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Aimee
Northwest Iowa
Public Library Special Projects Coordinator, Therapy Dog handler, Pit Bull & Malinois owner, horror fanatic, gadget geek, and mommy to a toddler girl
Interests: Dogs and Libraries
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I am a mother and a dog owner. I am completely mystified as to how a mother could be sleeping on a bed with a baby and not know that a dog was mauling their child right next to them. That seems completely impossible, unless the mother was using drugs or sometime.
I think that there is a LOT more to this story than is being reported.
7 Day old infant killed by dog in Pasco, FL
UPDATE 4/16 - Several updates to this that are mostly random but I think some are important. One of the more recent articles on this spends a lot of time describing the living arrangement that the family and the dogs were living in: a 840 square foot mobile home that was housing 10 people and 3 ...
Another excellent entry!
It's sad, but it's this kind of madness that makes me think that I'll likely own another dog that falls under the blanket of "Pit Bull."
The media, breed mis-identification, and the danger in creating narratives based on untruths
Several months ago, I did a series of posts on Daniel Gardner's book, the Science of Fear (you can find links to all of the articles under the "best of KC Dog Blog" to the left). In part 3 of that series, I discussed Gardner's view on how politicians, and the media used very rare events, sensati...
Excellent post!
I think that all of the cities considering BSL should REALLY look more closely at Denver. Most like to use use them as an example of success. How many REALLY look at the issue?
More on Denver Lawsuits and a Councilwoman with an agenda
So, yesterday I posted a note about three cities that are currently struggling with their breed bans - -one of which was Denver. Then, after I made the post, even more information has come out about Denver's struggles -- and about the city council woman I accused of hiding behind her constituen...
The Utah shelter thing has me particularly horrified. Can that possibly be legal? Even Utah has to have some sort of animal cruelty laws, I would hope.
Weekly Roundup - Week ending 3/28/10
A lot of stories this week -- so I'm just going to dive right in to some of the bigger news stories and better blog postings from the week. Note, I'm a little behind on catching up on my RSS feeds, so some blog postings may get moved to next week. Anyway, onto the roundup. Cities/States and la...
I wrote but they didn't seem very interested in logical suggestions from non-residents.
Sioux City, IA to investigate eliminating its breed ban
This afternoon at 4:00,the city council in Sioux City, IA will be meeting to discuss possible solutions to ending the city's breed ban. The two proposals on the table allow are proposed changes to the current 'pit bull' ban and the current dangerous dog law. The two proposals include: 1) Repea...
What is a chest collar? A harness?
I got excited when I saw your tweet since I am near Sioux City, but I'm not sure that this is much better than what they already have. Maybe someday they will wise-up. I'm not holding my breath.
Sioux City, IA to investigate eliminating its breed ban
This afternoon at 4:00,the city council in Sioux City, IA will be meeting to discuss possible solutions to ending the city's breed ban. The two proposals on the table allow are proposed changes to the current 'pit bull' ban and the current dangerous dog law. The two proposals include: 1) Repea...
That's a tough one. As an ex-vet tech, I can tell you that veterinarians get stiffed an obscene amount of times. Since people paying their vet bills is the only way that they can pay their own bills and staff, I understand why they are hesitant to extend credit to people. Believe it or not, most veterinarians are not wealthy people. There are a LOT of people that want credit, and a lot of them are not going to come through with the payments. So...
The clinics that I worked for would have allowed them to take the dog for a second opinion without notifying authorities of potential "animal cruelty." We may have called the police, though, if somebody "stole" the dog. Perhaps they had not paid the bill that they had already run up? It's tough to say without hearing the other side of the story.
Crappy situation for everybody, that's for sure.
A great story showing the Human/Canine Bond
The New York Times today has a great story from out of New Zealand about a teenage boy risked jail time to save his dog. The boy's puppy, Buck, had been hit by a car and when the family took the dog to the vet, they couldn't afford the $2500 New Zealand dollars to fix the puppy's broken leg or t...
That is so disgusting! BSL aside, neither of those dogs look anything like Pit Bulls. This should strike fear into the heart of any dog owner.
At some point, you can no longer claim to be about public safety, & it becomes just about spite
The city of Brampton Ontario cannot be detered. Last month, two dog owners had their dogs confiscated from them by the provence's Dog Owner Liability Act with public officials saying the dogs were 'pit bulls'. The dogs remain on death row in the city, in spite of many reasons why they shoul...
That is seriously just sick.
Toledo ceases enforcing 'pit bull restrictions -- & a contract incenting killing
Yesterday, I tried to dive into a little detail on the court case that ruled the Toledo BSL Unconstitutional. Then, last night, the Toledo Blade reported that Toledo has in fact ceased enforcing their current breed specific regulations. County Administrator Mike Beazley said, "We've directed t...
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