Major and Champ sent back to Delaware

Well then, you should have just said that in the first place, though it's apparent you were making a dig at the Bidens. 

Calling Major a 'bad bad boy' and then implying that his owners are clearly not good pet owners because 1) he bit someone and 2) the two dogs were separated from the family-- it's right there. 

It's an interesting news item. Anyone without looking to make it a stab might have posted: "I read today that apparently the Biden's dog, Major, bit someone at the White House. It sounds like he might be having trouble adjusting to life in the White House, and maybe he needs more training. I feel bad for the dogs being separated from the family. Hopefully they can figure this out soon."

I give zero shits about what the political affiliations of are the peas.  There are probably a handful that I know which side of the aisle they are on.  With that being said I went in to this thread not clouded by what the OP's political affiliation was and I read bad bad boy like I have heard many people say to someone somewhat jokingly after doing something.  You have been a baaad, baaad girl.  If you were to ask me after reading the OP if it was a pro or anti democrat post I would have said pro.  I also don't see where she implied where they were bad owners. I know nothing about lindas political affiliations or any past posts about here.  Maybe because I am in the wrong threads and don't see her posts but she is just not a pea on my radar and I don't think twice about her. *shrug*

Now for my 2 cents about the issue at hand and I am not making fricken dogs into something political.  I feel bad for the dogs being separated from their owners.  I get why the President and First Lady are being extra cautious because this is probably something that the media will bite in to.  Unfortunately the dogs are paying the price for the media though.  I am sure that the family would have worked through this with their dogs and also some time for the dogs to adjust to their new surrounding and everything would have been fine.  However, because people in this world are asses and make every.single.little.thing political they unfortunately were forced into this. 

Laurie said: Maybe because I am in the wrong threads and don't see her posts but she is just not a pea on my radar and I don't think twice about her. *shrug*

This is probably the reason why you had the reaction you did. I want to be a nice person. I should say I strive to be a nice person. I attempt to treat damn near everybody with respect. But I'm not stupid. I've been around this board on various threads for a while now and I note how people interact with others. It does color my opinion of them. I'm probably about as rose-colored glasses a person as you will find, but even I have seen that the OP (who I never have engaged with) is a drop a bomb and run poster on the conservative side who never comes back to actually have a discussion. I admit that sometimes with people like that or people who post outrageous things or people who I think are shallow or people whose minds I'm never going to change, etc. Etc. I generally avoid their thread. But reading this story on twitter touched my heart this morning as an animal lover and shelter pet rescuer. And that's why I responded.

I don't usually get controversial with people. It's not the kind of pea or person I want to be. But we can't really be expected to not respond to people on the basis of the behavior they've shown us. Are you suggesting that people should treat each post as if it exists in a vacuum outside of the personality of the poster? Because I just think that's impossible to do.

I should have clarified my comment by stating that I was basing it upon the poster’s history. I usually stay out of these things, but this one just irritated me for some reason. I’m not even a dog lover, really. Just tired of the digs, and I took the bait.

Yes— I’ve been here forever but stay under the radar most of the time. 😜 I do stand by my comments.

LOL - you're not an under the radar pea at all! 

FTR and in hindsight I should have said this in my post that while I quoted you your post wasn’t the only one that got into the political aspect of the op. I apologize for not adding that in my post.

Also, while you are under the radar to me in terms of pea controversy I do recognize your avatar and know that you aren’t a troublemaker.

Later tonight when I can’t fall asleep maybe I will try to catch up on the op posting history. Lol

Again, sorry for not being more clear in my post.

Gotta always be owning those Libs!!!

First, let me say that I voted for Biden and I think he's doing a pretty decent job with the hand that's been dealt to him. I also LOVE Dr. Biden and am enamored at having a shelter dog in the white house (as a former shelter volunteer of 7 years).

I am very surprised that after 3 years, Major still has issues like this. Yes, I realize that a change of housing can be stressful on a dog, 3 is still young for a GSD, and shelter dogs can be more difficult to train sometimes because of their history. However, I think it would've been obvious that Major was not ready for "primetime" BEFORE he injured someone, given that he "has been known to display agitated behavior on multiple occasions, including jumping, barking, and "charging" at staff and security".

I'm a huge dog lover, shelter dog advocate, and dog mom to 2 well behaved pups and 1 feisty puppy who's still learning the ropes, but I have little tolerance for an ill behaved dog. If one has an ill-behaved dog, then the dog should be muzzled, always on leash, and/or not permitted in situations that would allow him to misbehave. I have owned aggressive/ill-mannered dogs before and we either trained them, or they weren't allowed in certain social situations (one little feral terrier mix was always aggressive, so he was always kept away from "strangers"). I hope that Major will receive the training he needs to be a polite pup before he's allowed back in social situations.