Husband

He was an ass

Yes, for not leaving his deranged wife who killed his baby.

I really hated him throughout most of the movie, until the end, when he finally saw firsthand what happens to most dogs who come through a shelter's doors which isn't a no-kill shelter.

While I do understand his feelings about the dog and what she represented to him, I quickly lost compassion/empathy for him when he couldn't stop being completely selfish, and wouldn't even listen to anyone else regarding why his wife was doing what she was doing, along with the continual blaming of Donna's friend, as well as the Pit Bull breed. It wasn't Ramona's fault. Donna has a mind of her own. Ramona didn't force Donna to look after the original Pit Bull. Nor did she twist Donna's arm to bring Susie home. Further, while yes, SOME Pit Bulls are aggressive, most only attack after having been savagely abused. I own two Pit mixes, and they're incredibly sweet. I don't know my second dog's past in regard to how he was treated at the home he had prior to mine, but I have my suspicions. He is a submissive peer (which I have managed to eliminate through obedience training and showing him that he is safe and that this is his forever home, and that he is loved), and becomes TERRIFIED when someone comes into the house for the first time. If the doorbell rings, he RACES into another room in fear. So, as I said, I have my suspicions of what was done to him in his past. And in spite of that, he is ready to greet me with kisses and tail wags all the time. So, while I will never deny that SOME Pits and Pit mixes are aggressive, I still believe that many make wonderful and loving pets.

So, I was very glad that this movie showed that not all Pits are bad, and just how forgiving they can be, even after having been abused to within an inch of their life. I hope that people watching this movie saw that the original Pit (the one who attacked Donna) did not attack unprovoked. If you watched closely, it was reacting to her yanking on the hose. I don't know if the real dog who attacked the real Donna was beaten with a hose, but in the movie, they were showing that the dog's owners likely beat it with the hose. So, her yanking and jerking on the hose to try and free it of what it was stuck on, caused a fear reaction in the dog, and probably caused it to think she was getting ready to beat it. Even on the first night Donna and Ramona entered the yard, the dog was nervous when Donna picked up the hose, and only relaxed when she stopped approaching the dog with it, and merely filled the pan/bowl from a distance.

This is important, because MOST dogs will not attack without a reason. It may not be a reason people notice right away, but if they (allow themselves to) think about what actually led up to an attack, they'll see somewhere that something was done to provoke the dog (a look, an action, picking something up, another dog walking by, etc.). Very few will attack without reason.


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No one who misunderstands things is a jerk. The husband had mistaken beliefs about Pit Bulls as well as how a person who has been attacked by them might respond. Yes, he was slow to listen to others and too quick to respond but that was due to worry for his wife.