> Bill Dooley wrote: >
>> I agree with the ban but beware, the dog owners lobby (American Kennel
Club) is very strong. It would have to be a city ban. I cannot foresee getting
the state legislature to move on this because pit bulls are of little concern
to suburban or outstate citizens. >>
A few years ago, didn't the city of Minneapolis check into banning or
placing special regulations on pitbulls? As I recall, it was determined that
these types of laws would be on very questionable legal grounds, and would most
likely not hold up in court. I think one problem was the wording of the
definition of a pitbull. There would be too many 'pitbull-like' dogs in the
population that would be too difficult to determine definitively as 'pitbull'
or 'non-pitbull'.
> Robert Schmid wrote: >
>> The dogs are NOT the problem. The OWNERS are. Pitbulls are caught in a
bad cycle of having a bad reputation so that bad owners buy them so that
they have a mean dog. It is the owners who cause them to become
uncontrollable. >>
In agreement with Robert, I am certain that pitbulls can be raised in
a loving manner, and would be nice, peaceful, friendly dogs. Having said that,
however, I would add that in general terms, different breeds are more prone to
become proficient in different types of activities. Selective breeding has been
practiced with dogs for many centuries. Some breeds are, in general, much
easier to train as say retrievers, seeing eye dogs, sheep herders, etc.
Pitbulls have been selectively bred to be tough fighters. People may have the
perfect legal right to own a pitbull if they so desire, however personally, I
do not like the breed.
Dave Stack
Harrison (where there seems to be a somewhat larger than average population of
pitbulls)
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