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Re: [PyrNet-L] Debate

I don't recall the original post saying anything about banning a specific
breed.  As I recall, it said something about owners of specific breeds may
be required to have additional liability insurance.  

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> From: BirdBugg <BirdBugg@aol.com>
> To: pyrnet-l@gamerz.net
> Subject: Re: [PyrNet-L] Debate
> Date: Thursday, March 05, 1998 8:35 PM
> 
> In a message dated 98-03-05 13:30:48 EST, you write:
> 
> << While I don't think that we should allow people to have vicious dogs
that
>  they can't control, I can't see banning a breed because of the problems
of a
>  few representatives of that breed. >>
> 
> This is a very interesting subject to me especially.  I not only have a
Great
> Pyrenees and as such share Warricks concerned about owning a Giant breed.
 I
> also have a Boxer.  My boxer is a not a show dog, but he could be and
> therefore is a really good example of the breed, he has natural ears and
a
> docked tail.  He is mistaken quite often for a Pit Bull.  If Pit Bulls
are
> banned where will that stop?  Will my boxer be banned because he can be
> confused for a Pit?  I know of one family who had to find a home for
their
> boxer because they moved to a new house in a different state and one of
the
> neighbors believed the dog was a pit (even though the owner insisted it
wasn't
> and tried to educate them) and convinced the other neighbors that the dog
was
> dangerous and the police were convinced to make drive-bys whenever the
dog was
> out in its own yard!  
> 
> My point is, as Warrick much more eloquently put it, if we allow
communities
> to ban a specific breed where will it stop?  I have heard of Great Danes
> attacking people too, shall we ban them?  I think the CGC test is a good
place
> to start.  What do you all think of requiring dogs over a certain age to
have
> a CGC cert to be licensed?  Or at the very least to show proof they are
in
> training.
> 
> Sandy
> 
> 
> Sandra Ringener
> birdbugg@aol.com
> http://members.aol.com/birdbugg/index.htm