one pit bull? And anybody — I'm a parent of five children. Anybody who has a pit bull around my kids is immediately shunned by me, because they are as if they are walking around with a weapon about to go off.

Now what is interesting, and I watched your discussion with the hip-hop expert, is the — you know pit bulls have become accessories to many of the kids. Not just ghetto youngsters. But many kids who feel alienated in some way, who feel that it is...

Max the Shelter Dog is taking submissions from people who have more that one pitbull. They are putting together quotes to send to Geraldo. If you want to share the reason you have more than one pitbull or your thoughts on his statement that the breed is predisposed to "abnormal violence" - send your comments and thoughts to nr@maxtheshelterdog.com.

Some New Pics of Koni

Like, I said, it's been a while since we've updated and put up new pics, so here are some new pics of Koni. If you have MySpace, it's also up in our Elekoni Album there. Check them out at www.myspace.com808bluepitbull and leave us a comment!

Anyway - for those of you who don't have MySpace, you still get to see the pics. Here they are...