What’s Wrong with Breed-Specific Laws?
There is a general misconception that dog aggression and human aggression are the same thing, this is WRONG! In the canine world there are several types of aggression, fear, food, territory, displaced, etc. Pit bulls were bred to fight dogs, true they can be dog aggressive, but they are NOT human aggressive. Due to the nature of dog fighting any signs of human aggression was bred out of the lines.
BSL punishes responsible dog owners while bad dog owners go underground. Responsible dog owners leave the city or county.
Bite severity is not specific to a breed. ALL dogs bite! Diffculty in determining breed. There are 25 + breeds that are commonly incorrectly identified as pit bulls. BSL does nothing to educate or protect the citizens from dangerous dogs. Dogs of any breed can be dangerous. Laws need to be based on the Deed, not the breed.it is important to stress that aggression is not a state of being or a temperament (which would be solely affected by genetics). Aggression is a behavior. Behavior is the product of both genetics and environment (the way a dog is or is not raised and trained, and the circumstances a dog is put in by its owner). Therefore, a dog’s breed alone does not and can not shape behavior. Socialization, training, management, and proper care–or lack thereof–can have a strong influence on a dog’s behavior. Because a dog’s owner determines the situations a dog faces, the dog’s owner has total control over whether a dog has the opportunity or the inclination to exhibit aggression.The ATTS reports that in 2007, the three “pit bull” breeds (the American Pit Bull Terrier, the American Staffordshire Terrier and the Staffordshire Bull Terrier) had a combined passing rate of 85.5%. This is a higher passing percentage than the Golden Retriever (84.2%), the Beagle (80.3%), the Cardigan Corgi (75.4%), the Cocker Spaniel (81.7%), and the average of all tested dogs of all breeds (81.6%). The Humans need to be responsible not the dogs.