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<DIV>County law: Rottweilers are legal, "pit bulls" are not ("pit bull" is
a vernacular, generic term that encompasses well over a half-dozen breeds
and is only legally defined by statute. Our statute chose three of those breeds
and any mix thereof). It costs a lot of money every year and has
done nothing to increase public safety. As a matter of fact, so much time is
wasted by animal control officers rounding up benign family pets and killing
them (approximately two hours each day each officer) that it has had
the effect of decreasing public safety. As a result, ACOs don't have
enough time to spend on dogs that actually are behaving dangerously. If
anyone is interested I'd be happy to discuss the details with you off
list.</DIV>
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<DIV>If you happen to speak with your neighbor about it, please let him/her know
I can point him/her to some very good behavior and training resources, and I can
help him/her on some things myself, free of charge. You can give him/her
my e-mail address. </DIV>
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<DIV>I have a wonderful program I put together for landlords about how to
deal with pets without putting them out; what landlords should expect from pet
owners regarding cleanliness and neighborliness. I'd be happy to share it
with our landlords who are on this list. Pets that are "put out" by
the landlord usually wind up dead at our high-kill county shelter, or
given away to someone who may not really want her or treat her
badly. I know landlords are concerned about safety and
liability. A good dog is one of the surest ways to increase safety.
A sure way to reduce safety is to make an owner sneak their dog around and
be afraid to socialize her and in so doing, possibly create a non-so-good dog.
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<DIV>Please contact me off-list if you need further assistance.</DIV>
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<DIV>Deeds, not breeds, </DIV>
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<DIV>Adrianne Lefkowitz</DIV>
<DIV><A href="mailto:euniverz@aol.com">euniverz@aol.com</A></DIV>
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<DIV>48th and Madison</DIV></DIV>
<DIV>Maryland Dog Federation</DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Message:
8<BR>Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 21:28:38 EDT<BR>From: JayRite@aol.com<BR>Subject:
[RP TownTalk] Presentation by Maryland Dog Fed to Riverdale<BR>
Pk PD<BR>To: towntalk@riverdale-park.org<BR>Message-ID:
<bf7.3ee63c46.35cba9c6@aol.com><BR>Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="us-ascii"<BR><BR>On a different note... What is the town policy on
Rotweilers and pit bulls? <BR>Legal, or not? Very curious. We have
neighbors with one. We're trusting of the <BR>dog, for now. But not
necessarily the owners.<BR><BR>Jay<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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