Outlaw Breed Specific Legislation
Work being what it is, I've got plenty of time to surf the web in search of compelling info. So today, while surfing the Missouri Pit Bull Rescue website (http://www.mprgroup.net/) I followed a couple links related to national and state efforts to ban dogs of a certain near-to-my-heart breed (see below pictures of our fur babies).
OK, so I'm a bit biased, but how can you legislate a ban by breed? Any dog has the potential to be aggressive / dangerous (http://www.understand-a-bull.com/BSL/OtherBreedBites/AllDogsBite.htm), not just big or scary-looking ones. It's about the people that own them and their training, more than just their breed.
Honestly, before we got our current babies, I was none too excited by the idea of a pit - they kill people, right? My wife kept after me, but I held firm - until I ran into my "destiny bitch," Roxy. She's the most loving dog I have EVER had (actually, she's kind of an attention seeker). And our Focker? A big (75 lbs) baby with a penchant for licking humans (and dogs, and cats, etc.).
We visited friends over the summer who had a baby human of about 4 months-ish (I think). They tended to leave the baby on the floor of the living room while we made dinner in the adjoining kitchen (relax, it was only about 15 ft away). As owners of big, active dogs, we were concerned that the baby might get stepped on. In fact, both dogs seemed to understand that they weren't to play near the baby's area. In fact, our Focker generally chose to lay next to the baby (as a guardian?) as if he were worried that we had forgotten her on the floor. I guess that's why pit bulls have had the moniker "the nanny dog" for the better part of their breed's existence.
Who else has had pits? Where else might you have seen them? Here ya go:
Helen Keller
Teddy Roosevelt
"Pete" from the Our Gang TV show
The RCA Victor Mascot
On WWI Posters as the "All American Dog"
Seriously, I would NEVER purposely live or do business anywhere that had anti-pit bull legislation (you can find a list here: http://www.understand-a-bull.com/BSL/Locations/USLocations.htm).
In summary, I urge you to join the anti-BSL cause (http://www.understand-a-bull.com/BSL/BSLindex.htm#Fight). Prejudice in any form shouldn't be tolerated. Our babies thank you in advance for your support.
P.S. It's a girl!
Work being what it is, I've got plenty of time to surf the web in search of compelling info. So today, while surfing the Missouri Pit Bull Rescue website (http://www.mprgroup.net/) I followed a couple links related to national and state efforts to ban dogs of a certain near-to-my-heart breed (see below pictures of our fur babies).
OK, so I'm a bit biased, but how can you legislate a ban by breed? Any dog has the potential to be aggressive / dangerous (http://www.understand-a-bull.com/BSL/OtherBreedBites/AllDogsBite.htm), not just big or scary-looking ones. It's about the people that own them and their training, more than just their breed.
Honestly, before we got our current babies, I was none too excited by the idea of a pit - they kill people, right? My wife kept after me, but I held firm - until I ran into my "destiny bitch," Roxy. She's the most loving dog I have EVER had (actually, she's kind of an attention seeker). And our Focker? A big (75 lbs) baby with a penchant for licking humans (and dogs, and cats, etc.).
We visited friends over the summer who had a baby human of about 4 months-ish (I think). They tended to leave the baby on the floor of the living room while we made dinner in the adjoining kitchen (relax, it was only about 15 ft away). As owners of big, active dogs, we were concerned that the baby might get stepped on. In fact, both dogs seemed to understand that they weren't to play near the baby's area. In fact, our Focker generally chose to lay next to the baby (as a guardian?) as if he were worried that we had forgotten her on the floor. I guess that's why pit bulls have had the moniker "the nanny dog" for the better part of their breed's existence.
Who else has had pits? Where else might you have seen them? Here ya go:
Helen Keller
Teddy Roosevelt
"Pete" from the Our Gang TV show
The RCA Victor Mascot
On WWI Posters as the "All American Dog"
Seriously, I would NEVER purposely live or do business anywhere that had anti-pit bull legislation (you can find a list here: http://www.understand-a-bull.com/BSL/Locations/USLocations.htm).
In summary, I urge you to join the anti-BSL cause (http://www.understand-a-bull.com/BSL/BSLindex.htm#Fight). Prejudice in any form shouldn't be tolerated. Our babies thank you in advance for your support.
P.S. It's a girl!
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