75 Breeds on the BSL Hit List/List of State/County Passed BSL

Whoever made up this list must have just been bored or really just hates dogs.
I am a groomer and have been around all kinds of breeds. I have never been biten by a large dog!
I have been biten by the small guys ~Chihs, Poodles(LOL First dog I was bit by as a groomer and probably the most biten by),
Min Pins, Cocker Spaniels, Lhasas, and Shih Tzu's.
All very nice breeds but just don't handle the stress as well as a large dog and also I have noticed the little guys give less warning than the large dogs. Here nor there it's still no reason for any of these breeds to be on the target list.
As you look thru the list you will see what I mean.
I mean come on now.
Before we go to the list though the top four breeds targeted are:
1.) Pit Bull
2.) Rottweiler
3.) Wolf Hybrid
4.) Chow Chow
and of course the looks likes or mixes of these breeds.

**Also I have included another group specially for "The Dog Breed Encyclopedia"
Because I had never heard of some of the breeds on this list so I thought it would be handy to be able to just shoot over there to read about a breed in question~:)



75 dogs on the BSL list!
Is your dog on the list of banned breeds for BSL?

1. AIREDALE TERRIER
2. AKBASH
3. AKITA
4. ALAPAHA BLUE BLOOD BULLDOG
5. ALASKAN MALAMUTE
6. ALSATIAN SHEPHERD
7. AMERICAN BULLDOG
8. AMERICAN HUSKY
9. AMERICAN PIT BULL TERRIER
10. AMERICAN STAFFORDSHIRE TERRIER
11. AMERICAN WOLFDOG
12. ANATOLIAN SHEPHERD
13. ARIKARA DOG
14. AUSTRALIAN CATTLE DOG
15. AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERD ( Why? I don't get it!)
16. BELGIAN MALINOIS
17. BELGIAN SHEEPDOG
18. BELGIAN TURVUREN
19. BLUE HEELER
20. BOERBUL
21. BORZOI
22. BOSTON TERRIER
23. BOUVIER DES FLANDRES
24. BOXER
25. BULLDOG
26. BULL TERRIER
27. BULL MASTIFF
28. CANE CORSO
29. CATAHOULA LEOPARD DOG
30. CAUCASIAN SHEPHERD
31. CHINESE SHAR PEI
32. CHOW-CHOW
33. COLORADO DOG
34. DOBERMAN PINSCHER
35. DOGO DE ARGENTINO
36. DOGUE DE BORDEAUX
37. ENGLISH MASTIFFS
38. ENGLISH SPRINGER SPANIEL
39. ESKIMO DOG
40. ESTRELA MOUNTAIN DOG
41. FILA BRASILIERO
42. FOX TERRIER
43. FRENCH BULLDOG
44. GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG
45. GOLDEN RETRIEVER (Why is this dog on the list?)
46. GREENLAND HUSK

47. GREAT DANE
48. GREAT PYRANEES
49. ITALIAN MASTIFF
50. KANGAL DOG
51. KEESHOND ( Or this breed I have never heard of any issues with this breed either.)
52. KOMONDOR
53. KOTEZEBUE HUSKY
54. KUVAZ
55. LABRADOR RETRIEVER (What the heck is this breed doing on the list?)
56. LEONBERGER
57. MASTIFF
58. NEOPOLITAN MASTIFF
59. NEWFOUNDLAND ( I have never heard of any issues with this breed.)
60. OTTERHOUND
61. PRESA DE CANARIO
62. PRESA DE MALLORQUIN
63. PUG
64. ROTTWEILER
65. SAARLOOS WOLFHOND
66. SAINT BERNARD
67. SAMOYED
68. SCOTTISH DEERHOUND
69. SIBERIAN HUSKY
70. SPANISH MASTIFF
71. STAFFORDSHIRE BULL TERRIER
72. TIMBER SHEPHERD
73. TOSA INU
74. TUNDRA SHEPHERD
75. WOLF SPITZ

Now some of these Breeds I have not heard of but I will sy I am a Dog Groomer/Pet Sylist and therefore I have my own personal experiences with the temperments of most of these breeds. Do you know that I have been bit more times by a poodle(I don't see the poodle on this list), chihuahua(nor this breed), and min pins(nor this breed).

And don't tell me that little dogs can't do any damage and that little dogs aren't on this list because the Pug, Boston Terrier, fox terriers are little dogs also.

Who made this list up?

How do we reverse the list?

How do we fight this BSL?

BSL is a waste.

BSL is expensive it also means more surrendered dogs added to the already so many surrendered.
Dog bite and attack statistics indicate that dog bites are committed by more than just the so-called "dangerous" breeds. Until 2002, the Texas Department of Health Zoonosis Division put out annual "Severe Animal Attack and Bite Surveillance Summary" reports that summarize the breeds responsible for the most serious attacks. Pit bulls, Rottweilers, German Shepherds, and Chow Chows (in no particular order) were consistently on the list. But most interesting of all are the other breeds found on the list - so-called "family dogs". During the studies provided (1996 - 2002), these other breeds included Labrador Retrivers and mixes, Blue Heelers, and Collies. Additional breeds seen occasionally on the list included Chihuahuas and Dachshunds. Remember, this report deals with severe bites and attacks, so that should put to rest the myth that bites from little dogs are not serious.

However, these statistics can not establish which breeds are "more dangerous" than others. As the TDH Survey states, "the number of animals in various dog breeds in the overall canine population is unknown; therefore, no conclusions can be drawn concerning whether dogs of these... breeds [in the study] are prone to bite more often than other breeds or if these are merely the more popular breeds." Taking this into consideration, it's natural that a ban on certain breeds of dogs only means that another breed will become popular in the area - and new breeds will take the top spots on the Severe Bite list.

In fact, the studies were discontinued in 2002 after the agency concluded that the statistics gathered were not scientifically representative of the state. Because animal control agencies in the state are not required to gather or report dog bite statistics in their region, TDH got only "500 to 600 reports a year, and none of the major metropolitan areas (Amarillo, Brownsville, Dallas, El Paso, Fort Worth, Houston, Laredo, Lubbock, or San Antonio) participated." Therefore, the severe bite reports are usless in determining total dog bites and percentages per breed. They can only tell us which kinds of dogs are biting.
BSL does not consider owner responsibility.
In almost every publicized case of a dog attack, there is a bad owner behind the wheel.

With all of that being said I rest my case for now.
Needed to vent on this matter. The more I hear about it the more it just angers me!