The Constitution does not confer rights and the rights listed are not to be interpeted as denying any other God given rights. If King George had come to confiscate the Founders' dogs it would not have gone unchallenged. The relationship between Man and Dog is one of the greatest gifts our Creator has bestowed upon us. For tens of thousands of years dogs have been working and living along side of us. Owning a dog is a God given right. My dog is a gift from God to me. I appreciate the gift, accept the responsibility of ownership, care for it and cherish it. And woe to any creature, four legged or two, that comes between me and my dog.
> My dog is a gift from God to me. I appreciate the gift, accept the responsibility of ownership, care for it and cherish it. And woe to any creature, four legged or two, that comes between me and my dog.
I recollect how your dog Sam saved you from a brown bear attack miles into the Ontario bush a couple years back. And as a dog owner myself I echo your sentiments. You have an amazing dog, and that’s for real.
I have just gone back onto your About Page to refresh my memory of your dog — and my memory serves me correctly. Sam is not what I understand to be a “Pit Bull”. He is smaller, his head is a different shape, as are his ears. He is a better-looking dog. And while he certainly looks like he means business (all serious dogs do) he does not look to be vicious or nasty.
So it is possible that we are talking at cross-purposes — I dunno. Given your permission I would certainly pet your dog and expect to get all five of my fingers back intact.
By way of contrast, I would never ever pet a Pit Bull, except maybe with a meat ax: they are just too dangerous.
I would let your dog play with my best German Shepherd and expect them both to have a good time, find their relative place in the pecking order, and finish up with neither of us having a vet bill.
By way of contrast, I would let a Pit Bull play catch with my .303 before I let one anywhere near any of my dogs — they are not adequately socialized to be safe around other dogs or people.
Neither did the Constitution strip the states, counties and municipalities of their inherent police powers over public safety issues.
Owning a dog is a God given right.
By your "logic", owning a rabid dog is a God given right.
"If, however, an ox was previously in the habit of goring and its owner has been warned, yet he does not confine it and it kills a man or a woman, the ox shall be stoned and its owner also shall be put to death."