I really love German Shepherds, but....Follow

BSL....Breed Specific Legislation.

It sucks.

Another thing that I don't understand about the assault on the officer charge is the fact that the GSD wasn't on duty.

I'm not sure of the details, but I think the GSD was tied up outside of the house. (Around here, K-9 human officers take their 'partners' home with them and have them as pets.)

If the dog had shown a prior propensity for violence, I have zero sympathy for him. I'm for punitive consequences when a police dog is killed, because they are officers of the law. I'm fine with criminals who kill these animals being charged with the murder of a police officer.

The only way I have a problem with this, is if the dog was normally docile, and I mean always docile, and not known to escape. Otherwise, the owner is negligent and deserves to be punished. This time it was a dog, thank god, instead of the neighbor kid.

This story makes me a bit upset, because German Shepherds reside in a warm, fuzzy alcove of my little bitty heart. I used to have a Shepherd, and the guy must have had the patience of a saint. I know I remember messing with him often, getting into his food bowl to share (what? I was four years old!), and the most he ever did to me was an inadvertant scratch on my side while pushing me away. Of course, I was four, and I thought that Bear (that was his name) had attacked me.

Now, he did bite my brother's ear to where it was bleeding, however, the little ******* had it coming. Pulling a dog's tail while it's eating has to be one of the dumbest things I can think of.

German Shepherds elicit monologues from sweetums. Carry on.

My friend who works at a doggy daycare was mauled by a pit bull the other day. It tore ligaments in her knee, but the worst injury is the trauma she's experienced. She won't be able to return to her job, because she's too afraid now. It's a huge pity, because she's a lesbian, and lesbians love animals.

Conversely, I've had fifty or sixty or seventy german shepherds come through my kennel this year, and have never been bitten, never even had to break up a fight.

Thus, all pit bull owners should be imprisoned, or possibly executed when the state allows.

K-9's are trained to take down people, not other dogs. Pitbulls were bred for fighting other dogs. Didn't you also say the K-9 was tied up? Let's chain you down and see how well you defend yourself from an attacker.

Like I said, one of the strange things about this is that the pit bull has not had a history of agression.

I bet the German Shepherd said something about the Pit Bulls mum.

That *******.

I love boxers. Big ol' doofus dawgs, every one I've ever known has been a lover. (No, not literally. Gah.)

The problem with pit bulls is that once they do attack, they don't stop for anything. They go into kill mode, and it takes superhuman effort, a weapon, or the concerted effort of several people to get them off their target.

This is the first post of BT's in a long time I actually agree with.

Breeding them is in illegal in GA. They are the number one dog on the dangerous dog list. You cannot take them to dog parks, pet stores, or public areas where leashed dogs are normally allowed.

I took my lab to the dog park over the summer and some guy had his pitbull there. All the other dog owners in the park collectively went up to him and asked him to leave or they would call the police.

It is extremely frowned upon owning them in GA, apartments won't let you rent if you have one. There is a bill in the house here that will outlaw owning them in GA altogether. It will pass. 90% of the population here supports the ban according to voter comments from the last election we had. They had a feeler question on the ballot that sked whether you supported banning dogs from the dangerous dog list.

I support the ban because people don't know how to take care of pitbulls and most are abused anyway. I support it for the sake of the dog.

Unless it were a small child chained up out front. Then it's fair game.