Jim Ha, PhD, CAAB A bill has been introduced into the Washington State Legislature to limit long-term, unsupervised tethering of dogs in the state. Specifically, the current form of the bill (and these bills change frequently before final passage, so this is just the latest that I understand) seeks to: ban outdoor tethering of dogs… [Read More]
Are Pit Bulls Inherently Dangerous?
Christine Hibbard, CTC, CPDT If you speak with any of us at Companion Animal Solutions, follow our blog or work with us, you know the answer to this question. No, we do not believe that Pit Bulls are inherently dangerous. So why am I writing about this topic again? In September, I got a phone… [Read More]
Police Shooting Dogs
Christine Hibbard, CTC, CPDT Maybe it’s social networking, all the yahoo group memberships, Facebook and Twitter but about once a week someone sends me a story about police officers shooting a dog. I even saw that Pat Miller wrote an article about this in the most recent edition of Whole Dog Journal. Then I got… [Read More]
King County “getting out of the shelter business”
Christine Hibbard, CTC, CPDT The writing has been on the wall for years. First came the September 2007 citizens committee report calling shelter conditions in King County “deplorable”. If you’ve followed the KCACC oversight committee education work being done at kcaccexposed.org, you know that the staff that works at Animal Care and Control and at… [Read More]
Seattle’s Proposed Breed Specific Legislation: Part 3 (final)
Carly Loyer Davis, BA, CPDT In Part Two of this blog, I talked about some obvious health risks imposed by the proposed City of Seattle breed-specific legislation. I do, however, see some portions of the law that impress me at first glance. Under Seattle’s version of BSL, owners must complete a dog training or owner… [Read More]