BSL Defeated-IA

At least they realized that they don't know enough.

Also, I wonder how they get the stat that PBs are responsible for 70 % of all attacks when they are a miniscule percentage of all dog breeds owned. Unless they are counting dogs in dog-fighting businesses, which is an unfair and inaccurate inclusion of data. Which, again, brings the dog bite problem back to humans, not the dogs.

I worry about the DNA thing, too.  One of the arguments against BSL has been the inability of witnesses to recognize what is or is not a PB.  DNA tests rule that out.  However, they put many dogs with PB ancestry, but which display none of the behavioral characteristics of the breed on a fast track to the dead bin.  That's not any more ok than it is to discriminate against a "law abiding" dog solely on the basis of breed.   This really is a human problem, not a dog problem.  I just got a call to do a behavior consult on a dog that weighs less than 15 pounds, but still managed to put a bite in someone's lip that got them 4 stitches.  (The dog has been biting since puppyhood and is now 4 years old.  Seems like mandatory training, and regulation of puppy mills, would be better than mandatory "can't have your breed of choice".

I think is at least ONE DNA co that has refused to include PB's in their collection of breeds they ID, for that reason. I applaud them.

Wow....I so misunderstood what BSL stood for I thought it meant Bull-*hit Laws.....I didn't realize until this thread it meant Breed Specific Legislation.  Oops