Americans own 74 Million Dogs, most are pets

According to the Center of Disease Control (CDC)

Center of Disease Control(CDC)

Insurance Industry pays out $1 Billion in Liability Claims

Elevates Insurance PremiumsLegal Fees Increases the Need for Tax Dollars required hire more shelter

employeesPsychological and Physical Trauma to the Victim

Intervention for Public SafetyEliminates A Significant

Stressful Societal ProblemSaves Money

Breed Specific Legislation bans require special licensing and procedure to own specific breeds or completely bans the ownership of these breeds within community limits in order to totally eliminate a breed(s) altogether but doesn’t address the issue of personal responsibility.

Do breed bans decrease the numbers of dog bites?

Pit Bull Attack Headlined: Outraged Communities Demand a Call for Action

Below:Trooper Gardner and K9 Brei

Narcotics Detection K9 (pit bull)Left: FEMA INTF1-Christina Ridge Federally Certified “Doc” (pit bull)

AMVA –American Medical Veterinary Assoc. ASPCA Association of Pet Dog Trainers, the International Association of Canine

Professionals, American Academy of Pediatrics American Animal Hospital Association - The American Animal Hospital

Association supports dangerous animal legislation by state, provincial, county, or municipal governments provided that legislation does not refer to specific breeds or classes of animals.

American Dog Breeders Association American Humane - American Humane opposes legislation that seeks to

ban a particular breed of dog. Such laws provide a false sense of security as all dogs, when improperly treated or trained, can present a risk to public health.

American Kennel Club - The American Kennel Club strongly opposes any legislation that determines a dog to be "dangerous" based on specific breeds or phenotypic classes of dogs.

ASPCA Dealing with Dangerous Dogs - There is no evidence that breed-specific laws – which are costly and difficult to enforce – make communities safer for human families or for the companion animals that are a part of so many households.

American Veterinary Medical Association -   The AVMA supports dangerous animal legislation by state, county, or municipal governments provided that legislation does not refer to specific breeds or classes of animals.Animal Farm Foundation

Association of Pet Dog Trainers  BadRap Best Friends Animal Society

804 Pet Ownersa) parentsb) non-parents of children

Survey is Based on a Pet Owner’s Knowledge of Dog Behavior; including body language, social signals, resource-guarding, and self-defense and the risks of dog bites to infants and young children.

Results Suggested that Dog Owners Frequently had Only Limited Knowledge of Dog Behavior and were often Unaware of Factors that Increased the Risk of Dog Bites to Children

Mar. 2006,Pediatrics--The Official Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics Recommends Prevention Strategies Should Focus on Public Education and Training of Dogs and Their Owners

Education on Responsible Dog Ownership

Pet Owners Must Realize that Dogs are Not Children

Dogs Can Not Be Reasoned With Dogs Must Be Taught to Behave

through Consistency and Reinforcement

Begin Early Puppy Socialization With People at Home and

In Public

Dogs Do NOT Have the Right to Guard their Food, Toys or its Body

Dogs Must NOT Be Permitted to Lunge at the End of the Leash Toward Other People in Public (he is NOT being protective, he is being a menace)

Never Allow Your Dog to Run Along your Fence at People or With Dog(s) Next Door

Don’t Leave Your Dog Alone with Small Children

Teach (not just tell) Your Child How to Behave Around Dogs

Significantly Reduces Preventable Dog Bites and Attacks

Holds People Accountable for their Pets Saves Money Education Helps People Better

Understand Dogs and Dog Behavior Quality Dog Ownership Promotes

Neighborhood Harmony Creates a Happier Families and Dogs

Communities should stop considering dog issues as

someone else’s problem. Society’s dog crisis is more than a mere

nuisance and every small violation is part of the bigger problem which is everyone’s

problem.

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