"Gallup said his research into dog attacks shows that all kinds of dogs have been involved in maulings and killings, including such family favourites as beagles and retrievers.

The police officer said he was shocked to discover that even a tiny Yorkshire terrier was once involved in a fatal attack. Gallup owns a Yorkshire terrier."

THATS RIGHT. god. Im so sick of all this breed specific legislation, and bias and prejudice toward rotts and pit bulls! GRR. I wrote a paper for school 2 years ago about why breed specific legislation is useless so I know all about this crap. Something I found interesting that I learned while writing the paper is that there is no national reporting system for dog bites or national registry system for dogs by breed, so there is no way to arrive at comparisons of bite rates by breed. And it is estimated that only half of all dog bites are reported.

"Alot of the cases involving shepards and retrievers are because they are thinking that they were protecting thier owners. They mistake our body language sometimes and beileve they are hostile actions."

Yeah that is very true. Because a lot of people dont understand a dog's body language, esp children, this can cause a lot of problems. I mean terriers and toy breeds are notorius for having low tolerance, and/or getting frightened easier, like by kids esp, and they often snap. But compared to a rottie, a little toy dog bite is nothing, ya know? (even though they can do serious damage if provoked/threatened enough as was proved in that article).

But the main reaons pit bulls and rotties are so often involved in attacks is because theres too many people out there who aquire these dominant, powerful breeds either for the wrong reasons, (dog fighting, or protection) or from the wrong people, (people who dont breed for temperament, and or who abuse their dogs, or do dog fighting, puppy mills, etc), or both. And/or they dont know how to control and train and socialize them properly. Because they are so powerful, dominant, and naturally protective, if they arent shown from a very early age what is good and what is bad behaviour, AND who is in charge of the pack (you not them), then they can develop behavior problems that can be very dangerous because of their strength and size. And add bad breeding into that equation and its just a disaster waiting to happen. (I attached my essay in case anyone in interested lol) What should be done in place of BSL is make training and socializtion of dogs required!!!

And just on a side note.. does it sicken anyone else how they say the dogs were "destroyed"? Like they were a piece of trash. Makes me so angry how our society treats animals like property. Does no one realize these are living, breathing, thinking, FEELING beings? These are LIVES. Not just some object or posession. But anyhoo.. I wont go all animal rightsy here. Just found that sickening..

sorry that was so long, lol I have strong feelings on this issue! thanks for listening