After a Presa Canario killed its owner in Florida, and then was shot dead by police, an article in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel published today (August 24, 2006) questions whether officers are trigger-happy, and suggests that they need to be trained in “stepping back and reading the dog.” Are our law enforcement agencies really going to […]
I receive about 50 E-mails per day from the public, and many of them are about aggressive, vicious, potentially dangerous DOG OWNERS. Right, not dogs, but dog owners. For example, today I heard about a “neighbor” who has a trained guard dog that grabs and kills other dogs through the fence, and that terrorizes children. […]
In mid-August 2006, a group of so-called “dog advocates” joined together for the 2006 Canine Legislation Conference. This was the first conference to devote its entire agenda to “breed-specific legislation,” or laws that target dogs like pit bulls. In case you have not guessed it, they don’t want such laws enacted. (For the full story, […]