I was listening to my grandson talk about this new ban that Canada has. No Pit bulls allowed. He was so upset because it seems that they were gonna put to sleep the pit bulls that were already in Canada. I asked him why. (oops my mistake as he was talking with someone on the phone) So I sat quietly and listened to his side of the conversation to see if I could figure out anything. Grandson: Any dog that is put on a chain or left in a kennel and ignored when it finally gets out and is with some one will get a little over excited and will bite someone not knowing that they are hurting that person they are just so glad to have attention that they go over board. Silence for a min then Grandson: it's not just Pit Bulls it all dogs any dogs so we should ban them all. Yeah I'm at work now catch ya later.
I said my good byes to him told him have a good night (noticed he had a wet cheek but said nothing as I know how this affects him)
Then I thought about what he said. He is right. A dog who does not get attention will go a little over board when it finally gets attention and while it doesn't mean to bite you hard its trying to play with you because it craves attention.
I've had many dogs though out my life childhood into adulthood and not one has ever bit anyone (and trust me some of the breeds of dogs Ive had could be considered more dangerous than the Pit Bull).
One of my greatest memories of our dogs is our dog Rex. I had him when we first got married. Then he had to go live with my parents for a year because we were in an apartment and they didn't allow dogs.
After 1 year in that apartment we were ready for our own house and found one bought it and moved in and brought our dog Rex home. At the time our oldest son was just a little over a year old. But I took him out to Rex and said "this is your kid take care of him" When I came home from the hospital with our daughter and she was just barely a week old I did the same I took her out to Rex and said this is your kid take care of her. I repeated it with our youngest son. And trust me when a kid made any one of those kids cry Rex was there growling at them like ok leave my kid alone. He really did look out for his kids. And when he was 20 years old and could no longer make it up and down the basement stairs and the vet said it was time we had to let him go, with tears in our eyes we did the only thing we could possibly do. Turned him over to God. And every dog after Rex has been in charge of our family. We have had Lab/Doberman mixed, which many think Doberman's are a dangerous breed. And we had a Collie with who knows what and everyone who seen her thought she was a coyote, and keep her away from the kids. (she was the biggest chicken of all our dogs). But any one of our dogs these ones included could have bite anyone at any time even Rex when we told him take care of your kids and someone did something to the kids. But he would just growl and make himself known to the kids who were bothering our kids. They always backed away because they didnt know for sure what he would do and they didnt want to find out. SO Canada it's not just the Pit Bulls who bite people I guess I just dont understand why you are banning the breed? ANYONE?
