Christine Hibbard, CTC, CPDT The city council of Bothell, Washington is considering enacting breed specific legislation that would ban residents from owning certain breeds of dogs. All of us at Companion Animal Solutions believe that Breed Specific Legislation is the wrong approach to making our neighborhoods and ourselves safe from vicious dogs. We believe that… [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]
Seattle’s Proposed Breed Specific Legislation
Carly Loyer Davis, BA, CPDT Companion Animal Solutions believes that breed bans are a bad idea for a number of reasons. Instead of discussing this broad topic in a general way, I decided to get a copy of Seattle’s proposed breed ban legislation. I found so many vague and problematic issues with Seattle’s proposed legislation… [Read More]