[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Article in SGV Tribune ( In case you haven't seen this) Wake up Ca.
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- Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 20:49:26 EDT
In the doghouse
Support building for restrictions on breeds
By Esther Chou
Staff Writer
Tuesday, August 09, 2005 - Local dog owners applauded Tuesday a proposed
state Senate bill that would allow cities and counties to impose spaying,
neutering and breeding rules on potentially dangerous breeds of dogs.
"It should be a law that all pets are spayed and neutered,' said Sarah
Prelle, a trainer for Canine Behavior in Duarte.
Breeding should be left to the professionals, said Prelle, a Covina
resident.
County Supervisors voted 5-0 Tuesday on a motion to support SB 861, by Sen.
Jackie Speier, D-Hillsborough. State law forbids local governments from
banning specific breeds. Some cities across the United States have enacted
bans
against breeds like pit bulls or Rottweilers.
Last year, 5,727 dog bites were reported to the county D epartment of H
ealth S ervices.
The county's six shelters receive 85,000 dogs a year and the top three
breeds are shepherd, pit bull and Labrador, according to Kaye Michelson,
spokeswoman for the Los Angeles Department of Animal Care and Control.
In addition to backing the proposed legislation, county officials said they
hope to educate the public on ways to avoid dog attacks and to stiffen
penalties for irresponsible pet owners.
San Dimas resident Debbie Fincher, spending some time with her three pooches
at a dog park in San Dimas on Tuesday, said dogs shouldn't be judged solely
by their breed. Some dogs are dangerous because of poor owners or a lack of
training, she said.
"There seems to be a specific class of people that wish to have aggressive
dogs,' said her husband, Jerry Fincher.
Veterinarian Sung Park of West Foothill Animal Hospital in Glendora
disagrees with placing restrictions on specific breeds. Most of the dogs
stereotyped
as dangerous that he's seen are pretty friendly, Park said.
"It depends on the care. Some individual dogs, pit bulls or Rottweilers or
German shepherds, have some problems with aggressiveness, attacking some
children and intruders or neighbors,' Park said. "But most of them behave
good;
(it) depends often on the owner's treatment.'
When Prelle lived in Baldwin Park, she said dog fighting was well-respected
in her neighborhood and backyard breeding was common.
"On my street alone, there was a constant litter of puppies being born.
Everybody wants pit bull puppies,' she said.
Dogs can be ruined if they're not properly raised, trained and socialized,
she said.
Lara Jenkins of Covina said the Senate bill should be expanded to include
all dog breeds.
"All backyard breeding should be stopped because it creates so may unwanted
dogs. It's just sad,' said Jenkins, a volunteer with Ruff Riders Rescue.
Esther Chou can be reached at (626) 962-8811, Ext. 2513, or by e- mail at
esther.chou@xxxxxxxx .
Cathleen Bennett
_www.crossroadsgsd.com_ (http://www.crossroadsgsd.com/)
We have puppies
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