Sad day, very sad day...
Today i found out that the government here is preparing a law to ban the 7 breeds considered dangerous. I mean completely forbid people from breeding them or importing them, and making them neuter or spay every dog existent in Portugal, of those breeds.
The breeds are: Pitbull, Rottweiler, Argentinian Mastiff, Brazilian Fila, American Staff, Staff Bull and Tosa Inu.
It's the easy solution to the "dog attack problem", just not allowing people to have them. There's no attempt to even try to select the people that have them. It's just pathetic and stupid. I know a bunch of responsible people that have some of these breeds, I even know breeders of some of these breeds. It's so unfair! Because of stupid people, stupid people come and make laws, and of course it is easier to target the dogs and not the owners. It won't take long, if this law goes through, for this country to loose some amazing breeds. It's just one of those days I feel I was born in the wrong country...
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That's terrible. I don't know how to react to that. People who advocate for those breeds are in the minority. I'm sure an overwhelming majority of people are happy to see such a law passed. It really is sad that the irresponsible few can ruin it for so many others, and for the loving companions that could be bred and given to responsible homes. The one slightly good thing is that they aren't going to euthanize any of the existing dogs. Not that that fact makes things much better.
I have often wondered if a licensing program would be a happy compromise. Kinda like a background check for owning a hand gun, but different. If behaviorists could get trained to certify new homes from those breeds, then responsible owners could still provide loving homes for them. It wouldn't cost the government much to make something like that happen. In fact, it might even stimulate some job growth for behaviorists. Hell, they could even offset the cost of enforcement by charging a licensing fee for potential owners. Not that I support this kind of discrimination in general, but I would take that over a blanket ban without even thinking twice.
Grrrrrr. It is a sad day.
Is the law just being introduced or is it near passing? Why don't they just ban all "Molosser" type dogs while they are at it.
I hate this type of shit.
On a rare case is it the dog that causes a problem, compared to the owner.
What about the yippee ones that nip and could take a finger off?
Obviously you guys can guess how I feel about that....
Yeah, for my particular case, this law is not affecting the breed I want. Just out of curiosity, in Spain the potentially dangerous breed list is all those 7 AND the Akita Inu.
One of the stupid things is that, for instance, there are 2 Tosa Inu in Portugal, and neither of them ever attacked anyone. Although I did go to a dog show that got a Tosa, and the judge was kind of wary of him. Very impressive dog!
So stupid......For a while here in Topeka, where I live in Kansas they were telling pitbull owners that they had to bring their dogs to an animal shelter to be put to sleep...I had a 2 year old make pitbull (below) named Blaze. My big baby!! We got A LOT of visits from animal control, thanks to our neighbors....who just assumed he was an agressive dog. Ugh so dumb!
The other day at the Shiba get together in Atlanta that Brad and Jen are missing because they are too good for us all and decided to move to some hillibilly town in Taos. (intentional long sentince.)
We noticed how many Rottie's were there. The funny part about it was how many of them I saw on their backs with their legs in the air being submissive to other dogs. That and Sasha hiding behind Rach and I, while people were trying to see her.
Oh Brad get this since you and Jen moved and missed the Shiba get together again, we all took a Shiba picture. Funniest thing ever Sasha oribiting the group of people, she had no idea what to do with everyone surrounding Rach and I.
He lives with my parents because I cant have a dog that size or breed where I live.