I have heard of that happining alot. It's always so-called "dangerous" dog breeds that get put down too. The animal shelter in our county admitts that if they get a rottie or a pit that it is automaticly considered unadoptable and a danger to society and it is put down. We just got a new animal control supervisor though and I'm hoping thing will change. It's horribly unfair to the animal and the person it belongs to.


But then again, it is the resposibility of the owner to abide by all leash laws. Not to say that a dog can't get off it's chain or out of it's pen, but I know some people just let their dogs wander around everywhere and usually that's why a dog gets picked up by animal control in the first place because someone has complained of a dog frequenting the area.


By owning a breed such as a pit, rottie, or chow you have the added resposibility of keeping it put up and being in complete control of the animal at all times. Everyone knows that there is alot of prejudice against these dogs and even if you have the nicest chow in the world, people are still going to be scared of it. And could you honestly say that if someone threw a rock at your dog for fear of it that it wouldn't growl or snap?

I'm definanly not saying that it's right for the pound to put these dogs down, but the people in stories like that should have been more reasposable with their animals and the fact that alot of them are not makes me angrier!