[Faith Presses On]

My family had a dachshund when I was growing up. I thought my parents didn’t train it very well. Then I got one myself as an adult, and it was very hard to train. One day I watching a TV show about service dogs, and the narrator said something like, “the training for service dogs takes advantage of a dog’s natural desire to please its owner.” I almost fell out of my chair. It clicked with me that I’d see owners were their Rottweilers and German Shepherds, and those dogs do what they’re told to right away. Dachshunds have a mind of their own and think they’re at least equal to you, they’re very barky, they have some issues. Wonderful dogs in other ways, very, very smart and funny, but still, they’re challenging. And every owner I’ve ever met says just about the exact same things about them. It’s like they’re all clones.

And being another pure bred, pit bulls are what they are, natural killers. I’m not quite sure if banning them now is the answer, though. Maybe that only makes them go up in value, and in cost, and more attractive to criminals. Maybe for a start somehow modifying them, even through some cross-breeding? Perhaps an breeder who does so gets a tax break?

[Secret Agent Man]

Your logic tells me banning them right now is the way to go.

The criminals will identify themselves and we take their asses out along with their dogs.

[familyop]

"Maybe for a start somehow modifying them, even through some cross-breeding? Perhaps an breeder who does so gets a tax break?"

Crossbreed with tiny dogs--artificial insemination, if necessary. Then give away the pups with word about how large and protective they'll grow to be. Saturate the country with them, until criminals can no longer find pups from the bigger breed. Start intensified law enforcement efforts to pick up and dispose of the bigger ones (drugs, alcohol, domestic disputes, animal running at large, other violations). Make more animal control positions with slightly better pay and prestige. Advertise for tips about possible pickups.