Originally Posted by
ASMan
.:SIGH.:
Your post could simply stated "Emotional Support Animal Attacks a 5 Year-Old Girl at PDX" ... This is a tragic story and the pet owner is to blame. However, banning a dog simply because of it's breed shows your ignorance.
But you're biased as an owner of the breed frankly. The breed tends to be more aggressive though not necessarily towards humans (so says the reasonably decent research out there). It's banned here in Ontario Canada as a result, because they attack other dogs and also sometimes people (
https://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov....la-pubsfty.php). The owners are the biggest part of the problem of course, interestingly ASPCA points out the need to socialize the dogs properly, arguably since some of their genetic history comes from fighting / baiting dogs, though they didn't draw that conclusion in their article the fact they have to write one should tell you something.
Point here is the owner should be on the hook for this as far as I'm concerned. There are also far better breeds to be service animals than this one, when one is legitimately needed.