How much is your dog worth? How much would you give to keep your dog as part of your family?
How about ONE DOLLAR?
Welcome to the new chicobandido!
Welcome to the new chicobandido site. It’s still under construction and I’m still trying to figure out why the right side shows up at the bottom on some people’s computers. Don’t worry, I’ll get it right soon! All of the chicobandido.blogspot.com articles and comments have been transferred over here, but…
Goodbye Ontario!
Recently, I made the decision to move from Ontario to British Columbia.
Sad, angry, and frustrated
The pit bull puppy in my earlier story Animal cruelty and the Ontario government is now on her way to be cremated. She died this morning at the vet’s office.
Another great tribute to the Dog
When I found Eulogy on the Dog, I felt that I had found one of the best descriptions of dog’s devotion to man. Now, I have been sent this wonderful piece, which is more about man’s devotion to dog, after his dog has died. It is written for a setter,…
Animal cruelty and the Ontario government
How the plight of one young dog highlights the inconsistency, bias, and danger of the Ontario “pit bull” ban.
A good article with a few missteps
Here is a reasonably intelligent commentary on “pit bulls”, albeit from an author who is admittedly biased toward this particular type of dog. Like myself, however, he wasn’t always that way.You can read his story at: http://www.indianapolismonthly.com/article.aspx?id=17766 In general, this is a well-articulated discussion of the plight of these dogs…
Summary of Ontario committee presenters
Caveat’s earlier article quoting from the Bill 132 clause-by-clause committee meeting encouraged me to go back and look at some of the data I collected during that time. Here’s a summary of what types of people presented at the four days of hearings and whether they were for or against…
Their minds were made up!
If you want proof that the mind of the Ontario government was made up BEFORE the Bill 132 committee hearings, you need look no further than these comments by Conservative MPP Joe Tascona and NDP MPP Peter Kormos, in opposition to the Bill. Any rational, logical person could not listen…
Pick and choose your hatred
The Government of Ontario issued a press release on November 2 stating that the focus of this year’s “Crime Prevention Week” (November 4 to 10) will be eliminating racism, hate crimes, hate propaganda and violence to make Ontario safe.When I read the entire release, looking at it from an Ontario…