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Posted by Susan Overfield
on January 13, 2009, 10:21 am, in reply to "Alert-Montana Bill Will Seek to Ban and Euthanize Some Terriers!"
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As a trainer, both in Montana and nationally, I find this to be an unconscionable bill. It is NOT the breed, in this case pit bulls, but the individual dog's behavior that can be traced back through many poor decisions made by humans involved with THE (note the singular, though it may be two dogs involved) dog. Every thing from poor genetics by unethical, uncaring breeders, to bad owners, to trainers incapable of training anything but the "softest" of dogs may have come into play in the SPECIFIC issue that sparked this bill.
A child was killed two years ago by Rotties, in his uncle's yard, and no ban was called for. Nor are Rotties included in this bill, therefore it seems a somewhat arbitrary bill.
What is of utmost concern to me at the moment is the fact that HSUS Regional seems to be in support of this bill. How can the Humane Society say they are advocates of animals when this bill is entirely about killing dogs (the breed as a whole) that have displayed NO AGGRESSION? What are they advocating?
I do not believe this ban will go unopposed here in Montana. Susan Overfield www.overfieldkennel.com
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