Quote Originally Posted by cyber-sibes
Dr, Goodnow, you have dobies, right? I remember thirty years ago the buzz was "Dobies are vicious attack dogs. You can't own them for a pet." This was when large numbers of dobies were shown on TV as yard dogs behind fences & runnng around in movies being aggresive- of course this is ridiculous. I also recall when rottis, boxers, and GSD's were all viewed as too aggresive to be good pets. These breed prejudices come & go. Sadly it seems to be the pitties turn. Everyone seems to forget that it was a pittie that played "Pete", the beloved companion of the Little Rascals.
Yes Pam I have Dobies, they are unfortunately still viewed as vicious. Ask my city council. I raised trained and showed Rotties for nearly 20 yrs. They too still have a stigma. I agree that it seems to be in cycles, the difference here is simply other than the Rotties which did get a lot of press in the early 90's , as they were the drug lords dog of choice then. Owners rights to love and keep their animals haven't been threatened.

Yes it costs us more to insure our rotties and Dobies, if only the insurance knew my cocker is more apt to nail someone. However, there are no laws in effect stopping me from owning my breeds. Pitties can be a dangerous animal, so can my dobes. I would bet pushed far enough your Husky could too, even though they are known not to be a "guard" dog type.

Maybe 5 years from now we will see ourselves having this same thread with another breed. That when the issue of the breed dies down and the same amount of energy is put into correcting the problem, that this breed is being exploited for. Read drug lords choice of breed this decade. then people like my daughter, Jadas Mom, and several others I know can be left in peace to love their breed and recieve that back from their companions. Until then I will fight for their rights to love their family members without interference.

Hug those beautiful Huskies for me, Lord knows I don't have the energy to own your breed! But I love looking at them!

Kym