I don't think Denver cares anymore.

[Kimbers]

About the bully breed ban, that is.
It's still in effect, but I'm seeing more and more dogs that could be confiscated if the city wanted to. They're all over, too. Seven or eight in my part of the neighborhood, and I saw three downtown today.
Now I'm kind of glad and hoping the ban will be lifted soon, but I'm also a bit worried. The people getting these dogs while the ban is still in effect aren't always the kind who should be getting them. Our next door neighbor, for example, has an APBT who probably could be a nice dog but is barely trained at all, and quite honestly, scares me. These aren't the kind of dogs I would want spreading the image of the breed(s).
That's not to say everyone who owns a "banned dog" is an incompetent owner; I obviously have only met a handful. Just the ones I've seen recently are a bit concerning.
Wish the ban would just be lifted so that good owners can improve the image rather than just the d-bags who are like "woah, tough-looking dog? I should totally get it!" ruining things.

 

[JessLough]

I see bully breeds all around here all the time. Going by when BSL came, they should all be like what, at least 8 years old now? Police aren't issuing tickets or anything unless they bring them to an event unmuzzled.

That said, the owners are not helping to remove BSL at all, no matter how well behaved their dog is. The way to get rid of a law is not by ignoring it

 

[Teal]

And this is a REALLY good example as to why BSL is crap. Law-abiding citizens who are responsible dog owners follow the law. Idiot wanna-be gangstas who don't care about the law and probably aren't the best dog owners don't care if a breed is banned, and half the time think that makes them more appealing. Except, their version of a "pit bull" is anything big, bulky, and snarling.

 

[Kaydee]

Then there's the point that makes the whole breed ban concept ridiculous...What is a pit bull really? Alot of us don't have any record or any clue of our dogs family history never mind genetics...
...if Sophie was somehow analyzed down to 25% Staffordshire, 25% Boxer, 10% Beagle and 10% German Shepard and 5% Tabbie cat, is she in fact considered a "Pit Bull" or a mixed breed? Breed bans don't make any sense when you come down to it.

 

[Kaydee]

...ooops, okay other 25% Maltese, definitely Maltese heeheehee

 

[crazedACD]

There aren't breed bans here but I've all of a sudden noticed an upswing in cane corsos and a few other oddball mastiffs from that wannabe gangster type. This scares me on one hand, but on the other will make a really good point it is the owner...not the dog.

 

[BostonBanker]

If Denver really doesn't care, it is high time they get rid of the ban entirely. I know a lot of people who aren't going to USDAA Nationals this year because it is being held in Denver, and they either won't give their money to a city with BSL or they have dogs that they worry will get targeted.

I personally think it was an idiotic decision to hold Nationals in a place with BSL, but I suppose that's another thread.

 

[OwnedByBCs]

Yeah, I love Colorado and I will probably always live here, but I can't deny that I am majorly disappointed in Denver and I feel ashamed of that law. I would have expected better from such a supposedly dog friendly state.

I think its just a matter of time. I read somewhere that the breed ban is costing them almost $300,000 a year to enforce.

 

[Kimbers]

I personally think it was an idiotic decision to hold Nationals in a place with BSL, but I suppose that's another thread.

Yeah, I was wondering if people just didn't think of the ban or what was going on there.



I do think the ban will be lifted sooner than later. I was reading an article in the Denver Post about how "pit bulls" can be any of dozens of breeds, so drawing the line gets a bit hard.
Really, we're just now realizing this? I have to wonder what the people were thinking when they decided to ban pit bulls. I mean, the form for getting a dog license literally says something like "licensing a pit bull or pit bull mix is illegal and the license will be voided." I've never heard of this "pit bull" dog. Is it like an APBT? Pray tell, what do they look like? Anyway, it doesn't concern me or any of the APBT, corso, or bull dog owners I know. I mean, we don't own one. //sarcasm

 

[Renee750il]

Denver = Dauchau for dogs. I will never, ever forget those photos of piles of slaughtered pitbulls from Denver's enforcement. Ever. Or forgive.

And this is a REALLY good example as to why BSL is crap. Law-abiding citizens who are responsible dog owners follow the law. Idiot wanna-be gangstas who don't care about the law and probably aren't the best dog owners don't care if a breed is banned, and half the time think that makes them more appealing. Except, their version of a "pit bull" is anything big, bulky, and snarling.

Exactly. BSL is nothing more than a tool to make shoeple think their overlords are "protecting" them.

The way to overturn laws like this is for those who live under them to DEMAND they be removed from the books.

 

[Kimbers]

Exactly. BSL is nothing more than a tool to make shoeple think their overlords are "protecting" them.

It is called "Bull S*** Laws" for a reason.
Or did I miss something?

 

[Cheza]

I live in the metro area, just north of the Denver proper. My city doesn't have a breed ban, nor do most of the others in the area. Just Denver/Denver county and the City of Aurora which is a metro bedroom to the southeast. Interestingly enough Aurora enacted it to prevent shelter overflow from Denver's ban all those many years ago. The shelter I volunteer at is 90% Amstaff/Pitty for pretty much the same reason, although I'm glad to see they tend to get adopted out quickly.

I hate the ban and I'm against it; an English assignment I did last semester was a proposal from the citizens of Denver to repeal the ban. It's gotten a lot of attention but the 7 council members that make the decision just don't give a ****. the majority of the people who live in Denver, even those who don't 'like' the breed ban, aren't really activist enough to do anything about it.

There's been several other rallies and petitions and the like to get it lifted but even recently it's been a wash. City council doesn't care and their constituents don't care enough to get them to care. I'm glad to hear the enforcement is relaxing a little but I still wouldn't feel safe bringing a bully-type on a walk through the city.

 

[Zoom]

Denver county is actually a very small part of the city/state. There is also a massive concerted effort by a number of organized parties to get the actual ban over turned. The pressure against the city is starting to have a toll.

But there's tons of places all around Denver that don't hold to the BSL.