Dangerous Dog Law
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The article does state that there is an appeals process, which I assume is where you can explain that the neighbor was throwing rocks at the dog, or the bite occurred when someone broke into your home. Given that there is only one dog in the city labeled 'dangerous', I would guess the appeals generally work. Or they have remarkably low bites in that city.
Meh, I absolutely 100% agree that that all dogs should be held to the same standard.
When it comes down to it, whether I'm getting treatment for the bite of a chihuahua or treatment for the bite of a lab, I'm still having to get treatment from an attack simply because I walked down the street. (Using the OP example)
When you start to exempt breeds that are under a certain weight, you're just setting up BSL.
Plus, like somebody else said, where do you draw the line? What's the weight limit? An attack from a 50lb dog is going to be much worse for a child than it is for me, and worse for me than it's going to be for, for example, my father.
Eh, I think it's fair. You chose to accept this job. This is something you chose to accept with it. It's also not the same thing at all. You knowingly accepted a job where you would have to keep up appearances at all times. Somebody didn't choose to get attacked by a dog on their walk.
When it comes down to it, whether I'm getting treatment for the bite of a chihuahua or treatment for the bite of a lab, I'm still having to get treatment from an attack simply because I walked down the street. (Using the OP example)
When you start to exempt breeds that are under a certain weight, you're just setting up BSL.
Plus, like somebody else said, where do you draw the line? What's the weight limit? An attack from a 50lb dog is going to be much worse for a child than it is for me, and worse for me than it's going to be for, for example, my father.
Eh, I think it's fair. You chose to accept this job. This is something you chose to accept with it. It's also not the same thing at all. You knowingly accepted a job where you would have to keep up appearances at all times. Somebody didn't choose to get attacked by a dog on their walk.
I'm sorry, but I really don't buy the whole "life isn't fair" thing when it comes to things like this. Life being unfair doesn't mean laws shouldn't be. EVERYONE should be held accountable for their dog's actions. Size shouldn't give you a free pass. The absolute worst dog bite injuries I've ever seen personally were given to my own dog by a 15 pound JRT who attacked Ma'ii unprovoked on a busy street. The dog flung itself out an open car window at a red light just as we were crossing the street, and went right for him. Ma'ii required stitches in his arm pit and shoulder. The wounds were so deep, you could see his fat tissue. Kicking and hitting the dog did NOTHING. Once he was attached, he wasn't letting go. It was only when my other dog jumped in to Ma'ii's defense that the dog finally let go of him.
There's absolutely no doubt this dog could have caused some serious injuries to a person, and even worse to a young kid. If the law had over looked because it was a small breed dog, that's not only completely ass-backwards, but incredibly dangerous.
There's absolutely no doubt this dog could have caused some serious injuries to a person, and even worse to a young kid. If the law had over looked because it was a small breed dog, that's not only completely ass-backwards, but incredibly dangerous.
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