I feel badly for the dogs who get hurt or suffer, but I get tired of seeing Ban this Ban that, Ban everything I don't personally agree with....

Do you want pet ownership to be banned? There are bad pet owners all over. There are bad mushers, there are bad horse owners, there are bad trainers, there are bad breeders, there is bad in EVERYTHING to do with animals. That does not mean we should just go ban everything. There should be repercussions and punishment put in place and actually enacted upon those who do wrong in ANY given environment, but not just willy nilly ban everything.

What about the good pet owners, good mushers, good race horse owners, good pitbull owners, responsible people who take good care of their animals. Even the best possible pet or animal owner in the world can have something bad happen. My horse was only 12, had the best of everything I could provide him, he still colicked and died. Does that mean I should be banned from owning horses? How far do you want the bans to go?

You know the line of people who points fingers and says ban this and ban that because of SOME bad element or an accident resulting in an animal's death, is only waiting in line for someone else to point at them for what they are doing and they may find themselves on the BAN wagon next.

Should the I-rod be banned? no. Should more care be taken with inexperienced runners? yes.

It's a slippery slope when people start calling for bans. Lot of people agree with the pitbull bans, what about those poor owners whose dogs were taken and put down, who had never done anything wrong to anyone. What if they choose YOUR breed next, or ban cat ownership because cats get out and crap in people's gardens and walk on their cars. Do you want them to ban cat ownership?

Agree or disagree with me, not really a big deal to me either way, but I think we best be careful what we call for bans on. We give up more and more of our own rights every day by calling for bans on others.

Better regulation in general, better punishment for people who really do bad things is a much better option.