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I truly believe that people need to be held responsible for their dogs if they attack someone, fines I guess for less severe things and jail time for mauling people to death.

I also think that better education is needed for owners who want a dog that say weighs more than 50 lbs, at least learn the basics of dog behavior and their cues. I also think in order to license a dog, you need to submit photos or have a bylaw officer come to your home or something, people can say anything on the internet these days and get away with it. If owners don't follow the bylaws for registering a dangerous breed, the consequence should be simple, the dog is ceased and rehomed or euthanized if it isn't capable of being safe in a proper home.

I have been a foster parent for over 5 years now, the training we received on dog behaviour really helps in not only assessing what your own dog is feeling but what other dogs are feeling/thinking based off of basic cues they give off (lip curls, turning their head away, ear position, tail position, what different barks mean, etc). A lot of people do not understand these things, and it wouldn't be too hard to teach.

So many of these mauling stories have more than one powerful breed in the household, I feel owning more than one powerful breed is hard to deal with and I believe I am a responsible dog owner and I would never in my right mind own more than one dog over 80 lbs, let alone walk 2 of them at the same time, this guy in the article had 3, and walked them all together! That is a bit nuts. Anyway, this won't get fixed any time soon in this city, I don't think they bill ban pitbulls in Calgary, as the humane society doesn't agree with breed bans but I do think the system for owning these dogs should be different.

If you ban pitbulls, people will start getting cane corsos, shepherds, rotties, mastiffs, etc which are also dangerous breeds if they are not socialized properly, trained, exercised and disciplined.

Anyway, I don't even know what to say, I don't think people should be breeding pitbulls, there are enough mutts and rescues that need help and a lot of people can't handle them, so why make it worse be allowing people to breed. Spay and neuter all of them, maybe that is the starting point.