Dobermans, Pit Bulls & Rottweilers...Beginning this Friday May 1st these powerful popular breeds, sometimes trained to be violent are being banned from all apartments run by the city Housing Authority. Housing Authority officials commented that this was brought on by the growing number of concerned residents and their persistant complaints of violent pets.
The Housing Authority regulations also ban residents from owning any dog over 25 pounds. The current policy allows dogs that weigh up to 40 pounds. Residents who already have the breeds will be able to keep them as long as they are registered by this Friday.
The key word here is trained, it has been my experience that if the dog has not been properly socialized or trained to submiss (keeping in check his or her aggression) then it won't matter if it weighs 3 ounces or 200lbs, it will be a threat. There is always various degrees of agression and what is exceptable behavior. What's an even playing field and where do we draw the line?
As in human Life experiences there are the "bully's" and the ones being "bullied". We are taught and expected to be fair and politically correct in our exchanges with one another. It's our resposibility as people to act accordingly and as pet owners to carry and bestow the same principles onto our pets.
Unfortunately law's are put in place when the need for people to obey out weighs the ones obeying... come on, we all rudimentally know what is right and wrong and what's fair or not... Can't we all just keep it simple and stick to the basic " just obey and get along "...
