The BSL is official

[Suki Wingy]

wait, is this the same one that we signed the pettition for? most people left dood stories, and I saw they over reached their goal of 1000 by a few hundred!!
WHAT IS THE WORLD COMMING TO!!?!?!?!
I was wearing a shirt that said "Pit Bull Love" with a pittie girl and a heart and a kid stopped and said "but pit bulls eat people, don't they?!"

[PJ's Mom]

Originally posted by Jadapit
Awwww dukesdog's mom people like your neighbors are just so stupid. I'm so lucky and thankful that my neighbors are all cool with Jada. They all know what a sweet dog she is. When I walk by one of my neighbors with the fur kids if she is outside she always stops me so she can pet them and give them a treat.

How can they not want to pet her? Pitties have the sweetest faces and little ears.

Gosh this is sad.

[K9soul]

There are no words for how angry, upset and sad this makes me. They seriously think this will make it "safer?" In general, the types of people who owned the dogs that were dangerous will be the types who will continue to, legal or not. This whole thing sickens me

[wolfsoul]

Originally posted by Suki Wingy
wait, is this the same one that we signed the pettition for?

No, that was the Georgia ban petition.


Here are the new rules.
The owner of a restricted dog shall have liability insurance specifically covering any damages for personal injury caused by the restricted dog in an amount not less than one million dollars.

Care and control of restricted dogs

6(1) The owner, or any other person having care and control of any restricted dog, shall at all times when the restricted dog is off the property of the owner, have the restricted dog
(a) under control;
(b) muzzled; and
(c) held on a leash not exceeding two metres in length.

6(2) The owner, or any other person having care and control of any restricted dog shall, at all times when the restricted dog is on the property of the owner, have the restricted dog
a) indoors;
(b) outdoors, secured in a fully enclosed pen; or
c) outdoors, muzzled and secured by a chain fixed to the property that prevents the restricted dog from coming closer than two metres to the apparent boundary of the property.

(4) No person may keep, or permit any other person to keep, on his or her property, more than two restricted dogs

7(2) A peace officer or animal control officer who has a reasonable and honest belief that a dog is a restricted dog within the meaning of this Act may proceed as if the dog were a restricted dog under this Act and enforce the terms of this Act accordingly.

[schteve_d]

This whole thing (not the thread, the ban) is so utterly ridiculous that I can't believe it actually happened in Canada. I really mean no offense to those of you in the States, but Americans seem to sue each other over damages suffered from a fart, so I can see this ban happening in California, or some other "forward-thinking" State, but I am amazed this happened here. No matter where it happened, it is so ridiculous as to be almost beyond comprehension. I am so mad and I don't live, or plan to live, anywhere near Ontario. I can only imagine if I lived there. What mentality could have ever let this happen?! I may post again when in a better frame of mind, but for now I am so mad and in awe that I'm not sure I can make sense if I go on!!

[binka_nugget]

Ugh.. this is stupid. I really hope the other provinces don't follow Ontario and do the same.

[sammy101]

Im happy that the one in B.C didnt pass.
Soo terrible!
I hope all the Pits in the shelters go peacefully

[Pit Chick]

I think California actually has a law restricting the banning of certain breeds. Ferrets on the other hand..... I think Miami-Dade is the one with the Pit Bull ban. Then we had the whole state of Ohio with a Pit Bull ban and that didn't last. So it's only a matter of time before other cities who passed bans start to lift them also once they see that people are still being bitten by dogs.

c) outdoors, muzzled and secured by a chain fixed to the property that prevents the restricted dog from coming closer than two metres to the apparent boundary of the property.

Hello, can we say cruel and dangerous?!? How is a dog supposed to pant with a muzzle on and what if it has to vomit?

[Jadapit]

Pit chick, I was wondering how they are supposed to pant when you have a muzzle on them. Wouldn't it be really bad on them not to be able to pant? Isn't that how they cool off? Parts of Denver have banned the pit bull also. This whole banning thing is getting way out ot control It's so sad.

[wolfsoul]

They can't drink with a muzzle on either....

[schteve_d]

Here is a link to an opinion column in the Ottawa Citizen (I found it while reading the news today). I was very tempted to write myself, however I thought it would be better if someone who actually owns or has more experience with this breed did it. I think anyone who has read my posts on this issue before knows where I'm coming from: I was terribly ignorant to the Pit Bull breed not so long ago, but after a few questions and checking into it myself, I am coming around. But the idea that a government can ban me, and anyone else, from owning a specific breed, of which I can think of a few loving, loyal, and friendly examples, really bothers me. Please, someone write an intelligent e-mail to this a**hole for ever thinking to put this in his column (his contact information is at the bottom of the article).

http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/Column...02/946800.html

[schteve_d]

Oops, sorry, not Ottawa Citizen; Ottawa Sun.

[davidpizzica]

I used to have ideas about pit bulls like this guy. However (and this is a BIG however) after reading other posts about pit bulls I've received a great education about them. They ARE NOT the vicious animal that this so-called commentator paints them to be. It is SO wrong to try to ban them. I think I've come a long way from my comments a few weeks ago. I think this ***hole should be educated!

[Shelteez2]

Re: the muzzle..... I do believe the type of muzzle they are referring too are the cage type muzzles( think Lady and the Tramp). Dogs can pant and drink and even eat with them on. Not that I believe in muzzling dogs of course, this whole thing stinks.

[green_chameleon_girl]

I cant believe they actually did this

*edit*
WHATS THIS ABOUT!?!

Bruce Springsteen should pay good riddance to these nasty creatures in a new song, Born To Bite , but of course the mourning pit bull lovers today are sticking to their tired refrain that it's not the dogs that are droolingly nuts, it's those cement heads in the owner population who, being nuts themselves, train the beasts to be chomping, salivating, intimidating, maiming, killing machines


^ that made me upset