There is a law in some state that covers insurance discrimination (dog) (Nope, can't remember right now). And as far as other "positive" legislation, suggest something. I bet you'll find 20 different people saying it won't work for this reason or that reason. Seriously, the laws in place right now are fine. Disturbing the peace, leash laws, public health, nuisance, they all cover the dogs and any amount of dogs one could want to own. It's the laws that want to go beyond that, restricting our choices that are now coming through on a targeted, planned campaign. Remember, the philosophy of the Animal rights groups is that animals are the equal of humans and that exploitation of the animals for ANY reason is not right. And that means having that dog hang around at your feet waiting to go out and play:-) S On Apr 2, 2009, at 1:08:04 PM, tsaligsds@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: Instead of fighting these things one state at a time maybe its time the we all step up and push legislation to stop these things. Legislation that we WILL SUPPORT and that will work. Thats the problem.... noone is willing to support ANY type of legislation and thus we face this stuff individually. Why not start with legislation that makes it illegal for insurance companies to breed descriminate and illegal to cancel just becasue you own dogs? or better yet, if tehy choose to do business in your state tehy must cover whatever animals are on the property? We could then move on to other stuff we CAN agree on...... -- Stormy Hope www.carpoc.org AKC Legislative Liaison, GSDCA Sunshine Squad <showgsd.org/sunshine.html) GSDs and more ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================