Bully Breeds desperately need your help..

Please, everyone if you can spare any amount they really need it. I can't believe they are doing this. If we don't raise enough money, our voices and concerns will go unheard. Not to mention the thousands of dogs and puppies out there who this will affect.

Please take a minute to read this article below.

also read: http://wagthedog.blogware.com/blog/_...2/4054706.html

I have started a donation box at my store and will add that to my personal donation. I wish I could afford more. We don't have much time.



If Looks Could Kill --- Urgent Message from Banned Aid Coalition
Remember the old saying, "If Looks Could Kill"?

These days In Ontario, they can and do.

Do you own a short-coated dog with a boxy snout? Is he brindle, white, brown or red? Then you may very well own an Ontario "pit bull".

Everything from Boston Terriers to Great Danes, purebred or mixed, have been identified by those enforcing the Dog Owners Liability Act (DOLA) as "pit bulls".

Due to the anxiety and confusion this law has created, many national breed clubs have asked for official exemptions from Ontario's Attorney General. In fact, people are writing to the Attorney General before they get a dog to make sure they are making a safe choice.

For owners of mixed breed dogs (in other words, most people), the confusion means that they are unaware of how this ban directly affects them. After all, there is no valid method to test the breeding of a mix and there is nothing the law that says how you prove your dog is not a "pit bull" - yet the onus is on you, the dog owner, to do just that.

The latest decision from the Ontario Court of Appeal states that if even a tiny risk exists, it is the responsibility of government to regulate it by whatever means possible - even if this means exterminating it.

In restoring the law to its original form, the Justices told all Canadians that despite credible research and evidence proving otherwise, the mythology surrounding the "pit bull" is taken at face value by our courts.

In other words, uneducated opinions, gossip and hearsay from any source (such as news reports) can be used to prove anything - and worse, such flimsy evidence can influence our rights and freedoms in all aspects of our lives.

Do you now see that this not just about dogs anymore?

In the words of Clayton Ruby,
"According to the Court of Appeal, so long as the government puts forth some
evidence in support of its legislative decision, regardless of its credibility,
reliability or value, it cannot lose. And it's not just about dogs anymore.
This ruling, if left unchallenged, will become case law and as such can be applied to anything, from dogs to donkeys."

Ultimately this means that the life of every dog and every breed is just a pen stroke away from extinction. All it will take is a little bad press.

We refuse to quit. We must take this case to the Supreme Court of Canada so that dog (and all property) owners can take back control of their and their dogs' lives.

But we have a problem.In order to move forward, significant financial obligations must be met. The Banned Aid Coalition must raise $100,000.00 within two weeks in order to pay for the outstanding costs to date and to finalize our application to the Supreme Court of Canada.

The DLCC and Banned Aid Coalition firmly believe in the importance of this cause. We are prepared to carry this burden farther but we need your help. Don't sit this one out because the future of dog ownership, if not all property ownership, is what's at stake.

Many have stepped up to help us along the way but we are again in a crunch for time and money. Please join dog owners and others from across our great country in standing up for fair and equal treatment for all.

Most of all, stand up for your best and only friend, your beautiful dog. He is depending on your help during his darkest hour.

Thanks to everyone for your ongoing support. Together, we can win.

Please donate today - every dollar counts.

"We must all hang together, or, assuredly, we shall all hang separately." -
Benjamin Franklin

There are several ways you can donate.

You can mail your cheque payable to the DLCC to:
Cathy Prothro
351 Pleasant Street
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia B2Y 3S4
Canada

PAY PAL. Please go to www.doglegislationcouncilcanada.org and click on the
"Donate!" link for the Pay Pal tool.

For your convenience you can deposit from any bank directly into the Banned Aid Legal Fund by depositing to:
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce,
Penhorn Mall,
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Account 00513 010 1526839

You can also make an online payment from your financial institution's website by
sending a bill payment to treasurer@doglegislationcouncilcanada.org

Send cheques or money orders directly to Mr Ruby at the following address,c/o
BANNED AID LEGAL CHALLENGE FUND


Ruby & Shiller
11 Prince Arthur Ave.
Toronto, Ont.
M5R1B2
416 964 9664

Thanks for that info, Elizabeth, I can see how things could get out of hand.

We just experience something like this ourselves. We had put an offer in on a condo. We were told that they allowed dogs up to 25 kg. After we had the home inspection done, etc., we then found out they were lowering that weight to 30 pounds. We emailed the board and explained that we were told the weight restriction was 25 kg. They emailed back and said they would be willing to make a one time exception for us, but they would have to meet our dog.

Well, he is a boxer, with the short snout. He was very well behaved at the interview, didn't bark, growl, or jump up on anyone. However, they got back to us the next day and said he wouldn't be a good fit, as they have a lot of elderly people and children in the building. So, we are now out the money we spent on a home inspection and whatever our lawyer will charge us for looking over the offer. I think they judged him by appearance.

Now, we will have to look to purchase a rowhouse or detached house. Our dog is only 7 years old and probably has a few years left. I would never get rid of him just to move.

That is harsh. I wish people didn't have such a poor view on bully breeds and the like. It's those few dummies who give everyone else a bad name. Dummies being owners, that is. Hope you find somewhere for your family to live that's in a dog friendly enviroment! You know how they have the equestrian sub division in Hammonds Plains, they should have those for us crazy dog people too =) I would totally move to Halifax for that!