I understand and sympathize. One of our dogs is a Chow mix, although we could probably disguise that fact a little — esp. if he doesn’t open his mouth and no one sees his tongue, lol! I remain vigilant and wary every time I see or hear of some ridiculous politician pandering with nonsensical BSL legislation to recent reports of dog attacks and those with irrational fears.
In the past year or so another part of our state proposed one of the worst pieces of BSL nonsense I’ve seen in some time and the list of dogs on it was virtually every medium to large sized dog breed (something like 50 breeds were listed!) The only thing left were lap-sized dogs (ironically sometimes the worst biters!) Don’t think it passed.
Anybody who knows Danes knows they’re huge, loving, slobbery, silly beasts. Nevertheless, they, along with Newfoundlands, St. Bernards, and other very large breeds are often placed on BSL bans jus because of their size. BSL legislation, along with gun control, is just another form of evil socialism.
Don’t forget other forms of breed discrimination such as housing and insurance. We were turned down for an umbrella poicy because one of our dogs is an akita.
The case of Lennox is looking even worse than we thought. It seems he was kept in an isolation cage for two years and had to sleep on a bed of sawdust in his own feces. And people who called the offices this morning asking about Lennox were laughed at by the staff and were taunted with animal sounds. I fully believe Lennox was tortured to death or beaten to death,,,not humanely put to sleep. What a horrible final two years of life for this dog who never hurt anyone.