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Now faith is
the substance of things hoped for, the evidence
of things not seen. - Hebrews 11:1
Pet Bully
Lessons Learned from a Pit Bull
by Dory Davis
ISBN - 0-9779889-0-2
A Controversy About Pet Bully
In an effort to face head on
a complaint that has come in regarding this book,
we wish to set the record straight from the outset.
We received an email from a person
who was outraged by an incident recorded in the
book when Pet Bully had killed a cat while accompanying
the author on a job site. Dory lost control and
beat the dog with her belt. On the surface this
sound outrageous, absolutely. However, the point
of including the incident was not to condone beating
an animal, it was to prove what a good dog Pet
Bully really was. He could have responded by attacking
her, indeed she pointed out there was a turning
point in which his eyes blackened and narrowed
down in a feral way she had never seen before
or ever saw again. Instead, Pet Bully made the
choice to take the harsh punishment in humility.
Indeed, it was likely the abundance of love and
good care that Pet Bully had received from his
owners that made him choose as he did.
The analogy intended was about
our own choices when life beats us down. Do we
humble ourselves and take the lesson, or do we
shake our fists at God and blame Him for our pain?
The analogy is for the reader, no one is suggesting
Pet Bully sat and contemplated this. He did, however,
make a conscious choice.
To conclude that Dory mistreated
or abused her pet from one incident, is to completely
disregard everything else related in the book,
how he came to them, a stray, neglected puppy,
the sacrifices they made to keep him alive. The
time they spent loving and enjoying him, the amazing
things they learned from him about obedience,
loyalty and courage. This is the message of this
book. It is not a training manual. Dory is in
no way attempting to suggest anyone raise their
pet in any way at all.
It is a journal about the eight
years Pet Bully lived, loved and shared his life
with the Davis's. To try to turn it into anything
else is absurd. If anyone, after reading this
book, comes away with the idea that it's okay
to beat a pit bull, then that person was already
bent in the wrong direction anyway. Those kind
are certainly among us.
Sincerely,
A Fields
publisher
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