German Shepherds declared dangerous

[adoptashelterpettoday]

http://www.akc.org/news/index.cfm?article_id=3018

"The Mississippi Canine Coalition is also working to convince the City of Saltillo to repeal a breed-specific ordinance that was enacted in 2005. The ordinance declares Pit Bull Terriers, Chow Chows, Doberman Pinschers, German Shepherds and Rottweilers to e dangerous dogs. These dogs are required to be kept in a specified manner, muzzled and leashed when off the owner’s property and are prohibited from being within 100 yards of a school, daycare or other child services facility"
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Kind of sad isnt it?
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http://americaagainstbsl.tripod.com/breed_specific_legislation.html

Dogs currently affected by BSL in the United States...

I have only included 1 or 2 cities/states where the breed is affected by BSL so that the breeds can be verified as targets.

American Pit Bull Terrier (Note: Laws dealing with “pit bulls” also state any mix of the 3 breeds AND the MOST important line, anything that has the characteristics or appearance of these breeds. There are 20+ breeds that are commonly mistakenly identified as “pit bull” dogs. ) (Denver, CO)
American Staffordshire Terrier (Note: Laws dealing with “pit bulls” also state any mix of the 3 breeds AND the MOST important line, anything that has the characteristics or appearance of these breeds. There are 20+ breeds that are commonly mistakenly identified as “pit bull” dogs. ) (Denver, CO)
Staffordshire Bull Terrier (Note: Laws dealing with “pit bulls” also state any mix of the 3 breeds AND the MOST important line, anything that has the characteristics or appearance of these breeds. There are 20+ breeds that are commonly mistakenly identified as “pit bull” dogs. ) (Denver, CO)
Rottweiler
Doberman Pincher (Fairfield, IA) (Sisston, SD), (Westfield, IL), (Travelers Rest, SC)
Shar Pei’s (Smithfield, UT)
German Shepard (Fairfield, IA)
Belgian Malanois (Fairfield, IA)
Siberian Huskies (Fairfield, IA)
Alaskan Malamutes (Fairfield, IA)
Great Danes (Fairfield, IA)
Irish Wolf Hounds (Fairfield, IA)
Scottish Deerhounds (Fairfield, IA)
Mastiffs (Fairfield, IA)
Boerboels (Fairfield, IA)
American Bull Dog (Other dogs in excess of 100 lbs - Fairfield, IA), (North Little Rock, AR)
Akita (Ulyssas, KS)
Chow Chow (Travelers Rest, SC), (New Port, RI)
English Mastiffs, (Yale, IA)
Tosa Inu (Aurora, CO)
Presa Canario (Aurora, CO)
Dogo Argentino (Aurora, CO)
Cane Corso (Aurora, CO)
American Bulldog (Aurora, CO / North Little Rock, AR)
Bull Terrier (Grandview, MO)
American Bull Dog, (North Little Rock, AR)
Presa Canario (Other dogs in excess of 100 lbs - Fairfield, IA), (Lanett, AL)
Wolf Hybrid (Huntington WV)

NOTE: These are breeds that are typically over 100lbs. If your dog is less than 100lbs than they are safe in Fairfield.


Bull Mastiff (Other dogs in excess of 100 lbs - Fairfield, IA)
Neopolitian Mastiff (Other dogs in excess of 100 lbs - Fairfield, IA)
Tibetan Mastiff (Other dogs in excess of 100 lbs - Fairfield, IA)
New Foundland (Other dogs in excess of 100 lbs - Fairfield, IA)
Anatolian Shepherd (Other dogs in excess of 100 lbs - Fairfield, IA)
Greater Swiss Mountain Dog (Other dogs in excess of 100 lbs - Fairfield, IA)
Great Pyrenees (Other dogs in excess of 100 lbs - Fairfield, IA)
Komondor (Other dogs in excess of 100 lbs - Fairfield, IA)
Kuvaz (Other dogs in excess of 100 lbs - Fairfield, IA)
St. Bernard (Other dogs in excess of 100 lbs - Fairfield, IA)
Tosa Inu (Other dogs in excess of 100 lbs - Fairfield, IA)
Dogo Argentino (Other dogs in excess of 100 lbs - Fairfield, IA)
Cane Corso (Other dogs in excess of 100 lbs - Fairfield, IA)
Fila Brasileiro (Other dogs in excess of 100 lbs - Fairfield, IA)
Spanish Mastiff (Other dogs in excess of 100 lbs - Fairfield, IA)
Italian Mastiff (Other dogs in excess of 100 lbs - Fairfield, IA)
Dogue De Bordeauxs (Other dogs in excess of 100 lbs - Fairfield, IA)
Alapaha Blue Blood Bulldog (Other dogs in excess of 100 lbs - Fairfield, IA)
Akbash (Other dogs in excess of 100 lbs - Fairfield, IA)
Leonberger (Other dogs in excess of 100 lbs - Fairfield, IA)

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Another one:

Smithfield UT Confirmed The pit bull, Rottweiler, German shepherd, husky, Alaskan malamute, Doberman pinscher and wolf hybrid have been identified as "vicious."
and require a special permit
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Those aggressive German Shepherds really need to be stopped.

[DanL]

Why the witch hunt against GSDs? Why not go after irresponsible owners of all breeds instead of singling out one breed? Doing this isn't helping the pit bull cause at all.

[MelissaCato]

This is just ridiculous! :yikes: We can thank irresponsible dog owners for this crap.

[Amstaffer]

I agree with you DanL but I think she is trying to make a point with sarcasism.

[DanL]

It looks like Fairfield IA is not the place to live if you like a big dog.

[adoptashelterpettoday]

Yup, I am being sarcastic. I am trying to prove my point, which I dont think will ever come across.

I own a GSD myself. He is a super great dog and would never bite anyone, he is one of the nicest dogs I have ever met. So is pit bull foster.

Look at Smithfield, UT, they banned Huskies too...

[Amstaffer]

Yeah ya gotta ban those Newfies...they are pure killers :p

[adoptashelterpettoday]

Fairfield also banned Great danes.. ??

[DanL]

ok, sorry adoptashelter, your joke flew right over my head. But, I'm old now. :)

It looks like Fairfield banned any dog that was over 100lbs. They must have a town of ankle biter dogs, but thats ok. Those dogs are cute, and it's so funny when they try and bite me and my dog. :)

[casablanca1]

Only one place on the list bans Akitas. What is with that breed? It's big, it's capable, it's often human-aggressive, and it is one of the breeds that you see fairly often in serious of fatal maulings. Yet it flies under the radar in the whole dangerous dog debate.

Just curious, not arguing for it's inclusion neccessarily.

[adoptashelterpettoday]

Actually if you go to http://www.understand-a-bull.com/BSL/Locations/BSLListings.htm there are quite a few cities who list Akitas as being banned. I have only met one Akita and she was sweet as pie.

The meanest dog I met was a Doxie. That dog was nuts and like you said Dan, the owners thought it was funny. Yup, really funny. It's cute when small dogs bite until it bites your kid and then the dog gets surrendered to the shelter. (Seen it happen a zillion times) And the owners usually get another dog to ruin.

[Laurelin]

Those Irish Wolfhounds are scary man. :rolleyes:

Seriously, ALL dogs have the potential to be dangerous. ALL dogs can bite. Why not just ban them all? And cats too while we're at it, they can bite and scratch.

EDIT: Though I could definitely agree with wolfdogs requiring a license to own or something, but that's just me.

[SiNNiK]

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German Shepard (Fairfield, IA)


they misspelled "German Shepherd", maybe we can get off on a technicality? :D

[ACooper]

Oh sinnik, you crack me up! So you are the loop hole hunting type huh?? hehehe

[~Jessie~]

And we need to stop those aggressive corgis that are in Italy :rolleyes:

[mrose_s]

ARGH thats disgusting. why does no-one get it?

can you imagine if these were people? and we said like... "the japanese are dangerous, they are not allowed to visit any western countries" or soemthing. god! this isn't fair. its really disgusting. people should learn to look aftre themselves and to treat dogs properly. no dog should ever have to be muzzled

[mrose_s]

the most agressive dog i have ever met was a pomeranian. he's so snappy. you can't go near him without almost being bitten.

[vanillasugar]

Wow... I can't imagine the kind of place that would ban any dogs over 100lbs... what if your 90lb dog gets fat? What do they do then?

I mean NEWFIES?! Come on now... the worst they could do is slobber on you!

OH NO! IT'S THE ATTACK OF THE KILLER DROOL!

[Alex]

Yeah ya gotta ban those Newfies...they are pure killers :p

LOL! My 102 lb, 7 month old newf is a deadly weapon. He'll drown you in drool. Or maybe sit on you. Yup...that's a horrible way to go.

[SummerRiot]

This makes me really mad...

[Sunnierhawk0]

I see again that the deadly spinnach flew under the radar. There is NO justice in the world

On a serious note, makes me sick all this breed banning. Just sick.

[Vivien]

if it's big ..its dangerous :(...what is this world coming to?/// They are banning any future breed that I would like to own...

[RD]

It's odd... GSDs are so USEFUL to people. Nearly every service dog I've met has been a GSD, all sniffer-dogs (including SAR) I've met, with the exception of one (a lab) have been GSDs... I think it's ridiculous that they'd try to BAN a breed that is so commonly used by people needing assistance, law enforcement and the military.

Any large dog is dangerous. I don't know why people can't understand that. A dog is not a marshmallow. It's powerful, it has a lot of sharp teeth and can outrun any human. I wish people would treat them with more respect.

[Momof2Pups]

Exactly, Grace. . .there is an abundance of GSDs who are police dogs, service dogs (hearing, seeing eye dogs, etc. I had the privelege of meeting a wonderful GSD mix who helped his owner who had MS and fybromyalgia), SAR dogs, bomb-sniffers, siezure dogs, guardians, everything, and of course loyal companions. GSDs are so wonderful and have helped people in so many ways, it's sad to see them labeled "bad" and "dangerous" dogs. . .(well, it's sad to see any dog labeled as such, especially a breed that has so many wonderful representations of the breed).

[chinchow]

I almost choked on Chow Chow hair once.


Nasty dogs.

[Love That Collie]

The other day I walked up to a door, knocked, lady answered and IMMEDIATELY I was surrounded by 3 Min Pins and 3 Chihuahua's, biting, snapping and jumping, luckily it was snowy and I had on pants and a boot type shoe or else I guess I would have been bitten by 6 ankle biters. Luckily they got my pants and boots. They just RUSHED out the door, I couldn't even hear myself think over the din of shrill yapping.

Here in our area we just have a plain old dog problem of irresponsible owners and we have NO animal control unless you would like to count our so called Humane Society, animal control.:rolleyes:

I think instead of targeting the dogs, target the owners of dogs who don't comply with the ALREADY in-place laws of the state(s) or city ordinances. The owners would either comply with the laws or suffer the monetary consequences IF the officials would just be diligent in enforcing the laws already in place. As it is here, our mail carriers are armed to the teeth and I myself carry MACE.....not pepper spray.....tear gas (Mace) and have a stun gun because I work out in the community with the public and have to go to a lot of homes.

[Psyfalcon]

I'd hate to be the one gone missing in Fairfield.

Bloodhounds over 100lbs, banned. German Shepherds banned, Malinois banned. No Dobermans or Rotties.

Perhaps the police have Turvs.

[Miakoda]

It's odd... GSDs are so USEFUL to people. Nearly every service dog I've met has been a GSD, all sniffer-dogs (including SAR) I've met, with the exception of one (a lab) have been GSDs... I think it's ridiculous that they'd try to BAN a breed that is so commonly used by people needing assistance, law enforcement and the military.

Any large dog is dangerous. I don't know why people can't understand that. A dog is not a marshmallow. It's powerful, it has a lot of sharp teeth and can outrun any human. I wish people would treat them with more respect.

There is 1 APBT & 1 AST doing SAR here in the state of Lousiana alone. I know that's not a high number, but the fact remains that "pit bulls" are finding their way into the law enforcement & SAR fields. Check out the LawDogs program if you haven't already. It's awesome.

As for banning dogs over 100lbs, I'm curious as to what the Louisiana State Pen (also known as Angola State Pen) would do if their beloved Bloodhounds (including Big Red that the country song was named after) & Filas were banned? I just can't imagine a pack of Yorkies or Dachshunds chasing down an escaped convict.

[casablanca1]

I mean NEWFIES?! Come on now... the worst they could do is slobber on you! OH NO! IT'S THE ATTACK OF THE KILLER DROOL!

Er, if you don't like people making negative breed generalizations, you probably shouldn't be making positive breed generalizations.:)

[vanillasugar]

Er, if you don't like people making negative breed generalizations, you probably shouldn't be making positive breed generalizations.:)

It was a joke... or maybe you missed the humor in the "attack of the killer drool" comment.

And on that note, I would MUCH rather have positive generalizations than negative ones, so long as people realised that they're just that... generalizations. Any dog is capable of harm, and anyone who shares their house with one (of any breed) should realise this.
But I'd rather have the media saying that dogs are wonderful, sweet creatures than villianizing them.

[SharkyX]

It seems that they are systematically eliminating everything that doesn't fit on your lap in Fairfield...
People can have seeing eye Shih Tzu's, and use a Sheltie as a bomb dog.
SAR beagle's and so forth...

[hbwright]

I have no clue the breed or crossed breeds of the ankle biters next door but I've been bitten pretty good once and my son has been bitten numerous times and my daughters at least a couple times each. When I brought this up with my neighbor she laughed at me. I had to bring up the idea of what if her kids came to my house and got bitten by Summer (large mixed breed) and my doberman, both of which would rather bite themselves to death then even knock a child down. Obviously I know the difference, but as an owner I feel the responsibility to be able to control my dogs and she obviously doesn't feel the need. After my son came home with an obvious bit I threatened to call animal control. Since then she is more careful with the dogs putting them up when the kids are playing and the dogs could run out the door during the ins and outs. Still, my dogs have NEVER bitten, being the dangerous mix breed and super duper dangerous dobie.

[casablanca1]

It was a joke... or maybe you missed the humor in the "attack of the killer drool" comment. And on that note, I would MUCH rather have positive generalizations than negative ones, so long as people realised that they're just that... generalizations. Any dog is capable of harm, and anyone who shares their house with one (of any breed) should realise this. But I'd rather have the media saying that dogs are wonderful, sweet creatures than villianizing them.

I see your point, but mine is that if we did choose to 'accentuate the positive' on the various breeds that are always at the heart of bsl, we would be occupying the same moral ground as the people who are for bsl. We should be in pursuit of honesty and responsibility, not spin.

[ToscasMom]

Um, what if one of these dogs were a certified therapy dog who participates in Reading With Dogs program, among other things.

I knew akitas were dog aggressive, but didn't know they were human aggressive. My cousin has one and she hates other dogs but has no problem with humans or kids. She's older now, so she is pretty easy with Tosca now too. I wouldn't however, want to be a human who breaks into their home when they aren't there. I don't think it would be pretty at all.

[ToscasMom]

LoveThatCollie, the only memorable dog bite I ever got was a Pom. I swear to you I was afraid of that little chit till the day it died.

[Love That Collie]

LoveThatCollie, the only memorable dog bite I ever got was a Pom. I swear to you I was afraid of that little chit till the day it died.

LOL.....speaking of POMS, my boss (and is also a friend) has one. Nastiest little critter I've ever met. They think his biting and snarling is cute because he weighs 5 lbs. I saw him go after a repairman who just walked into my office to pick up payment. The guy just walked in and before I knew it the dog's teeth were firmly planted in the guys ankle and he wouldn't let go for quite a while. She thought it was funny and I told her I didn't see anything funny about it, that no dog should bite and she's the one who has let him get away with it all of his 9 years on the planet. This dog is so mean the owner even has to hand the dog backwards to the vet when he goes for a checkup.
I'm afraid of him because I've seen him attack so many people over the years I stay away from him. He's sick now, so his days are actually numbered.

[ToscasMom]

This dog is so mean the owner even has to hand the dog backwards to the vet when he goes for a checkup.

ROFLMAO! Must have been the same breeder as the shark that bit me.

[Sugardog]

This is bull.

GSD's are wonderful dogs as are pitties, dobbies, mastiffs and all the other breeds they mentioned on there.

I'm getting so sick of BSL's. I really hope they don't make their way to my area.

I'm beginning to wonder what is going to happen to all these dogs if they become illegal everywhere. Are they just going to kill them all off?

[Amstaffer]

I'm beginning to wonder what is going to happen to all these dogs if they become illegal everywhere. Are they just going to kill them all off?

Yep...thats what many places do. They give a certain amount of time to remove the dog and then they sieze it and PTS. Some places have Grandfather clauses but many don't.