Loki
August 19th, 2007, 01:49 PM
I look out the window this afternoon and there is a cruiser in my driveway. A cop is standing there with two guys holding unleashed mixed breed dogs. Both dogs had collars on, but no tags.
The cop knocked on my door because they thought the dogs were 'pitbulls' and my neighbour told them that I have a pitbull.
One guy had the smaller dog in is arms, and the larger dog was left running around my street without a leash. The cop seemed uneasy about the dog, and told me not to touch it because it might be a 'pitbull.'
These were unbelievably friendly dogs. I gave the dogs a few treats and some water and put a leash on the larger dog. The cop saw me petting the dog and playing with it and then became more relaxed and started petting him also.
Animal Control showed up and loaded the dogs into the van. I asked what will happen to the dogs. She said that they are "pitbulls" and will be put to sleep because that's the law and they are illegal. I pointed out that the phrase "pitbull" isn't part of the law anymore. She responded " OK, they are Staffy mixes."
We argued for a while, and she eventually said that she's not going to debate it. The dogs are 'pitbulls' because "this is what I do, and I say they look like 'pitbulls.'"
She said the only recourse is if the owner shows up and proves that the dogs aren't 'pitbulls', or if they can prove that the dogs are old enough to be legal.
I'm really not sure what to do. I probably could have handled it better, but the entire time this was going on, the neighbour kept telling the cop to "go check his dog, its a 'pitbull'."
The dogs were well behaved and looked like they were well taken care of. I'd guess that they escaped their yard.
I'm in the west-end of Toronto. The smaller dog was slim, short haired and dark brown in colour. I think it was less than a year tops. The larger dog was male, un-neutred, short light brown coat. If I were to guess, I'd say he was less than two years.
AC said that the dogs are at the west facility.
The cop knocked on my door because they thought the dogs were 'pitbulls' and my neighbour told them that I have a pitbull.
One guy had the smaller dog in is arms, and the larger dog was left running around my street without a leash. The cop seemed uneasy about the dog, and told me not to touch it because it might be a 'pitbull.'
These were unbelievably friendly dogs. I gave the dogs a few treats and some water and put a leash on the larger dog. The cop saw me petting the dog and playing with it and then became more relaxed and started petting him also.
Animal Control showed up and loaded the dogs into the van. I asked what will happen to the dogs. She said that they are "pitbulls" and will be put to sleep because that's the law and they are illegal. I pointed out that the phrase "pitbull" isn't part of the law anymore. She responded " OK, they are Staffy mixes."
We argued for a while, and she eventually said that she's not going to debate it. The dogs are 'pitbulls' because "this is what I do, and I say they look like 'pitbulls.'"
She said the only recourse is if the owner shows up and proves that the dogs aren't 'pitbulls', or if they can prove that the dogs are old enough to be legal.
I'm really not sure what to do. I probably could have handled it better, but the entire time this was going on, the neighbour kept telling the cop to "go check his dog, its a 'pitbull'."
The dogs were well behaved and looked like they were well taken care of. I'd guess that they escaped their yard.
I'm in the west-end of Toronto. The smaller dog was slim, short haired and dark brown in colour. I think it was less than a year tops. The larger dog was male, un-neutred, short light brown coat. If I were to guess, I'd say he was less than two years.
AC said that the dogs are at the west facility.