eh. I am currently fostering a pitbull mix and having trouble finding her a home. The shelters are not an option because pitbulls are considered dangerous dogs here. I disagree. I would not call this dog especially well-mannered and turned down one family because they had a 2-year-old, but my concern is that she is quite hyper, not that she will bite. She is actually a very affectionate nice little dog.
>I have conflicted feelings on this. > >I have NEVER met a well-mannered pit bull or rottweiler.. I have met >over 100 of them, and all of them are owned by idiots who love the >aggressive nature of the dogs. Bad people and bad dogs. > >I have sat in the Emergency Room of a hospital with a 4 year old girl >who had half of her face (literally) ripped off (lower jaw, cheek, >partial eye socket), and had dozens of major bites on her neck and >shoulder and arms. There is nothing in this world that is going to >help that girl. > >If she had been attacked by a chihuahua, she would not have been >anywhere near as damaged. > >Also there is a huge difference between a nip, a bite and a mauling. > >There should be different level of penalty for each type of "crime". > >If you could get a law passed that any person who's dog mauled a person: > * was prosecuted for assault with a deadly weapon, manslaughter or >murder, depending on the scope of the injuries > * pays for all medical, counseling, and restorative surgery, and >pain and suffering > * Mandated that any dog that had bitten a person was, at the >discretion of the victim, put down. > * Mandated that the owner of any dog that had bitten a person, was >not put down, and then was found loose, would be charged just as if >they had placed a loaded gun on the sidewalk. > >Then the breed of the dog would not be an issue, and those you >consider to be truly at fault would be held accountable. > >But without that sort of accountability for idiots, you have to do >SOMETHING to prevent the attacks. > >Of course, it still doesn't help that girl, which will haunt me forever. > > >On 10/31/06, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> +1 >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:218879 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
