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Originally Posted by Robbob
In a perfect world dog owners should be somewhat screened to ensure they would be acceptable owners, but that just isn't the case.
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It is is the case if you adopt dogs. There's a pretty good screening process when you apply at most places it seems.
I doubt breeders care who buys their dogs. The types of people that want pitbulls are generally those who want a big, tough, mean dog (For some reason. Compensation I guess...) and so they train them as such (or not at all). They don't want a pet they want a guard dog.
My question to those who would phase out the breeds, what do we do with the current ones? Mass puppy graves?
I'd rather see anyone registering a pitbull (or maybe give a few breed a "dangerous breed" tag: Pitbulls, Rotts, Dobermans) having to go through mandatory training session before getting the license, rather than just bumping up the fee. Put the fee towards the actual problem. Maybe you could have them need yearly training "updates" where a trainer assesses their behaviour and whether or not they have been properly trained, or needing another session before re-licensing.