Do You Think Tennessee Has Strong Enough Laws Protecting You From Dangerous Dogs?
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Posted by: pitbull hater the law is not inforsed if you live outside the city limits Posted by: golfer Location: tx We live in the rural area outside of the city. I live on a street with that is a small subdivision out here in the country. My neighbor has a Son who has young adult friends who come over. One of these Friends brings 3 of his Pit Bulls and allows them to run loose the whole time he is over. These dogs have tied to get in to the back yard with my 2 dogs, and chased my Cat Luckily she got up a tree. And while my Husband was working on his boat in the drive way the dogs keep coming over. These dogs are so unpredictable i am afraid to go out side in my own front yard. Recently the were over again when my husband was out in our yard. The young man could not get the dogs to come to him by command and had to get help to drag them back over across the street. Since we have no animal countrol officers in our very small town and our Only officers come from 11 miles away "county sherrif" what can we do. I am so tired of not being able to go out and enjoy my yard, not know if they are there Posted by: Sharry Location: Maryville These people are putting alot of time and money into new laws regarding dangerous dogs. My question is, "What about the dangerous people?" Not only is crime on the rise, but these dangerous people are the ones who give pit bulls a bad name. I agree w/Stephanie in n. knox - Educate Yourself. Posted by: stephanie Location: n. knox ya know.i get so tired of hearing about all this crap.people spend the money to have your dog professionally trained.dont tie them up out side and never pay them any attention..and only feed them once a week..you make a commitment to that pet and that pet is going to make a commitment to you.be a responsible pet owner.dont be stupid.all of you all out here whining about the pit bull and the "dangerous breed" you obviously have a computer.why dont you look them up and see all the good that these breed do.ITS CALLED EDUCATE YOUR SELF. before you blame the whole breed..little dogs, med dog and big dogs bite.and each one can cause their own damage.but you know dont be a dumba** and walk right up on someone with a large dog that is barking at you or growling or any dog.ive been bit by lab's chow's chihuahua and mutts and have never been bit by a pit dobie or rotties..where has every ones common since went??i think it has got lost in time somewhere..go figure computers smarter people dumber Posted by: john Location: corryton, tn There should be laws requiring these dogs be kept penned up in a secure pin- Posted by: Dianne Location: Walland If :ankle biters" were bigger they would be dangerous. Lucky for us a rapid quick kick flings them away. Posted by: D.B. Location: Walland Dangerous breeds! What about loose dogs?
While living in Friendsville for 5 years I hit two dogs with my car and one while on my motorcycle. All three of these dogs were in a full run while crossing the road. One died.
A man was in ICU last week after he hit and killed two dogs in Sevier County while riding his motorcycle. Animal Control was supposed to pick these two dogs up the next day.
Taxes pay for the SERVICE of animal control, this responsibility and assignment needs more scrutiny.
Also...I agree with Misty in Knoxville!
I have two dogs: one part Pitbull, one part Chow. Yes, these are more aggressive breeds. I rescued both of these dogs. They are in my home when I leave out of the driveway. They get proper vet care. I have these dogs to insure a good night's sleep and to deter thieves.
What about upping the consequences if your pet causes an accident. The ICU guy lost a body part because of a loose dog. He was maimed for life. Posted by: Justin Location: knoxville This is for jacque. Pit bulls were not originanlly bred to fight. They were originally bred to hold a bull in a pit for a butcher to kill. Irresponsible owners are the ones that started breeding to fight. I have 3 pitbulls. and they are raised with a 6 years little girl and 4 years old little boy. And hmm... These two kids haven't been bitten. and yes those little 10 pound dogs do kill people as well. I have an article where a pomeranian killed an eight month old boy. It really sucks to know that all you people who act like this about pitbulls have no clue at all what you are talking about. I understand that pitbulls jave killed people. But pitbulls are also drug/bomb detection dogs. And how about the ones that are therapy dogs at nursing homes. Those are the ones that need to be recognized.If it was labrador or something it would be dog of the year. But unfortunatly b/c of a hand full of stupid and irresponsible owners. The rest of us have to pay. Thank you, Justin Posted by: Jacque Location: Kahite Subdivision THIS IS TO VICKI who wrote the blog 6 - 10 down. Vicki, I know you are probably a Pit Bull owner and you love your pets (family member), but Pit Bulls kill and Chihuahuas and 1 pound cats do not. Nor do they mutilate people. We are talking apples and grapes here. I am involved at the Monroe county friends of animals and never have we had cats, small dogs, or even large dogs (not Pitbulls) mean enough to kill. Lets face it. They are what they are. They were bred to be fighting dogs and crossbred and that is what they are. The poor doggies do not have a chance. No one, NO ONE should be allowed to own a mean dog that kills or highly injures people. Are not people more important than a dog??? I love my animals like my children, but my children are more important and I do not want them mauled by a dog. Posted by: Tomarah Location: Knoxville Pit Bulls are not a dangerous breed of dog, it's there ignorant owners. Any dog can be dangerous it's all in how you raise them. It's a proven fact that dalmations top the list in dog bites. Maybe there should be a screening method for the owners. Cause some people just should not be allowed to have them. If you can't afford to feed them, don't have a heart to love them, and don't have the patience to train them then you shouldn't have any breed of dog! Posted by: Susan Location: Knoxville If you read through the posts, you will notice that the people who have a "pit" all agree on the same thing - when raised with love they will give you love back. My female pit was chained up in elderly couple's yard for the first year of her life and only received attention from the neighbor across the street. When I brought her home, she slept on the floor next to the bed. Her tail wagged all night long she was so happy to be inside and with people. I have been attacked by Schnauzers, cocker spaniels, poodles, and countless other yappy little dogs. Any breed can be dangerous if it's not taught obedience and manners. Be responsible for your dog and treat it how you would want to be treated and maybe we wouldn't be having this discussion. Posted by: Misty Location: Knoxville I am so sick and tired of hearing people say "kill the pits, we don't need them". Well, we don't need child molesters or drunk drivers either but they are allowed to live. Grow up people! We need to pull together as a society and get to the real heart of the problem which is the owners. If your neighbor has a dog, any dog, and is being abusive to it, report it. Have the dogs removed from the bad owners, fine them, throw them in jail or something that will deter any other moron out there from doing it and place the dogs in a caring, healthy environment of a respected veterinarian or trainer to see if the animal can be saved. It's not that hard, people. Posted by: barry Location: knoxville The behaviour of a dog is based upon the training of the owner. You take an idiot traininng a dog to be mean, vicious, and dangerous you have a idiot dog/dogs who obey the owners wishes. It is never over until the fat lady sings so to speak. It is not yet over with state laws, county laws, etc..that will come to the forefront to protect us from vicisious dog/dogs. I have two wonderful children. I have warned them always and still do STAY AWAY FROM MEAN DOGS! I can sense a mean dog when I first meet one myself. I can't imagine the pain that Teresa Lowe and her family are going through because of a daughter, cousin, niece, and friend being ripped from this life because owners could not keep from teaching their dogs to become weapons of flesh destruction. Please wake up community and stand up and speak for laws that will keep another human being whose life is more precious than an animal from being destroyed in such fashion again. Posted by: Gator Location: Fla Let's kill Smokey the Coonhound.I saw this UT mascot try to bite a UF wide reciever a couple of years ago.If it had not been for his handler it could have been a horrible scene on national TV. Posted by: Jeff Location: Maryville I work for a Major utility. I have been confronted by more unrestrained, snarling, mean dogs on my job than I can count...Pitbull or otherwise. I don't mind the little yappers. Its the large breeds that can hurt you. If the owners of these dogs obeyed the leash laws and responsibly took care of their animals my job and the general public would be safer. No matter what the breed, if the dog bites, get it away from people. Posted by: Vicki No pitbulls do not attack more than another breed! They just seem to be the breed that the media likes to harp about. Ask them to start reporting every single case of where someone is bitten by a DOG! Then lets see where we go from there!! Simple fact is that any dog needs to belong to a responsible owner. If you let your dog run loose then that does not make you a responsible owner and please dont give me the crap about how it is cruel to tie them or cage them cause that is a total CROCK! Do your job as a responsible owner and be sure your animals are safe so that we don't have to deal with issues like these! I am a very proud owner of a APBT and he won't bite you but my chihuahua sure as heck will!!! Ask me about the 17 pound cat I had attach itself to my arm, that sent me to the hospital! Any animal can attack! Posted by: Allie Location: washington The APBT has been bred for over 100 years to never bite a human. this is a trait that has been weeded out and irradicated in PURE apbts for years. the dogs that bite all have something in common- poor breeding practices and irresponsible owners. you should thouroughly train any dog, but especially ones who already have a bad rep. you should never buy an unregistered apbt, as many are mastiff crosses to obtain bigger dogs. remember the breed standard is between 30 and 60lbs. 100lb apbts arent pure. therefore the careful breeding of days gone buy are ruined by irresponsible people who mix them. i have 5 apbts all of which are cgc certified, compete in weight pull and love people. they are good dogs and i am responsible. if you forced people like me to give up their dogs or go to jail- you'd make a criminal out of me, the good person. the true criminals are the ones who do train their dogs to be mean or abuse them. the ones who cross breed for $ and the ignorant morons who give them $! Posted by: alan Location: clinton if it weren't for the dogs, the poor
woman would be alive. Why isn't the owner
responsible? Posted by: Kory Location: Lousiana well said..
Responsible breeding takes care of putting something into the gene pool that is not wanted. Inbreeding makes nutty animals of any kind. Responsible ownership is always mandantory as well. Not just anyone needs the American Pit Bull Terrier. Too many ppl have this dog without the proper education and training that one needs in order to own one. Yes they are largely dog aggressive. That is not the same as human aggressive. Ask the vets. They will probably say that the Pit isnt the one they worry about. Its the yappy breeds that bite while examined. Why arent ppl at conformation/weight pull shows mauled? We may have over 100 dogs at these shows. The judge has to be able to touch and approach our dogs. Any aggression and you have to leave and not come back. The reason is that our dogs are well bred and handled correctly. Why punish us because of idiots and thugs? They dont deserve to own one of these fine dogs.Investigate the breed correctly.I dare you. Public hysteria is easy Posted by: Anonymous Location: rene Responsible breeding takes care of putting something into the gene pool that is not wanted. Inbreeding makes nutty animals of any kind. Responsible ownership is always mandantory as well. Not just anyone needs the American Pit Bull Terrier. Too many ppl have this dog without the proper education and training that one needs in order to own one. Yes they are largely dog aggressive. That is not the same as human aggressive. Ask the vets. They will probably say that the Pit isnt the one they worry about. Its the yappy breeds that bite while examined. Why arent ppl at conformation/weight pull shows mauled? We may have over 100 dogs at these shows. The judge has to be able to touch and approach our dogs. Any aggression and you have to leave and not come back. The reason is that our dogs are well bred and handled correctly. Why punish us because of idiots and thugs? They dont deserve to own one of these fine dogs.Investigate the breed correctly.I dare you. Public hysteria is easy. Posted by: linda Location: south carolina “Due to the fact that pit bulls do attack humans, I think it is time for us to act before we have another instance like this.”
So,are you stating that only pitbuuls, as you call them, are the only dog that attacks humanes? First of all a pitbull is not a breed, so if you want to change the laws, you need to know what kind of dog you are talking about. Their a a lot of breeds that are bull and terrier crosses. So before you say "off with their heads" you need to do some reseach on what dogs you are talking about in a BSL case. Posted by: alan Location: clinton Pit bulls attack more than any other breed
and usually their owners are the ones attacked Posted by: GRETTA BOWE Location: ELKHART, INDIANA I AM JENN'S AUNT AND I FEEL THAT THE SMALLWOODS SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THEIR ACTIONS. MR. SMALLWOOD LIED ON TV BECAUSE JENN DID NOT LIVE AT THAT HOUSE AND CERTAINLY NOT FOR THE PAST 2 MONTHS, THAT IS JUST RIDICULOUS!!!! WE WANT TO KNOW WHERE JENNIFER'S CAR KEYS ARE? MR SMALLWOOD TOLD ONE PERSON THAT SHE THREW THEM INTO THE WOODS THEN LATER HE SAID SHE THREW THEM INTO THE FRONT YARD. WHERE IS JENN'S WALLET AND PURSE? WHY DID MR. SMALLWOOD NOT CALL SOMEONE IN HER FAMILY OR HER WORK TO GET SOMEONES NUMBER AFTER IT HAPPEND? JUST TOO MANY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS AND HIS STORY KEEPS CHANGING; BOTH RED FLAGS GOING OFF THERE CHARLES!AND ALSO IN THAT VIDEO THAT YOU GAVE THE NEWS IT LOOKS LIKE SHE IS TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM THEM AND YOU ARE HOLDING THAT BEAST. Posted by: Diane Location: Age of Reason The poll is very poorly worded. You are asking if the state has strong enough laws against "dangerous dogs" when in fact you are discussing "dangeorus ownership practices" not to mention that republican senator just wants to have a knee jerk reaction - not look at the fact that "fad" dog breeds come and go, but dangerous ownership practices do not. Why not? Because foolish politicians keep focusing on what a dog looks like instead of what the owners are doing which gets other people harmed.
Ban weak-thinking politicans! Then hold owners responsible for how they handle their dogs of ANY breed - then Tenn will be making steps toward reducing dog bites.
Diane Jessup, Founder
www.LawDogsUSA.org Posted by: Joan Location: RUTLEDGE In most instances, people encourage animals to be what they are. Dangerous animals should be removed from the situation that they are living in immediately. Their futures should be decided by professionals. In the same vein, dogs try to survive in whatever environment they are placed into. Meanness breeds meanness. Vicious dogs have no place in neighborhoods under any conditions. Fencing is not reliable for many breeds. At the same time, people that abuse dogs should be controlled as well. Dogs should not have to live in situations where they are subject to constant abuse. Posted by: Bruce Location: Knoxville City Dangerous dogs are a problem, but the problem that I have is barking dogs. i can't go outside without a dog barking at me. Everyone around me has dogs and most are left outside and when ever I go out on my deck I have a dog barking. I can't believe that the owners can't hear them. I would like to know if there is an ordinance against barking dogs?? When I lived in Colorado, if you got 3 complaints against your barking dog you were in court explaining to the judge how you were going to control your dog, here it seems to be a God given right to own a barking dog. Posted by: Corinna Location: Maryville Dangerous dogs are being made by their owner. If the dogs would be properly treated and trained and kept on a leash if not in their home or fenced yard, they could not attack people. I have seen a lot of animal cruelty around here and even the Humane Society is sometimes helpless. There should be better laws to take abused animals away from their owner. Posted by: Teresa Location: Seymour I am a responsible dog owner of 4 male rottweilers. I also own a Jack Russell. She is the one I put away when other people are around. So do we eliminate any breed of dog that bittes people, as we did to the Indians of this nation. Should we eliminate all families of people that produced a killer or rapist or thief. Our laws and penal system would not be over welmed and over crowded. Let's just eliminate everybody we do not agree with on anything. I believe in responsible dog ownership no matter what the breed. Training and love goes along way in having a safe dog. My thoughts and prayers are with this family and any family who has been injured by any breed of dog. Posted by: Darlene Location: Knoxville, TN It is not the dogs fault. If their owners would take better care of them and train them. We would not have dangerous dogs.
We are the ones that they depend on to take care of them show them some love and tenderness.
My brother had a pit bull dog and she was the sweetes dog you could have. Posted by: David Location: South Knoxville My girlfreind's grandson was attacked by a pit that lives a couple houses from me and had over six hours of surgy to his face and the dog was held for ten days and returned to the owner. The owner's now have three of the dogs. The dog that bit the boy, I've heard, has bitten the owner's own girl and they still have the dog.
This is not the only pit that I have had experience with, several years ago, my own mother had a pit that her borther gave her at six weeks old, by the time the dog was 2 years old he was one mean Son of a B_ _ _ h.My mother had the dog destoryed I think that with any dog if the dog starts to show any mean temper at all the owner should take care of it theirself. Posted by: Deb Location: Seymour It's amazing how many folks have a "horror" story to tell about an unchained dog (of any breed). Why own a dog if you're not going to take care of it? The mentality around here is that its ok to leave your dog run loose, if it gets hit by a car, blame the driver. If the dog attacks, find another source to blame. I too am a victim, twice, actually, so I hope all the dog lovers out there will pardon me and find someone else to blame when their free-roaming animal finds it's way into my yard, and into the scope of my now ready gun. Oh, by the way, there ARE laws that protect me on that issue. Posted by: Ashley Location: Morristown I am a very proud Pit Bull Owner. I believe that you should not discriminate against a breed. Any dog can be dangerous, it is all in how you raise them. My pitbull is just the sweetest animal I have ever owned. She has been raised that way. I LOVE PITBULLS!!!!!!! Posted by: Jaime Location: Knoxville While I pray for the family of the family of this young woman, I must also say that the owners carry most of the blame. I have been raised around dogs all of my life, most of which were small dogs. I now have 4 rottweilers. I have been bitten more times than I can count by small "harmless" dogs, I have never been bitten by any of my rotts. When you take on a dog of this size and strength you also take on the responsibilty of socializing and training them. The laws are enough, but like with any law they only make a difference if they are followed. Posted by: Brooke Location: morristown, tn I am a VERY PROUD owner of a pitbull. First of all it is how you raise the dogs. Unfortunately you have people who chain these dogs, beat these dogs, don't give affection, don't let them be social with other people and dogs. I am very sorry for what happened to that woman but the blame should go to the owner not the dog. I feel so sorry for these dogs that get such a bad rap for things that bad owners are responsible for. It's absolutely ignorant for someone to say ban pit bulls or keep them in cages. That is SO STUPID!! My dog sleeps in the same bed with me and my husband and our cat who is also his best friend. If you don't like pit bulls then move to Denver. Posted by: Aaron Location: Rogersville Laws - little pieces of paper - are not particularly good self-defense tools, unless of course we are talking about the "Protection Us All From Flies" laws; those ones, being several pages, when rolled up, do work adequately well. The idea that "laws" protect us is absurd and dangerous. Posted by: linda Location: gatlinburg last year i nearly lost my peekapoo to two pit bulls that attacked him. my husband and a friend were also involved in this attack. luckily they were not hurt. my dog was in a fenced in yard and the pits came in under two fences to attack him. the owner of these dogs has apartments next door to us and lives on the property also. he rents to families with small children. it was bad enough that it was my dog that was hurt, but it could have been one of the small children in his apartment complex. we called the police and were told the only way they could do anything about a situation like this was if the dogs had killed a human being. this is pathetic that someone has to die before anything can be done. pit bulls are a very dangerous breed of dog and i definitely feel they should be banned in the state of tennessee as well as the whole united states. i think owners of pit bulls should be held totally responsible for putting others as well as themselves in danger. Posted by: Wendy Jackson Location: Harriman, TN Adding to or increasing legislation will not correct the problem. What happened to this lady was terrible and tragic and the dogs should be put down. This is not her fault and it is not the dogs fault. The responsibility lies at the feet of an owner who has no respect for the laws that are already in place. The state of TN has a leash law and obviously this was not being followed. The law enforcement in Knox County also has some responsiblity. They would not want a child running around with a loaded gun. Why would they ignore a capable dog to be left unattended? I am not anti-pit bull. I love them and often defend this breed by introducing people to our dogs. I am anti-irresponsible owner and ineffective law enforcement. Please do not make this about the breed. I have spoken to many groups and we always start with an internet game where you must identify the Pit Bull. Out of around 250 people only 7 have ever gotten it right the first time. Education and Law enforcement are key! Posted by: shannon Location: Strawberry Plains I have 7 pits that live a couple houses down. I'm scared to go down the road because of them. they are chained up but have gotten loose before. I think laws should be inforced and new laws made. Posted by: Steve Location: sevier county You should do some research before you ask any questions.A question like this could spark off legislation against responsible dog owners."Dangerous Dogs" should be stated as all dogs,these two words bring to most minds pittbulls,rottwielers,dobermans and ect.BSL(breed specific legislation) is not a value of a free and open community.It is legeslation that strikes at responsible dog owners,not at the people who are responsible for irresponsible actions that causes such behavior in many different breeds.Legislation should be passed to protect people against criminals that would create dogs that are this dangerous. Those 2 dogs should be killed because of what they did,the owner of these dogs should also be punished for his actions in causing the dogs to be dangerous and should not be allowed to "ever" own another dog period.When those dogs were born they were not killers they were just puppies that were raised to that behavior.Let's punish the irresponsible not responsible dog owners. Posted by: Cherie Location: Loudon There are two states I know of, one being Arizona,that doesn't allow pitbulls. It is in their genes to be aggresive. I am afraid of them and when I see one will avoid it. My sister in Florida was attacked by a "very nice, gentle" pitbull. Luckily he was on a leash so his owner could pull him away from her throat. I am sorry, but they cannot be trusted. You hear too many reports of attacks from family pets which are pitbulls. They should not be allowed to breed and always be muzzled. And after no more than two warnings either distroyed or a large fine given to the owner for each attack. Posted by: linda Location: knoxville It's not the breed that makes a dog mean, it is the stupid owner. I am sorry about the lady that died.The laws are only good if they are enforced. I had problems in Heiskell some years back. The animal control officers refused to do their job to remove dangerous dogs that ran loose and attacked my son and myself. I was told that I had to take the owner to court to get the dog laws enforced. That was not true.The animal control people knew these dogs well and dodged them when they drove out our street. Blame should go to the pet owner and the animal control people for not doing their jobs. Posted by: Trenton Location: Knoxville, TN Clearly, the fact that these dogs are still allowed to attack people is proof enough that Tennessee's laws are ineffective and inadequate. There's no logical reason to raise pit bulls or other dangerous animals. We are not allowed to keep lions or pumas within our homes; nor should we be allowed to keep dangerous canines and wolf-descendants within our homes where they can harm human beings. If you must keep them (and there's no smart reason to do so), then keep them in cages away from people. Tennessee cannot allow any more innocent people to be killed. It's unacceptable. I suggest that keeping pit bulls be completely outlawed. Period. There's no use for them. There's no reason to keep dangerous animals in the home. Outlaw them. It's ignorant. There are countless other breeds of dogs that are less dangerous that can be kept. There's no reason to have pit bulls. And Tennessee should step up and do what's right to protect its citizens. Posted by: Carol Goodroe Location: Harriman, TN The laws in place are adequate if enforced. The people who abuse an animal or train it to become aggressive are at fault and it is the duty of our law enforcement officials, in conjunction with animal training/care professionals, to ensure that the laws are enforced in a way that not only protects the public from aggressive animals but also protects the animals from negligent or abusive people. Posted by: LISA Location: Corryton I'M SICK AND TIRED OF HEARING "PITS ARE BAD". PITS ARE AS MEAN AS THE OWNER WANTS THEM TO BE!!I HAVE A POODLE THATS MORE AGGRESIVE AND MEANER THAN MY PIT BULL. I TRUST MY PIT WITH MY LIFE. SO PUNISH THE OWNERS AND TRAINERS, BECAUSE THEIR AT FAULT!!!! Posted by: DONNA LOWE JENNIFER WAS MY NEICE AND DID NOT HAVE TO BE TAKEN FROM US. I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT JENN PROVOKED THE ANIMALS AND NOTHING WILL EVER CHANGE MY MIND ON THAT I DO BELIEVE THE DOGS SHOULD BE EUTHANISED. JENN HAD ONLY BEEN THERE FOR ABOUT 4 WEEKS AND THIS DID NOT HAVE TO HAPPEN . GOD WILL WATCH OVER MY NEICE JENN WHO IS IN HEAVEN WITH HER PAPA. HOW COULD THE OWNER WANT TO KEEP A DOG THAT KILLED AND TOOK SUCH A PRECIOUS LIFE . I COULDNT WE LOVE U JENN AUNT DONNA Posted by: Joe N Brown Location: Campell Co How many attacks has to happen before something is done! Posted by: d Location: knoxville I agree with Steve from Seymour! Pits are given a bad name because of the breeder or how they are trained, sometimes that is the same person. If the dogs come from a good breeder (not a backyard breeder) the dogs have been bred right. If you trained anything to be vicious it will be, no matter waht breed it is. I am sorry for the death of the young lady, but I still say it is not the dogs fault totally. Posted by: Brian Location: Speedwell The laws are too easy. Animal controll is also partially to blame also for the death since they deemed that the dogs were dangerous. The owner should have been forced to have the dogs put down or muzzle them except for feeding where the owner should have been forced to be the only one to do that where they were the only ones exposed to the danger of "cocked loaded guns " lying arround. Drug people know yhe loopholes in the laws well. They will use dangerous dogs as thier weapon of choice because they can't be charged with carring a weapon but the results are the same. Death or injury. Posted by: Brian Location: Speedwell Tn. The laws are too easy, and it seems that animal controll is partially to blame since the dogs wrere deemed dangerous. The owner should have been forced to have the dogs put down, or muzzeled except for eating and the owner should have been forced to be the only one to be allowed to feed them, this way he would reap the results of having dangerous wepons cocked and lying arround. In the drug world pit bulls are kept to use as a weapon because it is well known that the laws are so easy that when they use the dogs the drug people can't be charged with carring a weapon. and the results are the same, injury or DEATH. Posted by: Steve Location: Seymour I am tired of the ignorance of people,when it comes to Pitbulls.They are not born dangerous.It takes a stupid person to make them that way.The blame should be put upon the owner,not the Pitbull.And killing them is not the answer.I'm sorry about the woman who got killed,but you can't hold the Pitbulls accountable.Their owner trained them to be vicious.Ruining if raised right,could of been very sweet dogs.
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