DDR YOUTH MATTER: DDR Adoption Show Team Members: Katie & Carly Carrasco
LORI’S CORNER: Neuter or Euthanize
LA MAGAZINE: What’s a Dog Worth?
R.I.P. DEBO: South Los Angeles
LORI’S CORNER: BACK TO BACK DDR ACTIVITIES!
I had a very busy weekend. Saturday was our monthly Compton Clinic. We spayed/neutered 33 Compton dogs + collected over 50 names and contact information from dog owners who came up to our table in the park. Thanks to a grant from Petsmart, we can offer free spay/neuter for Compton Dog Owners. Our goal in 2010 is 700 Compton Dogs. Our focus is pit bulls. When we are in the park it’s not just about spaying and neutering dogs, we also offer information on dog care and training. People really want to learn.
I want to thank Ivania who comes out to every clinic and translates for us, since there are many Spanish speakers who are eager to comply with the mandatory spay/neuter ordinance. Second I would like to thank Edgar, Queeny’s owner, who came out and helped me speak to many people including a group of basket ball players who had some pit bull puppies that they needed information on getting off to a “right start”.
Forming these relationships within the community and offering free spay + neuter right in the park is the only way we will ever see a possible decline in the euthanasia rate for dogs at the Downey shelter (the shelter that serves the City of Compton).
(remember Chocolate? Now EVE!)
On Sunday, Downtown Dog Rescue hosted another CGC trial. This time, some of our class members who missed a couple of points on their last test passed! Judge, our class dog passed with flying colors and so did Eve (formerly known as Chocolate), so young, and on her first attempt. I was especially proud to see one of our DDR dogs pass on her first attempt. My friend Carole Pearson, leader of Dawg Squad, also passed a couple pit bulls. It was a really great day. Thank you again Lezle for being our evaluator.
Our next CGC trial is going to be the first week in June. If you own a pit bull and want to see if your dog will pass the Canine Good Citizenship Test, get in touch with me soon
Our goal is to certify 100 pit bulls, something that has […]
ACTIVATE: We’ve come to take your dog away! What is BSL (Breed Specific Legislation)? A Better Name? Breed Discriminatory Legislation!
by Irene Soriano Brightman
Here in Los Angeles, it would seem to be the natural progression to be able to raise your pitbull or other power breeds to a ripe old age. That is NOT the case for many dog guardians of this misunderstood and maligned breed in the United States. To me, when I hear of states that have passed BSL (Breed Specific Legislation), they all seem like some faraway lands I hope to never visit. But it is a reality and I know that many DDR friends and family have connections to many of the states that have these types of horrible legislation in place! Florida has one in the works! Denver has had BSL laws in place for over 20 years! Read Stephanie Ernst’s (from Change.org) article at Denver’s problematic “profiling” and murder of pitbulls in
The Killing of the Misunderstood 3,500: Denver’s Pit Bull BanWhen I looked up
BSL in California , here are the cities listed:San Francisco, Santa Monica, Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu, Point Hueneme
Apparently an ordinance was in effect in Santa Monica, California, before the state prohibited breed-based laws:
4.04.410 Vicious dogs.
(a) No person owning or harboring any pit bull or any other dog subject to this Section pursuant to subdivision (b) shall within the limits of the City allow or permit such dog, whether licensed or not, to be upon the public streets, public sidewalks, public parks, or any other public place within the City, or upon any private property which is not fully enclosed by fence or other barrier, except when muzzled and held under leash by an able bodied person.
(b) This Section shall apply to any dog for which the Animal Control Officer has issued, based upon the vicious or predatory nature of the dog, a written notice to the person owning or harboring such dog to keep the dog muzzled and leashed in accordance with this Section.
(c) For purposes of this Section, “pit bull” means any pit bull terrier of the Staffordshire Bull Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier, or American Pit Bull Terrier breed of dog or any mixed breed of dog which contains as an element of its breeding the breed of Staffordshire Bull Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier, or American Pit Bull Terrier as to be identified as partially of the breed of Staffordshire Bull Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier, or American Pit Bull Terrier. (Former section 4.04.410 of the Santa Monica Municipal Code.)
I’m just glad that bad dream is over but of course those […]