List Of 75 Banned Or Restricted Breeds Is your Dog On The New List??You Might Be Suprised.
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This is an outrage!!! BSL is coming for your Dog next!!!
The Responsible Dog Owners Of The Western States (RDOWS) has just updated the list of breeds that have been banned or restricted in the U.S..
All you dog lovers out there may just be in for a shock. BSL - or breed-specific legislation and breed discriminstion- isn't just for pitbulls or Rottweilers anymore
The RDOWS has tracked a list of 75 breeds of dogs that have been banned or restricted - yep - that's Seventy-five. That's 75!
Just who or what is behind this breed ban frenzy?
Is your dog on the list of banned or restricted breeds?
Here's the deal...............
Media Frenzy Equals Breed Bans
And just who is pouring gasoline onto the fire, whipping up the flams of pit bull hysteria? Who is driving the onslaught of anti-dog legislation?
Your local paper, TV or radio station - with innacurate reports than use inflammatory language ("vicious" Rottweiler, "marauding" pitbulls, etc.) and show UNRELATED footage of dogfights supplied by the Humane Society of the United States.
Across the country - and indeed around the world - cities, counties and local town councils are busy banning or restricting breeds instead of punishing irresponsible behavior.
Here's what is happening:
Breed bans - an outright ban on owning a specific breed of dog
Breed-specific sterilization - owners are forced to spay or neuter animal
Breed-specific
Breed-specific insurance requirements - forces owners to obtain the unobtainable "vicious" breed insurance - in reality this forces owners to surrender dogs or move
Weight or size restrictions - banning dogs over an arbitrarily determined weight or size - as in Fairfield, Iowa where all dogs over 100 lbs are banned (St. Bernard, Irish Wolfhound, Great Dane, etc.)
BTW - your insurance company is happily waiting in the background too - waiting to exclude coverage of your dog, waiting to drop your policy, or waiting to outrageously raise your rates.
So - without further ado, courtesy of the RDOWS, here is the list of 75 - count 'em - SEVENTY FIVE - banned or restricted breeds .....................
List of 75 Banned or Restricted Dogs
1. AIREDALE TERRIER
2. AKBASH
3. AKITA
4. ALAPAHA BLUE BLOOD BULLDOG
5. ALASKAN MALAMUTE
6. ALSATIAN SHEPHERD
7. AMERICAN BULLDOG
8. AMERICAN HUSKY
9. AMERICAN PIT BULL TERRIER
10. AMERICAN STAFFORDSHIRE TERRIER
11. AMERICAN WOLFDOG
12. ANATOLIAN SHEPHERD
13. ARIKARA DOG
14. AUSTRALIAN CATTLE DOG
15. AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERD
16. BELGIAN MALINOIS
17. BELGIAN SHEEPDOG
18. BELGIAN TURVUREN
19. BLUE HEELER
20. BOERBUL
21. BORZOI
22. BOSTON TERRIER
23. BOUVIER DES FLANDRES
24. BOXER
25. BULLDOG
26. BULL TERRIER
27. BULL MASTIFF
28. CANE CORSO
29. CATAHOULA LEOPARD DOG
30. CAUCASIAN SHEPHERD
31. CHINESE SHAR PEI
32. CHOW-CHOW
33. COLORADO DOG
34. DOBERMAN PINSCHER
35. DOGO DE ARGENTINO
36. DOGUE DE BORDEAUX
37. ENGLISH MASTIFFS
38. ENGLISH SPRINGER SPANIEL
39. ESKIMO DOG
40. ESTRELA MOUNTAIN DOG
41. FILA BRASILIERO
42. FOX TERRIER
43. FRENCH BULLDOG
44. GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG
45. GOLDEN RETRIEVER
46. GREENLAND HUSKY
47. GREAT DANE
48. GREAT PYRANEES
49. ITALIAN MASTIFF
50. KANGAL DOG
51. KEESHOND
52. KOMONDOR
53. KOTEZEBUE HUSKY
54. KUVAZ
55. LABRADOR RETRIEVER
56. LEONBERGER
57. MASTIFF
58. NEOPOLITAN MASTIFF
59. NEWFOUNDLAND
60. OTTERHOUND
61. PRESA DE CANARIO
62. PRESA DE MALLORQUIN
63. PUG
64. ROTTWEILER
65. SAARLOOS WOLFHOND
66. SAINT BERNARD
67. SAMOYED
68. SCOTTISH DEERHOUND
69. SIBERIAN HUSKY
70. SPANISH MASTIFF
71. STAFFORDSHIRE BULL TERRIER
72. TIMBER SHEPHERD
73. TOSA INU
74. TUNDRA SHEPHERD
75. WOLF SPITZ
How's that for scary?
So, dog lovers - now that you know, what are you going do do about it?
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Well this particular website that u are looking at now Lewis is to fight against the BSL and to protect our beloved furbabies. As you know The list above has dogs on there that are not much bigger than a picnic basket. I mean come on really what is a pug gonna do? Maul you with his scrunched up little face?? The BSL has gone too far this time. We need to stand up for our furbabies.
As a pet lover I agree, who are these freaks that want to ban pets that have been around some from the beging of our great nation. Is there a petition we can sign or something?
I have taken care of dogs and cats that PEOPLE have throwen away most of my life.I am 57 years in this world and I have seen how crule and low people can get. At this time I am taking care of a number of dogs
Alph=black and brown shepard,Presious=shepard/chow brown and black,Soffee,April,May=shepard mix,and thers Dancer,Tramp,Baby face,tip,wildthing,gigit,queen,jade,sonya,LB,climber,honey,frickels,chowdog,sassy,chewy,brandy,sadie,bow I have helped to birth them and sustane life and I have had to bury more than I like to think about
there a lot of good people who are trying to make a differance
the web site are people who have helped me and need all the assictance they can get
I want to know where you got this ridiculous list of dog breeds..I have search the internet and have not found any such list...as a breeder I should know this.
trakker this is a true list. Although I did not know that the Boston terrier, lab, great dane, and the golden retriever were on the list. I was familiar with the others. I do see why the Boston terrier is on the list as of its history and such, as with the great dane, as it was one a feared dog like today's "pit bull."
You must remember that not all of these breeds are banned or included in every BSL admendment, but many of them are groups together.
I live in New Zealand, but as I am a member of an online animal forum I have heard of the stupidity of BSL. I already hate it, and it has not even reached my country yet, and I am already preparing to fight alongside other dog owners for when it does reach my country.
When I heard of this list I had to see it, and was shocked to read most of those breeds. Labradors? Border Collies? And most horrible of all, my breed, the Samoyed. I couldn't believe such breeds were on the list, not, of course, that any should be. Humans TRAIN dogs to be nasty. Just because a puppy is born as a breed does not mean it is automatically viscious. Thank you for posting this. It just shows how ridiculous BSL has become, and how it needs to be stopped.
this is silly why kill inocent dogs. some dogs are harmless its how you treat them that makes them go like that sometimes. i know what you mean when it comes to lock jaw dogs though they should wear a muzzle. and be never let loose. thats what the main dog problem is.
i am shocked to see what breeds there are on this list. samoyeds, labradors, collies, terriers * shocked* can't believe this but can see the point about the staffy lock jaw dogs.
also btw im a former dog owner and also a huge dog lover and pet lover.
DON'T BE SO CRUEL LEAVE THE POOR INNOCENT DOGS ALONE!
STOP BSL BEFORE ITS TOO LATE !
K- there's no such thing as lock jaw. But I do agree BSL is B/S.
Oh, did you guys know that the world organization to help and save animals are the ones who promote BSL.
yes they are staffys and other breeds that have jaws that lock onto you when they bite.
No K the staffys and bully breeds and all the other breeds with the big jaws don't actually lock their jaws when they bite. Yes they have a very strong hold when they bite, but they cannot lock their jaws. That is just an old wives tale one might say. They can get quite a grip but their jaws are made just like any other dogs only they have alot of muscles there so they can hold it longer and harder.
ok
sorry if i offended anyone
Oh K I wouldn't worry about offending anyone on my posts :) It's all good. This is just a place to learn. Your not the only one who ever thought these animals could lock their jaws so actually it's a good thing that came up. Now people who didn't know can better understand. And anyone who takes offense can post a comment and say so although I don't really see why they would be offeneded. Most people are more than glad to clear up these kinds of misunderstandings when it comes to these myths rather than just let it go. Never be sorry for your own opinion or beliefs, yet always be open for the truth.
thanx
Our house insurance got cancelled just 3 months after we bought our house because the inspector "discovered" we had a bull mastiff.It was in the original paperwork we filled out when applying for the insurance but i guess no one actually read it.We had to scramble to find house insurance or face losing our home because of lack of coverage,(a condition of our mortgage was that we keep current adequate insurance).Without warning we got a letter stating house ins. cancelled because of our dog starting immediately.We had 2 weeks to find another carrier and were without any ins. for that time period...if we'd had a fire or other catastrophe we'd be out of luck. How is that fair? Luckily nothing happened and our house ins. actually went DOWN.......no idea why. Our big baby of a dog.....all 160 of him, would never hurt another living thing....except squirrels for some reason,lol.He actually "babysat" the grandkids while they napped in their playpens, sleeping right next to it and alerting me when they woke up.
k... I'd stick around. I'm working on a myths about Pit Bulls hub. Obviously you'd benefit from it. If you just look up the info you'd see that most of the things you hear abot pit bull type dogs is wrong. Lock jaws is the biggest myth. They're built like any other dog. They just have strong muscles and a determination to keep hold. No locking jaw.
Oh I want to retract my statement about not knowing the Great Dane was on the list. I've been doing more readings and found that they were once a feared breed like today's "pit bull" type dogs.
Your site was very interesting. I had no problem finding information on the web about BSL. I have to tell you I was shocked by the list. I think it's terrible. Pretty soon they will come up with a reason for us not to own cats or horses.
You know what I could totally see that happen, as it sits right now there many places that are adopting new ordinances that say a dog or cat is considered a stray if it is over 4 months old and does not have a rabies tag on it. Therefore it can be picked up by animal control and taken into the shelter as a stray. And the property owner can as well take the "stray" to animal control.
There are the cat breeds such as Bengals that I could see that would be targeted by the BSL due to the fact they are the "asian leopard cats" and have a more mean temperment than other cats. At least that's what some people belive. And as we all know that is all it takes for a stereo type to began and that is how our beloved animals become out lawed in the eyes of the BSL and other animal haters. I belong to many places that fight the BSL and am constantly signing petitions against it and writing letters to city officals who are trying to pass the BSL and things like that. It will be a sad day when they target our cats as well. But I strongly belive that too will happen. :(
PeekABoo, I've known cities filled with ignorant country-bumpkin officers that take people's pets because they think they're Pit Bull. full blooded white boxers with the excuse of boxers aren't white. Catahoula leopard dog with puppies because of the markings. And even dogs that are 100% mix-breed just because they thought the dog had some pitbull type dog in it. Those people never recieved their pets back, but the lady I volunteered for saved them from being put down and found homes for them. That kennel that I'm referring to disagreed with the lawmakers but had not option to the law. The kennel owner fought her hardest to find homes for as many as she was allowed to, but at the same time most of the pet APBT and pitbull type dogs had to stay in the kennel runs until a court date; they were there for no reason other than being born a particular breed. How fair is that?
I do have hopes for the APBT. All I can think of is that in the past breeds like the Great Dane and German Shepherd were once just as feared, and look at them now. Media remade them into loving family pets and heroes. I think with time it will happen again, and another breed will take the place of the "pit bull".
As for cats.. I could definitely see it happening, since cats carry more diseases than dogs and can be pretty brutal. Ha.
I think this list is scare tactics!! You would have to prove to me that a city/county/state has actually banned a non-violent breed like the Pug, Boston or French Bulldog. There are also others on the list that is you do a search on google NOTHING comes up with them being banned.
very interesting pg Peek-A-Boo420_420
In certain breeds of dogs, the amigdala in the brain can cease to send signals to certain areas during stress ie the jaw muscles, causing them to seize, making it appear as though they have locked.But they haven't.....
Thank you very much for the list. I would like to copy & paste it onto my website along with a link back here.
I would, however, very much like to see references at least to the jursidictions that have banned the 'less-likely' breeds. I know that Benld, IL is discussing banning all dogs over 15 lbs. Geezz, I've had bigger cats!!!!! What does that leave us? Miniature Chihuahuas?
Please let us know where your statistics come from. Thanks
What a load of shit! I have had my german shepherd dog for 7 years and he has never even attempted to bite. My children were 4 and 8 at the time and were taught how to handle him correctly from the start. All it takes is common sense. No breed of dog is born evil. They would never get a hold of my dog!
This is frickin crazy! My little Pitbull Thomas is the sweetest guy ever, and im sure my mixed breed has some of these "banned breeds" in her. I swear if anyone comes knocking at my door for my dogs, I will fight with my life.
I am traveling from Fort Walton Beach, FL to Orlando in two days to take my sons best friend away and bring her to live with me because she is a targeted "restricted breed" ... a 3 year old Pit Bull. Her name is Shyann and she is my sons heart. She was a gift from me to my son nearly 3 years ago. She was raised with my two Pomerainians, has been socialized with people consistently and other dogs for as long as we have had her. We lived In PA and both moved to Florida two months ago so my son could attend Universal Technical School in Orlando and I moved to FWB. Recently a woman saw my son playing with Shy .. she loves to grab hold of a rope and he swings her around, it's a game they play and she loves doing it. The woman accused him of "abusing" her and made a fuss over what type of dog she was (we never had her ears cropped or anything) and reported him to the office of the complex he lives in. Today they showed him the "restricted breed list" and told him she had to go or he had to go.He was appalled. He told me that there were more dogs on that list than he could count. Many were common like American Bulldogs and St Bernards. The list is real and growing and it's frightening to think that ANY breed could be added to this list for ANY reason. I just want to say that I will be showing my support in August and I thank god that I can keep Shy for him until the time when she can be with him somewhere again. People need to educate themselves and take action. Remember, someday it could be YOUR breed of dog.
According to the CDC, From 1979 through 1996, dog attacks resulted in more than 300 human dog bite-related fatalities. That's apparently why such garbage legislation was passed. It's like banning 9mm handguns if homicides with 9mm handguns increases. People will simply find another means to kill and it will solve nothing. It doesn't make sense... I'd be willing to bet that any dog that kills someone is simply trained to be very mean. I feel it's the owners who raise such mean dogs be punished, not an entire breed...
greetings from Iceland....
this list make me so sick to my tummy. 75 dogs banned... I wonder when the are going to ban mentally ill people to have brick and toothbrush in a leach?
I am currently looking for an apartment or house in Los Angeles, CA (more specifically the san fernando valley. I have a staffordshire terrier, and no one will let us move in. My "scary" pit-bull-esque dog has been attacked by "non-violent" dogs more times than I care to count, and she has never even fought back in any way other than barking. She is a good dog, but I cannot find a place where we can live together. I moved out here with her from new york,and I don't know what to do. I am not willing to give her up. Any suggestions?
Also, isn't some of this breed restriction masked racism/classism, especially in the case of pit bulls?
Lewis Sorenson says:
3 years ago
as a former dog owner and dog lover i find this web site offensive it isnt the breed that makes a dog dangerious or vicious it is the dog owner most dogs are following commands of a human owner. If this is allowed to continue what is next i have owned many dogs and never had a problem . Sure most dogs are protective but that is bred into them the dogs that kill or bite are trained to do so buy us they r mans best friend and yet we treat them like this when all they give us is unconditional love. they stand by us no matter what and how do we repay them we whip them beat them kick them starve them or not give them watter for days and people wonder y they become vicious we need to think how we treat them if they are our best friend i would hate to see how we treat r enemies