Law nonsense
Currently the Ontario government is looking at passing legislation to ban Pitt bulls (Story). On the surface this may seem like a good idea, but this is why not all things can be left to common-sense (common can also mean semi-ignorant).
The main problem is it does nothing to deal with the underlying problem. Some people want a very aggressive dog (usually it is the people who are messed up to begin with), so they buy Pitt bulls that have been abused. Odd huh? They actually sell dogs that where abused for the first few months. The breed of choice is the Pitt bull. But any dog (or animal including a human) will be unstable if they are abused when young. The legislation does not address this at all!
The other problem is the theme of my blog, the definition. What is a Pitt bull? For that matter how do you define a bred dog? If the parents where a bred. That's not very scientific. Since a bred dog is actually an inbreed dog who's parents had traits most similar to the definition of the breed the whole idea behind a bred dog is troubling. The idea that every Pitt bull is dangerous is as absurd as every poorly dressed person is a homeless lunatic! Many other breeds that look like Pitt bulls have also been put on this list even though these are terribly passive breeds.
Well I don't believe someone should just complain so I'll propose a solution. If the dog is above around 50lbs you could have it's adrenal glands tested to see how active they are. The difference between wolves and dog is primarily the levels of adrenalin which cases aggression (that's why you don't pet wolves). It is this change in the chemistry (amount of adrenalin) of the dog that causes it to be so varied as a species.
Only legislation based on science will survive the test of time.
The main problem is it does nothing to deal with the underlying problem. Some people want a very aggressive dog (usually it is the people who are messed up to begin with), so they buy Pitt bulls that have been abused. Odd huh? They actually sell dogs that where abused for the first few months. The breed of choice is the Pitt bull. But any dog (or animal including a human) will be unstable if they are abused when young. The legislation does not address this at all!
The other problem is the theme of my blog, the definition. What is a Pitt bull? For that matter how do you define a bred dog? If the parents where a bred. That's not very scientific. Since a bred dog is actually an inbreed dog who's parents had traits most similar to the definition of the breed the whole idea behind a bred dog is troubling. The idea that every Pitt bull is dangerous is as absurd as every poorly dressed person is a homeless lunatic! Many other breeds that look like Pitt bulls have also been put on this list even though these are terribly passive breeds.
Well I don't believe someone should just complain so I'll propose a solution. If the dog is above around 50lbs you could have it's adrenal glands tested to see how active they are. The difference between wolves and dog is primarily the levels of adrenalin which cases aggression (that's why you don't pet wolves). It is this change in the chemistry (amount of adrenalin) of the dog that causes it to be so varied as a species.
Only legislation based on science will survive the test of time.
posted by Eddie | 7:49 PM
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