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ORIGINAL: Todd Mallett

From Fanhouse:

It's hard to say there is good news anywhere in the Michael Vick story. Vick sits in a federal penitentiary, Falcons owner Arthur Blank has seen his reputation take several hits over the past year, and the Falcons are starting over as they try to recover from their quarterback's conviction.

But one year after Vick was formally charged in connection with his dogfighting operation, there are 47 true winners. Of the 48 dogs that were found in Vick's kennels. Only one had to be put down because it was too vicious to save. As the Washington Post explains, 25 of Vick's dogs have been placed in foster homes, while 22 were deemed to vicious to immediately be placed in foster homes, but they are being retrained at a specialist facility that works with difficult dogs.

But several of the former fighting dogs have acclimated well to getting back into regular society. One is now a therapy dog who visits cancer victims while another is training to become a Frisbee catch competitor. Others have gone from fighting to now lounging on couches around other pets. And it looks like the majority of other dogs who were too ill-tempered to immediately give to foster families should eventually be able to get new owners as well.



So while Vick's now bankrupt and the Falcons will take years to recover from his guilty verdict, the true victims in the whole situation are doing a lot better a year later. Some of them still show the scars of their time at Vick's kennels, but they have apparently made some pretty remarkable recoveries.






If it was such an evil breed more than 1 dog would have had to be put down.

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ORIGINAL: djskillz

I feel for the dogs, and am glad they're doing good and all, but I do think the media has gone a LITTLE bit over the top on all the Vick stuff.  At a certain point we all have to remember that at least these are dogs, not people, we're talking about.  Is what Mike Vick did worse than what Pacman Jones or others have done?  I don't think so. 

I'll never forget that an uncle of mine years ago stepped in between a moose and a dog to save his dog.  Maybe my brain works differently or something, but geez, it's just a dog.  That's ludicrous IMO. 

Not trying to be insensitive; sorry if it comes across that way.  Again, I do feel for the dogs and am glad they're doing well now for the most part.  But geez, don't we have more important issues/criminal acts to talk about?

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ORIGINAL: Duane Sampson

Man's best friend.


Lock your wife and your dog in your car trunk for 4 hours, then open it. Who's glad to see you? [&:]

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ORIGINAL: Jeff Jesser

Dog people don't care about people and people  people don't care about dogs.  It goes both ways.  

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ORIGINAL: Duane Sampson

That's a coincidence. Toby's wife and my wife work at animal shelters also.

Seems we've got it covered. [;)]

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ORIGINAL: Don T in CO

IMO Vick should be forced to watch "Marley and Me" before he gets reinstated into the league.