Pitbulls=Crack Pipe

Wow - I just got an e-mail from MaxTheShelterDog.com and they forwarded a piece of dialog from a Fox News show in which Geraldo Rivera says some disturbing things. Well, they bother me at least. Here's the excerpt (from Fox News)

RIVERA: Well to me if you have more than one pit bull it's like having a crack pipe. There's only one reason for it. It's for sadistic reasons. To watch them...

O'REILLY: What if you just like the dog?

RIVERA: If you like one of the animals you have to understand that after two centuries of breeding they are genetically predisposed to abnormal violence. That is the take on it. And there's no dispute about that. You might get one at the shelter. You might be humanistic. You might care for them.

All of that is fine but the fact of the matter is if you have more than one pit bull why do you have more than one pit bull? And anybody — I'm a parent of five children. Anybody who has a pit bull around my kids is immediately shunned by me, because they are as if they are walking around with a weapon about to go off.

Now what is interesting, and I watched your discussion with the hip-hop expert, is the — you know pit bulls have become accessories to many of the kids. Not just ghetto youngsters. But many kids who feel alienated in some way, who feel that it is...

Max the Shelter Dog is taking submissions from people who have more that one pitbull. They are putting together quotes to send to Geraldo. If you want to share the reason you have more than one pitbull or your thoughts on his statement that the breed is predisposed to "abnormal violence" - send your comments and thoughts to nr@maxtheshelterdog.com.

Great BSL Comment

Okay - yet another recent article about BSL. This time it's from Canada which already has laws banning certain breeds.

But I wanted to share my favorite quote from this article....

"To label an entire breed as dangerous because a few poorly-bred, untrained, improperly socialized dogs cause problems is like labeling all human individuals within a specific ethnic group as lazy or violent."

This article also gives an example on the shortfalls on BSL - read it at Osprey Media.

Mayor of Indiana Recants Call for Ban on Pitbulls

I just read an article at IndyStar.com and I wish more people would take the stance shared in this article - IT MAKES SENSE.

A Breed Specific Legislation punishes the majority of law-abiding citizens and only "declares war" on an entire breed because of the irresponsibility of a few, misguided owners.

Read the article Dogs vs Humans: Let's all get along - Click Here.