Posted on 06/08/2011 11:09:07 AM PDT by Immerito
College Park (WAOK) Saying it’s acting in the interest of public safety, College Park officials will enact a “dangerous dog” registry next month that some critics say is very close to canine profiling.
Residents owning dogs that have, without provocation, bitten someone during the last 12 years, will be required to register their pet with the city clerk’s office. Pit bull, Doberman, Rottweiler and German shepherd owners, will also have to register their dogs whether they have ever attacked someone or not.
Registration will cost a $25 annual fee. Those who fail to register their dogs will face fines and confiscation of their pets.
Lawrenceville, LaGrange and Floyd County have all enacted their own versions of the ordinance but College Park appears to be the first municipality in Georgia to require registration for breeds beyond pit bulls.
(Excerpt) Read more at atlanta.cbslocal.com ...
Doggie Ping!
When dangerous dogs are outlawed, only outlaws will have dangerous dogs.
Canine profiling?
“You can have my dangerous dog when you can pry my cold, dead, hands from its jaws”...
I thought you might be interested in this for your German Shepherd Ping list.
I feel about this the way I feel about smoking.
Either it’s legal or it’s not. I hate this half-way stuff.
Is it legal to own a Doberman? Then leave the Doberman owners alone. If you think it should be illegal, use the proper procedures to try to make it so.
This is reasonable.
Pit bull, Doberman, Rottweiler and German shepherd owners, will also have to register their dogs whether they have ever attacked someone or not.
This is not. Have never owned a Pit Bull but have owned all the others. The only time any of them bit was when someone was coming into our locked and fenced home. You break into my home, you deserve to be bit.
Their problems are not dog-related.
I can see a bite registry, that makes some sense, especially since an owner has more responsibility after the "first bite". But a breed registry is stupid - except as a revenue raiser.
Especially since so many Dobes now are complete wusses.
I have neighbors with Dobermans and German shepherds. They tend to be a bit protective, however, they also can tell if a person genuinely likes dogs. If they sense you like dogs, they might slobber you to death.
I have run into one Minnesota ninny who thinks that Newfies are vicious and dangerous.
You found it. Registering dogs that have bitten might be reasonable. In my city we have had a yearly registration fee for all pets.
But, much as I dislike the danger of some breeds, I dislike invasion of personal privacy even more. In time they will demand chips inserted into all pets - another means of “locating” your pet —— and you.
With Dobermans it depends heavily on how the dogs are raised. If early on (as pups) they are introduced to neighbors, friends, etc, they usually are well socialized. When I was in college, I was introduced to one Dobe when she was a pup. Later on as I ran by the house (I ran college track and cross country), she would see my running as play. Later at night she would bark with what I would call a “territorial bark”, but would then recognize my voice, run over so I could “pay the toll” (scratch behind her ears), and then I could move on.
When my oldest Lab was a puppy, my trainer had a water rescue Newfie named Kansas, and my pup quickly learned that when she teased another one of the dogs too hard, she could flee to Kansas and hide under her belly fur and be safe from vengeance . . . .
Re Dobermanns -- I absolutely agree that socialization is important, but what I'm seeing that's different from, say, 20 years ago, is that Dobes who are worried about something are now far more likely to flee or have a nervous breakdown than be aggressive. They have always been rather highly strung, but what I'm seeing now is much more neurotic Dobes. Generally speaking, of course, there are exceptions.
To all y’all who are surprised that German Shepherds and Rotties are being targeted along with pit bulls...I TOLD YOU SO.
It’s not about safety.
Two words say it all.
FEES
FINES
They won't stop there either. It will be Chows, Mastiffs, etc. until dog ownership is banned altogether. PETA has said/written that's their ultimate goal, and nobody wants to believe they actually mean it.
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