This kind of stuff is spreading, and it bugs me. Have you ever seen the Dog Whisperer? Check out that show.
More of the Nanny State, basically. I owned a Rott that we trained in Schutzen guard training when I lived in DC. She is a great dog (she lives in Virginia on my in-law's farm now) because she could be commanded to bite and hold someone, but she would never attack a child. She is extremely protective of children, in fact. It's very cool. My current dog, Phoebe, is a mix- some pit bull, some retriever, maybe some ridgeback, we're not sure. She was abused and abandoned as a young dog before we adopted her and she is, as a result of the abuse, sometimes aggressive toward other animals, but she is great with people. She has convinced several people that dogs are not scary, the owners are scary. Having said that, we never take her out in public off leash, because we know she might go after another animal. That is our responsibility as her owners. It's all the owner and the training, as any good dog trainer will tell you. The people who own these dogs that go on the rampage are sh!theads who need to be locked up. On 10/31/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm in a debate of sorts on a newspaper board about breed specific > legislation. For the uninitiated, breed specific legislation is anylaw > that restricts or prohibits the ownership, breeding etc of dogs based > soley on breed, it's usually aimed at the pitbull breeds, but can > sometimes include German Shepard Dogs, Rottweilers, Huskies and Great > Danes. It's also known as "Dangerous Dog" legislation > > > http://home.hamptonroads.com/blog/index.cfm?uid=53 > > > > What I've tried to present is the stance that > > 1) the pitbull breeds where originally bred to guard, not fight > 2) a properly trained, and cared for pitbull breed, is as trustworthy and > loving as any other terrier > 3) Statistically pitbull breeds are less likely to bite than Cocker > Spaniels, Labs or even Chihuahuas > 4) breed specific legislation does nothing to solve the problem of dog > attacks, because the responsibility for the dog and it's training or lack > thereof falls on the owner not the breed. > > here's just some of the information I've used for data > > Dog Watch: http://www.dogwatch.net > > American Dog Owners Association: http://www.adoa.org/ > > American Kennel Club: > http://www.akc.org/news/sections/legislative_alerts.cfm > > Play find the Pit Bull, would you really know an American Pitbull terrier > if you saw one? > > http://www.pitbullsontheweb.com/petbull/findpit.html > > > > > What I've found on this particular board is people who refuse to read/see > the facts and refuse to present anything to back up their opposing > viewpoints. > > Scott A. Stewart > REAC/PASS-IT > (202)-475-8875 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:219065 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
