Comments on: Ohio Supreme Court Rules Toledo’s Pit Bull Law Constitutional

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By: bob toyer

bob toyer — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 12:20:54 +0000

pit bulls should not be banned still all pit bull terriors arent agresive they are loving kind and heroric. As they steadily focus on banning the breed think are being hurt by this little boys, and girls who dont know why there dog is being tooken there life companions or handicap people who need a freind there alone so if your going to continue to take them and kill them as you say euthinize for no apparent reason kill them in front of the children and then you go home knowing your the man and what effect you had on someones life we need a judge who owns the breed before they just put away wth them what about micheal vick lets put him down or mike tyson he fights for money or even floyed these dogs dont fight becuase they want to they fight becuase they have to or they will be killed by there brutal and viciouse owners we should lock them in a cage with a so called viciouse dog i have no dis respect for other dog breeds dont single out pit bulls becuase if your house was in to a pit is taking the bullet for you when your german shepards under the bed pit bulls are starting to be used on law enforcements and are improving so ban the american soldier

By: Robin McClelland

Robin McClelland — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:33:56 +0000

I just hope the Justices are reincarnated as a Pit Bull. I have nothing more to say on it.

By: Greg More

Greg More — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:32:19 +0000

i think this ruling is personally shit!! because it is not the dogs fault that people made them into fighting dogs

By: Lori B

Lori B — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 19:28:17 +0000

I am so tired of this pit bull steriotype. All dogs can be vicious it is just not pit bulls. I agree it is the owners. There are many dog bites a year and I bet we would be surprised that many of them are NOT pit bulls. The media has made it so people think these are vicious dogs. Years ago it was dobie and german shepards. Your sweetest dog could all the sudden bite you always have to be aware of that. I would bet that in a day there is lets say 5 dog bites and the only one you will hear about on the news is the pit bulls. I have 2 of the sweetest pits I would go to the supreme court before I would get rid of my dogs. Start making owners accountable for their dogs. If you have a dog that starts to act like they are going to have issues TRAIN them properly. You need to be the alfa dog and if they are trained then behaviors will be under control. We need to stop this pit bull steriotype. Many of the dogs that they call pits are not they are terriors of some kind.

By: Robert Davis

Robert Davis — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 04:23:35 +0000

Very sad to hear this news. Its the owners that should be held responsible, not a whole breed!

The very idea that pits should be muzzled in public! what about dobermans or german shepherds….

To be fair, however, I do muzzle my shepherd when he used to visit the vet - of course when the mobile vet comes by he is still muzzled just to be on the safe side - but that is his temperment…not how I raised him.

This world has gone crazy making laws that don’t do alot to protect and then our borders stay completey open! Okay - another topic altogether.

By: Sky Eyes Woman

Sky Eyes Woman — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 22:14:43 +0000

I’d also like to see the guidelines law enforcement officers are going to use to determine what is a “Pit Bull” and what is not, especially since just plain old “Pit Bull” is not in and of itself a breed. And what about dogs that are taken in from the street, with no information as to what breed it really is? Does it get confiscated and euthanized if it has a certain look?

This is what is so wrong with BSL. It’s always very vague, hard to enforce properly and fairly, and VERY easy to abuse.

By: catmom5

catmom5 — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 15:28:41 +0000

I agree with Lynne. If you have the perception that pits are more aggressive, more dangerous then you’re going to act differently based on that perception. This is a precedent that I’m very nervous about setting! When will people realize that most any animal can be trained to be vicious and aggressive? Get the bad owners and the problem will be taken care of.
If I had pits I would move out of Toledo and keep my dogs.

By: Lynne

Lynne — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 15:16:28 +0000

The chief dog warden’s testimony reinforces the myths about pit bulls.
1. When pit bulls attack they are more likely to inflict severe damage. I’d like to see the data on this. I’m guessing that the pit bulls referred to are those owned by people who have taught them to be aggressive. This would skew any data collected on the dogs. It is akin to saying that all men are sex offenders because the vast majority of sex offenders are male.
2. Pit bulls have killed more Ohioans than any other breed. Again, those dogs were no doubt trained to be aggressive by their owners. I’d like to see an in-depth study of this.
3. Police fire their weapons at pit bulls more often. A matter of perception. If someone is preconditioned to believe pit bulls are vicious, they will respond accordingly. Let’s not forget that police are most often responding to criminals and their surroundings. Which leads to
4. Pit bulls are frequently shot during drug raids. All of this testimony hinges on the perception that all pit bulls are vicious when in fact the dogs they are referring to are the product of training.
I stand by my belief that it is the owners, not the dogs, that are at fault here. Banning a breed does nothing and I am willing to bet that Ohio will not see a significant drop in such incidents as described above.