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bellemarie · 04-28-2011, 03:29 PM

i am very much anti-BSL. it is just rediculous- laughable even (here at least). link is a story of a family pet Lennox who was taken from his family, where he acts almost as an alert dog for his owner, a 13yr old girl. he was taken because his muzzle and legs are the appropriate length of a pitbull- even though they had a dna profile performed to prove otherwise... http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/ani...ghlight=lennox
his case is still to be determined in court next month- so just because he looks like an illegal breed, he has been locked away from human contact for a year now (his owner was 12 when they took him from her home, where he was sitting on her knee getting a cuddle minutes before they put the leash on him.)
when i was little, we all knew to stay away from two dogs in specific from our area- one was a cairn terrier the other was a toy poodle. no one could get these dogs taken off the owners for some reason, but they were downright nasty dogs- and quite often ran loose. one of my friends fell off her scooter on the path where the cairn was sitting round the corner. we were at the other end of the street before we noticed she wasnt amongst us- looked back and it had her leg and was biting and chomping it (like the animated ones do, only with more blood). it took 2 boys, 2 girls, her screams of agony and a scooter to the back to get it off her, (i normally dont agree with violence towards animals, but we were 8 and it was kinda a special circumstance!) and it then just licked its lips and ran off home. even though that complaint was filed and she needed Several stiches, 'it was only a little dog and didnt mean any harm', so nothing was done- appart from the owner took the hint and kept it locked up... that never made the news, yet when a kid pokes a bigger dog in the eye and blinds it the dog isnt allowed so much as a snarl or its pts.
personally, i do think that if a kid is going to hurt a dog, if it gets bit then it deserves it and the parents should have 'trained' it better, but that doesnt mean i feel the same about unprovoked attacks.
in would love an APBT, but because of some idiots fighting them, i'll never be allowed- although staffies are the fighting dog of choice here now because of the ban. if staffies are banned, they'll move on to something else, and just keep on going... if people want to fight dogs, it doesnt matter the breed, they'll keep on going with whatever can hold its own. sad, but true.

04-28-2011, 03:29 PM	#80
bellemarie YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: belfast, northern ireland Posts: 520	BSL has gone Mad! i am very much anti-BSL. it is just rediculous- laughable even (here at least). link is a story of a family pet Lennox who was taken from his family, where he acts almost as an alert dog for his owner, a 13yr old girl. he was taken because his muzzle and legs are the appropriate length of a pitbull- even though they had a dna profile performed to prove otherwise... http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/ani...ghlight=lennox his case is still to be determined in court next month- so just because he looks like an illegal breed, he has been locked away from human contact for a year now (his owner was 12 when they took him from her home, where he was sitting on her knee getting a cuddle minutes before they put the leash on him.) when i was little, we all knew to stay away from two dogs in specific from our area- one was a cairn terrier the other was a toy poodle. no one could get these dogs taken off the owners for some reason, but they were downright nasty dogs- and quite often ran loose. one of my friends fell off her scooter on the path where the cairn was sitting round the corner. we were at the other end of the street before we noticed she wasnt amongst us- looked back and it had her leg and was biting and chomping it (like the animated ones do, only with more blood). it took 2 boys, 2 girls, her screams of agony and a scooter to the back to get it off her, (i normally dont agree with violence towards animals, but we were 8 and it was kinda a special circumstance!) and it then just licked its lips and ran off home. even though that complaint was filed and she needed Several stiches, 'it was only a little dog and didnt mean any harm', so nothing was done- appart from the owner took the hint and kept it locked up... that never made the news, yet when a kid pokes a bigger dog in the eye and blinds it the dog isnt allowed so much as a snarl or its pts. personally, i do think that if a kid is going to hurt a dog, if it gets bit then it deserves it and the parents should have 'trained' it better, but that doesnt mean i feel the same about unprovoked attacks. in would love an APBT, but because of some idiots fighting them, i'll never be allowed- although staffies are the fighting dog of choice here now because of the ban. if staffies are banned, they'll move on to something else, and just keep on going... if people want to fight dogs, it doesnt matter the breed, they'll keep on going with whatever can hold its own. sad, but true. __________________ "...She will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of her heart; you owe it to her to be worthy of such devotion..."