Pit bull owners gear up to fight breed ban

[The Straight Story]

Pit bull owners gear up to fight breed ban
Group forms to bury proposal


Rumblings of a Seattle-wide ban on pit bulls have "bully breed" owners preparing for a political dogfight.

Anti-pit bull activists in Seattle floated a package of proposals, including a breed ban, to City Councilman Tim Burgess earlier this year. The council opted not to pursue the proposal for now, but the action has sparked an organizing effort by dog owners concerned that the city will move against the much-maligned breed.

West Seattle resident Colleen Lynne was one of those pushing the proposal, which would have forced pit bull owners to register their dogs and banned new pit bulls from the city. Similar bans have been enacted in other Western Washington cities, including Enumclaw, in an effort to reduce dog attacks.

Lynne said Burgess initially supported the idea, but decided in July not to pursue it because the council was divided on the issue and apprehensive about the controversy that would ensue.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/378114_breedban08.html

[lynnertic]

1. ....I wonder who will be the poster child?

(someone had to say it)

[moobu2]

2. It isn’t Pit bulls..It’s their owners.

I rescued a Pit bull puppy (5-6 week old) someone had left at the end of a dead end dirt road. He’s about 4 years old now and one of the sweetest, most intelligent well behaved dogs I’ve ever owned. I have 3 other rescued adult dogs and Max, the PB, is the most lovable and I think he’s taught my other dogs how to be more loving, seriously. It has to be the owners who mistreat these dogs who are responsible for the bad behavior.

[Wednesdays]

3. We've got a full-blooded pit

And among the couple dozen dogs we've owned over the years, that one is the LEAST likely to bite someone. My God, she's never even GROWLED at anyone, and she rarely barks. She's very submissive (we think she might have been abused as a puppy--we found her as a stray), and is always loving and very gentle around people, especially children.

Banning the entire breed would be just ludicrous.

[LiberalFighter]

4. Did they even bother seeing what happened to the pit bulls that Michael Vick had?

They were used for fighting.

They were rescued and rehabilitated.

The law should be aimed at punishing the owner that allow their dogs to be uncontrolled. Only when any dog has bitten more than once should a dog be considered for be put down. Not just pit bulls but any dog.

Generally it is not the dog's fault but the human.