Evan, do you really think that giving more than $$ value for the dog is a good thing? Aren't we a bit concerned about the dog not being 'property' with that decision? What happens to the malpractice insurance that vets have a to pay now as a result or dog handlers or boarding facilities. What happens to our house insurance when the neighbors' dog and ours get into a scuffle and the neighbors' dog get the worst of it. On the other hand, I appreciate that our dogs' noses can certainly be valuable on our winning this war on drugs (read a tiny bit of sarcasm in there.) Maybe I should go back to reading about Will Trent. Stormy On Mar 3, 2013, at 4:48 PM, ELG440@xxxxxxx wrote: > For those who are interested the United States Supreme Court just decided > that the drug sniffing alert of a German shepherd is admissible evidence in > a court of law. > > California Supreme Court just decided that the damages for injuries to a > dog may be higher than the dollar value of the dog. There can be emotional > damages for injury to your dog. That is a great beginning, and California is > often the progressive direction of the rest of the country. Stormy V. Hope https://www.facebook.com/GSDCA.LegislationAwareness https://www.facebook.com/CaRPOC.CaliforniaResponsiblePetOwnersCoalition ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2012. 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. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. 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@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================