Jeff Borchardt-- This helps victims how Jeff?

Jeff Borchardt

February 18 at 3:14am

"The Tampa Bay organization, called Pit Bulls 4 Patriots, was founded with the intention of training rescued pit bulls as service dogs for veterans with PTSD. Unfortunately, by the time the Chicago Pits for Patriots had cited them as their inspiration, Pit Bulls 4 Patriots had already been forced to abandon their original concept. They retooled and renamed themselves Hounds 4 Heros, a program that uses rescued greyhounds instead. Why? The pit bulls were not working out as service dogs. They took too long to train, and they found that pit bulls were too "sensitive" to work with handlers with PTSD because they "reflected" the symptoms of their handler's PTSD. Evidently, the pit bulls were exhibiting common symptoms of PTSD: anger, irritability, hyper-vigilance, and anxiety whenever their owners did. Irritable pit bull service dogs. No Thank You.

"We became clear that we need dogs who are able to provide calm in any situation rather than matching the handler's feelings. Also, it is critical that PTSD service dogs can adapt and recover quickly from stress, and to be resiliant enough to do that again and again"

In addition, the wonderful pit bull "washouts" could not be easily adopted so the founders of the organization are now the proud owners of a boatload of pits. Rescue pit bulls, it seems, are not inherently (genetically), suited to service dog work. Unfortunately Hounds 4 Heros not only took down the page the above quote comes from, there is no archive of it either.

However, Hounds 4 Heros has written in depth about just what makes rescued greyhounds such great candidates as service dogs for veterans. Knowing that they were forced to scrap their original concept, it is not hard to read between the lines. It seems that greyhounds possess inherent (genetic) characteristics that that make them good PTSD service dogs and pit bulls do not:"

Read more: http://cravendesires.blogspot.com/…/the-problem-with-pit-bu…

craven desires: The Problem with Pit Bull Service Dogs

I strongly object to the use of PTSD 'service dogs' due to the fact there is a cure for PTSD:http://www.nwmedicalhypnosis.com/documents/The%20treatment%20of%20com...

CRAVENDESIRES.BLOGSPOT.COM|BY SNACK SIZED DOG

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  Latricia Mayer Live and learn! Thank God they wised up.

  February 18 at 3:47am · Like · 1
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  Thomas McCartney Pit bull type dog service dogs are always an epic fail, just some nutter organization sprinkling fairy dust over the mutant thinking that will magically transform it into what it is not and can never be.

  February 18 at 3:56am · Like · 6
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  Lisa Black But...but...doncha know they used to call them "Nursemaid Dogs" and "Surgeon Dogs". They'd send them out after battles, and they'd perform field amputations where needed.

  February 18 at 4:26am · Like · 7
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  Fataah Ewe' Even that description of pits in service was pussyfooting around the problem. It wasn't that the human made the dogs go off, it was the dogs going off at any given moment, which is def a descripto /reflection of some extreme PTSD, but actually not caus...See More

  February 18 at 5:10am · Like · 7
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  Rose Solesky surprise! Surprise!!!!

  February 18 at 6:06am · Like · 2
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  Crystal Ross Keller This idea is as bad as Seniors for Seniors. Our Vets and Senior citizens need protecting not mauled.

  Yesterday at 3:21pm · Like
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  Bonny Thomas Lee Mr McCartney and Ms Black have a sharp sense of satire and a wicked sense of humor, sometimes I have found myself in tears and discouraged for the victims. A bit of well aimed barbs at the sociopathic behavior of the Pit Bull movement is a great relief. Am working in my own community to counter..does not make one popular but that's OK.

  Yesterday at 3:48pm · Like · 5