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Having owned trained and shown dogs since the late 80s, I do not personally believe there is any such thing as a dangerous breed of dog.

Bad dogs happen, and they come in all shapes sizes and breeds. A golden retreiver just killed a kid in NY. Does that make Goldens bad? No.

Responsible owners who have well mannered and well bred dogs should not be made to pay for the mistakes and stupidity of others.

I am in NO WAY responsible for any other human being or their dogs or how they handle their dogs. I AM responsible for MY dogs, and the dogs I breed and place.

Dog bite injuries and dogs running at large is a people problem. Not a dog problem.

Unless and until the PEOPLE part of the equation is addressed, the problems will never stop.

We need public education, rigid leash laws effectively enforced, a wide campaign for early spay neuter and training, and the outlawing of chaining as a method of confinement for dogs.

My dogs are my hobby and a huge part of my life. I will fight as long as I have breath in my body for the right of anyone to own any breed they choose, and I will also fight for them to take absolute responsibility under the law for the actions of those dogs.

JMO as always.



PS I think the owner of the dog who inflicted the injuries above should be held criminally liable for it.

The problem is not the dog.

The problem is the fact it was running loose.

Kill all the pitbulls. You will still have dogs running loose.

It is proven statistically that BSL does not work. BSL laws have recentley been overturned in several areas.

Animal control laws need to be fair, effective, enforced, and apply to all dogs and owners equally.

Anything otherwise is not fair.

Any person owning a dog who injures an animal or a person while at large should be liable for the damages, and subject to assault charges.

From http://www.chako.org/dogblog/blogs/chako_official_dog_blg/archive/2006/02/01/169.aspx


Fight Back on Election Day by Remembering These Names for California

Jackie Speier is running for Lieutenant Governor, vacating her current State Senate Seat for Senate District 8. Speier sponsored SB 861, the law that allows California communities to engage in breed profiling. Obviously, responsible dog owners should vote NO to Jackie Speier, wherever and whenever her name appears on a ballot. Tom McClintock is also vying for Lieutenant Governor. He voted NO to the bill and even took the extra step to ask the Governor to Veto SB 861. I don't know about you, but I'm voting YES to McClintock come election day, and I've made absolutely sure my voter registration is updated!

Speier vacating her senate seat leaves an opening. Already, the political vultures are swarming around the opportunity to become State Senator. Amongst those vultures is Leland Yee, a current State Assemblyman. He voted YES to SB 861 and therefore YES to breed discrimination . He may have thought we wouldn't remember his yes vote, since it was just one among many, but we have. I certainly have, and I hope you do, too, come election day. Give Yee a good kick in the rump by NOT voting for him.

The other political hopefuls for Senate District 8 are Mike Nevin and Lou Papan. Neither one had any voting responsibiliti es for SB 861, but all three are democrats, and of course, SB 861 was a democrat sponsored bill. That doesn't necessarily mean either would support breed discrimination, but we know one thing for sure -- Leland Yee and Jackie Speier wholeheartedly support breed discrimination .

Both Yee and Speier need to be OUT of office if responsible California dog owners hope to be able to keep the dogs of their choice and persons with disabilities don't want to have to keep fighting for their right to keep their service dogs, regardless of breed. (After all, even when told several times that she should exempt service dogs, Jackie Speier refused to write such an exemption into her breed discrimination bill).

Politics is dirty, and here's even more dirt. Want to remember who voted YES and NO to SB 861:

Assembly members voting: http://www.pitbull.us/sb861vote.pdf

State Senators voting: http://www.pitbull.us/politicians.htm

And if you want to keep tabs on who is spending the most money on their campaigns, check out this article. Money might buy advertising and other campaign goodies, but it won't make people forget. We have the following message for Yee: No matter how much money you spend on your campaign, Mr. Yee, ye won't have the vote of responsible dog owners in California.

What is your breed, Nani? I can't tell from your avatar.

How adorable.

Wish I could hear them "peeping".

Oh gosh, Nina.

I've shown her quite a bit.

She has 2 UKC Best in Show wins, and a Reserve BIS as well.

She was Best of Opposite Sex at a Regional Rottweiler Sweepstakes.

She won her class at the National American Rottweiler Club specialty show.

And she now needs 6 point to finish her AKC CH title. She needs both her major wins.

We will be working on those at several upcoming shows.

Lisa, this is the first dog I've used stacking blocks to train, and I will never do it any other way.

They work like magic.