Daand- sorry to hear about the losses. If you have any plans in the next month or so to come up north, I'd be happy to give you some more BO/LCO. Obviously it won't replace the ones you lost, but you are welcome to some.
AATH- that is horrible about your son. I am a HUGE dog fan (I have a bouvier des Flandres, min pin, and French bulldog). However, I do not fall for the "blame the deed, not the breed" BS. I don't think bully type dogs, German shepherds, rotts, ect should be banned. I think people need to have a test and permit to own those breeds. I can not comprehend how people don't see that aggression/protection is bred into these dogs. My bouvier has NEVER been thought how to herd. However at the dog park, she will herd the other dogs, in the house herd the cat. Herding has been breed into this breed. Pointers instinctively now how to point, retrievers to retrieve. It doesn't matter if its a cow, dog, cat, human, a bouvier will herd regardless. Same as a retriever retrieving a stick, duck, ball, etc. it doesn't care what it's retrieving. So why are pit bulls the ONLY breed that do not follow instinct and attack? Why are they the only breed able to differentiate between what it's supposed to attack and what it's not?
I know thisis a very touchy subject and as a dog lover, I hate to see ay breed become banned and extinct. I love the diversity of dogs. However something has to be done about making sure the right breed is put with the correct household. I get nervous with my min pin when my nieces and nephews are around. She has never bite,but she is very dominate. If I can't watch her while younger kids are at my house, she is kenneled. She knows not to bite, but I not risking the kids getting injured. And if any of my dogs bite, they will be euthanized. Period.
