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No, owning dog fighting paraphernalia is illegal in many states. It's always in connection to evidence that the person is fighting dogs, and it's done so that the police have charges to file if the dogs have all been disappeared. If they weren't illegal, then the police could show up in a basement with a full pit, chains and collars everywhere, slat mills set up in all the bedrooms, and tires hitched to harnesses outside and they couldn't do anything unless they found dogs fighting. The paraphernalia laws allow them to build a case without the dogs.
It's ALSO the case that it's illegal to ship any dog fighting equipment through the mail or over state lines, but you can still buy a flirt pole or a jog-a-dog or a weight-pull harness from hundreds of catalogs. You can even buy a breaking stick. It's not dog-fighting equipment unless it's found associated with dog fighting.
Every dog handler I know has a jog-a-dog. It's standard for conditioning show dogs. They go across state lines with them, they are inspected at borders with them (because they're usually in the RV), they're shown on TV using them. Nobody has ever gotten in trouble. If the same jog-a-dog was found in a basement covered in dog blood, it would be illegal.
Do NOT worry about buying or using a treadmill for your dog. Unless you are likely to be raided for dog fighting, you will be fine. I'd be a bit more cautious about buying or building a slat mill or carpet mill, because those are so clearly associated with game dogs, but a regular treadmill should never be a problem unless you're actually fighting dogs.
I dont fight dogs. I'm strongly against it. and goodness, my dog would probably kill herself on a treadmill.
No, owning dog fighting paraphernalia is illegal in many states. It's always in connection to evidence that the person is fighting dogs, and it's done so that the police have charges to file if the dogs have all been disappeared. If they weren't illegal, then the police could show up in a basement with a full pit, chains and collars everywhere, slat mills set up in all the bedrooms, and tires hitched to harnesses outside and they couldn't do anything unless they found dogs fighting. The paraphernalia laws allow them to build a case without the dogs.
It's ALSO the case that it's illegal to ship any dog fighting equipment through the mail or over state lines, but you can still buy a flirt pole or a jog-a-dog or a weight-pull harness from hundreds of catalogs. You can even buy a breaking stick. It's not dog-fighting equipment unless it's found associated with dog fighting.
Every dog handler I know has a jog-a-dog. It's standard for conditioning show dogs. They go across state lines with them, they are inspected at borders with them (because they're usually in the RV), they're shown on TV using them. Nobody has ever gotten in trouble. If the same jog-a-dog was found in a basement covered in dog blood, it would be illegal.
Do NOT worry about buying or using a treadmill for your dog. Unless you are likely to be raided for dog fighting, you will be fine. I'd be a bit more cautious about buying or building a slat mill or carpet mill, because those are so clearly associated with game dogs, but a regular treadmill should never be a problem unless you're actually fighting dogs.
