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GW>AG>A> PEEKSKILL, NY is considering a breed-specific law
GW>AG>A> directed against AmStaffs,
GW>AG>A> Bull Terriers, Rottweilers, Staffordshire Bull Terriers, and APBT 
(Amer
GW>AG>A> Pit Bull Terriers).  This would require all owners to abide by 
rict
GW>I think we need legislation that would make owners very responsible for
GW>training, neglecting or abusing an animal so that it results in being a
GW>danger to other people.
GW>I have personally come across dogs that were a threat to humans and
GW>other animals.  The two dogs I am thinking of resulted in the local vets
GW>making big profits from mending the animals they damaged.
GW>I have been also known Rottweilers that are perfectly safe to leave with
GW>infants they have not previously met ... perfectly safe to be with ....
GW>unless you are a threat to the owner or a child.
GW>Personally I have been advised to not have a Rottweiller as I am too
GW>soft a person.  The dog would end up ruling me.  This breed needs a very
GW>assertive owner .... but if it is not mananged improprely - it he or she
GW>is no threat to human beings.
GW>(They are good therapy dogs that can be in a nursing home and a demented
GW>patient that strikes at a therapy Rottweiller will not be in danger of
GW>reprisal.)
rotts are cool, smart, loyal, however you must understand the breed.
not long ago a rottweiller rescued a child in northern florida, this
dog now eats a fair proportion of steak. i think i must consider leaving
the united states and renouncing citizenship as the average u.s. citizen
has little understanding of political reality. yeah sure, regulate,
legislate everything with no regard to personal responsability. oh yeah,
i really want to live in a place where all decisions are made for me.
it's so easy to place blame, oh yeah, it's a bad breed, nice easy answer.
yeah, my brit staffordshire bull terrier once, exactly once went after
someone. i called the dog off verbally and he stopped, one week later
i learned the gentleman he went after had sodomised a 9 yr. old child
downstairs in the quadplex i live in, i was out at the time, the scuz
had removed his hearing aid so as to not hear the child scream. if i had
it to do over i would still have stopped the dog, he's worth far more
than than the pervert. on another occassion, i live in a real bad
neighborhood i got into it with a huge drunk in the back yard, i chose
to trust the dogs perception of the situation and avoided a fight, solely
based on the dogs intuition. i'm 6'6'' 240 lbs. and in a risky situation
the 'pit bull' is *always* put in the apartment, i'd not risk my best
most trustworthy friend on the kind off stupidity people are capable of.
regulate rednecks not pit bull terriers.
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