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If you own the breed of dog known as the "Pit-bull" this community is for you. It is here to talk about anything Pit-bull related. I'm starting this communtiy because of the recent Pit-bull ban in Ontario, I own a Pit-bull/Lab cross which is dominated by mostly Pit and I am outraged by the Ontario wide Pit-bull ban, I hope to inform others of this breed and their actual nature please help.

When you join all that is asked is in your first post you provide the following info...
Just copy and paste this.
<b>::Name of dog:: ::Breed of Pit:: ::Age of dog:: ::How long you've had the dog:: ::A picture of your dog if you have one::</b>

If you don't own a Pitbull and you're just here to learn more just type "Here to learn" in the subject of your first post and don't bother with any of the questions above.
After you've done this in your first post you may write about whatever you wish to even if it's just something your dog did that day.
Thanks!

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Poem for the pits.
Pitbulls Don't Cry

I see the children in the lane
They look like friends, we'll have a game
They've got a stick, oh boy, what fun
They'll throw it for me and I'll run
But someone stops me,
I wonder why their mother screams "Don't go near those"
Horrid Dogs, come here, come close
They're dangerous-I'll tell you why
They bite little children and they die
All I can do is watch and sigh
Cause now I know that Pit Bull's don't cry

Mum cuddles me up and says "My pet
We love you dearly so don't you fret"
But I love everyone out there
Why can't they love me, I do care
I wish they weren't made to pass me by
I'm a Pit Bull, I don't cry

I sit behind my padlocked gate
From early morn ‘til quite late
When I go out it's on a lead
Is mine the only heart to bleed
I'm held in check as the world goes by
I wish the Pit Bull heart could cry

There are some dogs, and also men
Who cannot tell a foe from a friend
So all of us must bear the blame
Expected to live a life of shame
Condemned, alas and we know not why

All we know is we will not cry!

~Author Unknown~


Toronto — Ontario residents will be prohibited from buying or raising pit bull terriers under tough new legislation to be introduced this fall.

The new law will allow people who own pit bulls now to keep their pets, but only under tightly controlled conditions, said Attorney General Michael Bryant.

Pit bull owners will be required to have their dogs spayed or neutered, and the dogs will have to be kept leashed and muzzled, Bryant said.

Once the law is passed, breeding or selling the dogs will become illegal provincewide.

The law would also increase fines up to a maximum of $10,000 and allow for jail sentences of up to six months for owners of any dangerous dog that bites, attacks, or poses a threat to public safety.

"People want to be protected from the menace of these dangerous dogs," said Bryant.

"Some of these dogs are nothing but a loaded weapon waiting to go off and so we are taking action to make our communities safer."

Bryant said the legislation would be introduced within a month.

The government legislation comes in response to numerous pit-bull attacks on Ontario residents, including a number of children.

In a recent incident in Toronto, two of the animals continued to attack a man even after police shot them repeatedly.

The legislation will make Ontario the first Canadian province to ban pit bulls outright.

Municipalities in the province already have the option of banning pit bulls under the Ontario Municipal Act. The cities of Kitchener, Waterloo, and Windsor have effectively banned pit bulls and placed restrictions on owners.

Winnipeg has had a ban on the dogs since 1990, and cities including Vancouver have vicious-dog bylaws requiring the dogs to be muzzled and leashed.

Links:

*ATTS (American Temperament Test Society)
*Got Pitbull forum
*Working Pitbull
* The Pitbull Press Very nice site!
*Kane's Page
*APBT

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