AMERICAN STAFFORDSHIRE TERRIER INVOLVED IN INCIDENT WITH CHILD AT AKC EVENT
PERMISSION TO CROSSPOST
AP NEWS: BERRYVILLE , VA APRIL 5 2007
AMERICAN STAFFORDSHIRE TERRIER INVOLVED IN INCIDENT WITH CHILD AT AKC EVENT
Police were called today to the Clarke County Fairgrounds to investigate an incident involving an American Stafforshire Terrier dog and a 9 year old child. The American Kennel Club sanctions the event, held by the Clarke County Kennel Club annually. Thousands of exhibitors and spectators attend yearly. Read more →
BSL – It's everyone's problem
I’m so tired of people smugly insisting that Breed Specific Legislation – or breed banning, to call it by it’s more actual name – isn’t their problem. We all need to wake up and realize that BSL is a threat to all of, to all of our dogs, and to our decency as a society. French Bulldogs barely escaped being included in Ontario’s recent BSL laws. Staffordshire Bull Terriers – those little twenty something pound cuties known as “Nanny Dogs” in the UK, for their excellence as children’s pets – weren’t so lucky.
Pugs and Boston Terriers have been included in other areas. Pugs and Bostons, for God’s sakes! Read more →
Yay for Mae!
Mae’s ultrasound this morning confirmed that she is indeed with child – or rather with ‘children’, to be more precise. We saw three that we’re fairly certain of, with one or two more a possibility. Really, an ultrasound isn’t about counting puppies – it’s about simply confirming that your bitch is indeed pregnant. This lets me start adding supplements to her diet and monitor her health and behaviour even more closely than I normally do. It also lets me decide that I definitely won’t be making any trips, or attending any shows. In fact, I’ll even have to cancel my attendance at the obedience classes Tula and Penelope had been taking. Read more →