Originally Posted by Tizzette

As a dog lover from a family of dog lovers, and also as a landlord, my take is that it is irresponsible for a hotel to take breeds with known agressive tendencies. People who own the agressive breeds usually choose them not just as pets to love but also to protect, or at least deter, crime against themselves. There is kind of a thrill to owning a scary dog. Yes, many or most pit bulls (American Staffordshire Terriers), Rottweilers, etc. are sweet and trustworthy, at least as long as their owners are present. But the danger has not been entirely bred out of the pet dogs, and of course there are the fighting dogs where agression is purposefully bred in. And let's be honest, how many dogs have been completely and reliably trained? Not these pitts, and not the six month old pitt puppy who jumped his own front fence to maul my son's Australian Shepherd walking on a leash. The pitt's owners could not believe it. It would be unwise for me to put my other tenants at risk of a situation occurring when the dog was unsupervised and wound up mauling some child trying to play with the doggie. That particular news story pops up where I live every year. Yes, it is possible that a Toy Poodle could go postal just like a pit bull, but a Toy Poodle cannot do nearly the harm.