Dangerous Dog? Siberian Husky On Death Row For Killing Poodle.

Dangerous Dog? Siberian Husky On Death Row For Killing Poodle.
May 31st 2010
wolfmoonsleddog
Southeast
Location: Armuchee, GA
Time - 11:00pm Eastern Daylight Time
Temperature: 68 degrees F
Conditions: Cloudy, wet
Forecast: Thunderstorms tonight and tomorrow. Highs in the 80s, lows in the 60s
{Photo courtesy of Beth Lipsky} Take a look at the above picture of Siberian husky, Brandie. She’s behaving like any Sibe would in that situation! Heck, I have similar pictures of my dogs. So if someone told you that Brandie was labled as a “Dangerous Dog” and scheduled to be put to death you would probably laugh. A Siberian? A dangerous dog?

But that’s exactly what happened. Brandie killed a toy poodle named Jack earlier in May and, according to an ordinance in Broward County, FL where the incident took place, this is grounds to put Brandie to death.

I wrote commentary on this on OpposingViews.com (my first ever article for the site. Agh!), which can be viewed here - http://www.opposingviews.com/i/a-husky-a-poodle-and-a-dangerous-dog-law I tried to keep it a little more neutral than I have on this blog. I don’t know, hope it’s not too messy (I’m always a bit self-concious about some of what I write). And as an aside, I have no idea where OpposingViews got the photo that accompanies the article - it was added by their editor, not me.

[EDIT: One of the things I failed to mention in the article is that there is a leash law and that Brandie was on a leash, when the incident happened, while Jack was not].

My friends who do dryland mushing with dogs such as Pit Bulls have to deal with crazy “dangerous dog” laws all the time (ie. “Your dog is a Pit Bull, therefore dangerous”), which is bad enough! But the incident with Brandie takes the cake as far as I’m concerned! Broward County’s “dangerous dog” ordinance is one of the worst I have ever seen and needs to be changed.

Not that I don’t feel for the owners of Jack as well. I would be livid if any of my dogs were attacked or killed by someone else’s dog. Seriously, you would want to take cover. On the other side of the galaxy. Actually, in early 2008, April the spaniel was attacked on our property and pretty seriously injured by a couple of stray dogs. And I was mad then. But I also know how dogs react to things and I find I cannot find it in my heart wish ill on a dog for doing something instinctive. When the strays attacked April it wasn’t their fault. They were just being dogs. And I never felt threatened by those dogs (in fact they ran when I yelled at them).

Likewise, I cannot imagine what Brandie’s owners are going through. If it was one of my dogs…well, see above statement.

These kind of “Dangerous Dog” laws are dangerous in themselves. And placing a husky who has killed a small dog in the same category as a dog who has killed a human is a bit of a stretch.

Brandie’s family has a petition up on http://www.thepetitionsite.com/5/help-save-dog-from-unjust-ordinance I have to say, I am not a huge fan of petitions as I don’t consider them terribly effective but the outpouring of support on this one is pretty overwhelming.

There is also a Facebook dedicated to saving Brandie, http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=124107390946052&v=photos&so=30#!/group.php?gid=124107390946052 and a Twitter page, http://twitter.com/SaveBrandie

Dog-owners need to be aware that laws such as these exist. And we need to do everything in our power to unite against these dangerous ordinances!

For more info on the case:

http://www.justnews.com/furryfriends/23547074/detail.html?taf=mia

http://cbs4.com/local/Brandie.Brandy.Husky.2.1705572.html

http://www.justnews.com/download/2010/0526/23684537.pdf

http://cbs4.com/local/Brandie.Brandy.Husky.2.1716553.html