Originally posted by lut
I agree to everyone who says that dogs like pit-bulls need to have very responsible owners !! They can be educated to excellent and obedient dogs ; but they need a very strong hand and lots of schooling . Any person holding these animals ad random , without education , should be forbidden to have them !!!
I'm for responsible owner's in general!

First off I have to defend pit bulls as a breed. I come across many pit bulls, my lab-pit mix included, that are sweet cuddly teddy bears, and just as many "nice breeds" that try to bite me and my dogs. A bad owner makes for a bad dog!

People that don't respect animals or take responsbility for their pets, should be banned from having pets in general. It is absolutely awful what Ms. Daisy and Perry and their family are having to go through. No one should ever have to go through that. As much as I love animals, the dogs responsible for the attack, need to be put to sleep, for the safety of everyone. The problem just as often extends to people and children. We all know about the woman that was killed in front of her apartment door by dogs trained to murder. A year or two ago, you may have heard, a little boy's dead body was found in the park. He had been mauled to death by a group of stray dogs. Ms. Daisy and Perry were in their own back yard, for goodness sake, when they were attacked. If we are not safe in our fenced in back yards, where the hell are we safe? So many animals and people have been hurt under these horrible circumstances. It is not to be tolerated! If animal control and our criminal justice system were more responsible in dealing with these matters, this sort of thing wouldn't happen. Make people responsible for their animals!!!