Anne Jones Webboard User Reg: 04-29-2004
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This (BSL)is what is going to happen down the road to ANYONE with a strong or protective breed dog. Not right. It should be decided on a case by case basis, not a broad breed ban. I can tell you that if that was my dog...the dog would be reported as 'run away' over the next couple of days, and I would place the dog with a friend out of state. Not the ideal option, but beats having the dog PTS.
BTW...,I saw someting the other night on tv saying that the Golden Retreivers are responsibe for the most reported dog bites! I am sure that there is a direct corolation between the number of bites & the fact that it is the 3rd most popular dog...after the Lab & German Shepherd in homes.
Natalya Zahn Webboard User Reg: 12-22-2006
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I can tell you that if that was my dog...the dog would be reported as 'run away' over the next couple of days, and I would place the dog with a friend out of state. Not the ideal option, but beats having the dog PTS.
That's JUST what I was thinking... I wouldn't wait for the politicians to get their ducks in a row, whether the family thought they could realistically challenge the city or not - and I'm all for chipping away at BSL - but in this case, risking the life of my dog just wouldn't be worth it.
I heartily agree. My dogs ran out the other day and I received a visit from the Animal control rep while at work he left a flyer taped to my door with a note to call him. I called him and he's like "Somone reported your dogs running at large." They were out for about 60 seconds in front of my house. I told him they got out for a second. He asked if they were pitbulls, apparently whatever person called said there were two pitbulls running about the neighborhood terrorizing innocents. I told him they weren't pitbulls they were mixes and I was planning on getting them DNA tested as I was tired of all the pitbull frenzy. He told me to call him and let me know if they came up as pits as I would have to register them(as if). Never even mentioned the lab mix who also ran out of the garage. In fact the paper he had left taped to my door he wrote two dogs running at large had been reported. Needless to say I've got it locked down like Fort Knox around here nobody get's off leash unless they are behind a fence.
Funny but I'm highjacking my own thread. Here's an article I read about the DNA testing which has been a popular subject here. If my dogs are APBT it will not show up on the DNA test. They're not AKC right? Have I found a loophole here to BSL? In my head I'm picturing this-*DNA test shows no "bully breed"*.There you go animal control I'm ordering them. I've been considering using my friend's dog's salivia, just have to make sure I don't use her Chihuahua. Hmmm.... Here's the article http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204518504574416810535466706.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
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Melissa Thom Webboard User Reg: 12-04-2007
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It might save you in court except that pit is not on a tested breeds list. For instance if I take my rare imported flugelhound and dna test it, it may show up as a variety of breeds like swiss mountain dog, st bernard, and whippet because it shares the markers normally associated with those breeds. For a test to be valid for your dogs it must have the possibility of showing pit since that's the defense being provided.
It's like using a mercury test to check for lead content.
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I wouldn't wait for the politicians to get their ducks in a row, whether the family thought they could realistically challenge the city or not - and I'm all for chipping away at BSL - but in this case, risking the life of my dog just wouldn't be worth it.
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