There was a time when, if asked, I would have said that only licensed, ethical breeders of registered, purebred dogs should be allowed to breed, in order to eliminate backyard breeding and puppy milling. As with most absolutes, I have gradually been forced to re-examine…
Category: Responsible Ownership
Ontario residents: Bill 232 – not bad, needs some work
Bob (Robert) Runciman, the House Leader for the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, has introduced Bill 232 in the Ontario legislature. It contains amendments to the Ontario SPCA Act regarding cruelty to dogs and cats to allow the courts to impose jail terms up to…
Property
In a previous article, I mentioned the concept of dogs just being property, so Clinton Portis and Chris Samuels seem to think it’s okay to do what you want with them. I want to make sure that readers are perfectly clear where I stand on…
Definitely all brawn and no brains
It’s not enough that Michael Vick is being investigated for dogfighting. Now two of his NFL co-Neanderthals are defending him.Now, considering the concept of “innocent until proven guilty”, I could understand comments like “I don’t believe that Vick would do that” or “He didn’t know…
When do we start asking why?
At Yahoo news, there was a small story about a dog that severed a child’s ear in Surrey, British Columbia, near Vancouver, last Tuesday.The breed of the dog (Rottweiler) was mentioned five times in the tiny 160 word article. Neighbours were reported as being “shocked”…
Attacks on letter carriers in Winnipeg: not a "pit bull"
A pet owner in Winnipeg now has to pick up his mail four kilometres away from his house because of the animal’s aggressive behaviour towards letter carriers.Here are some of the descriptions from the news story: “aggressive and threatening the letter carrier” “unsafe for the…
Fantino on irresponsible driving
Julian Fantino, current Ontario Provincial Police Commissioner (chief), former Toronto Police chief, former Ontario Commissioner of Emergency Management, and key supporter of Ontario’s pit bull ban during that law’s committee hearings, has decided to focus his police force, 24 hours a day, 7 days a…
This is why we are where we are!
I received the following comment today regarding my “Ontario Bans Pit Bulls” article. This text is copied and pasted from the original comment, including all spelling and grammatical errors. “Guest what? I’m breeding pittbulls because i have a male and a female pitt bull and…
It’s not my fault!
I have no intention of starting a debate as to the merits or dangers of wolf-hybrids.That just happens to be the type of animal that bit two children in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, on Thursday. It could just as easily have been any other dog….