There is no such thing as bad pets, just bad owners...
Don't treat them well, don't train them right or whatever, and then get mad at the pet. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/puppyeyes.gif" alt="" />
right on, carrie. that's why i get so mad when i read about some poor dog that had to be put down because it bit some stupid kid who was beating it with a stick. in those cases, nearly always the dog was being aggravated.
i also saw an animal cops show where some guy was arrested for burning off all his cat's whiskers. he did this by holding the cat's head down over the stove. he couldn't understand why he was being arrested, and kept saying "but i didn't do anything!" <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/memad.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/memad.gif" alt="" /> apparently, holding the cat's head over the stove was a punishment because the cat did something he didn't like. which i'm sure, had he known enough to watch his cat's behavior, he could have prevented.