Finding a Home.

Seems to me that finding a home has become harder and harder with a K-9 friend with all these breed restrictions. Even to be completely honest, I have had to claim my dog is a mixed mutt to my apartment complex because only 'american staffordshire terrier' and other breed that falls under the slang term 'pitbull.' You know the worst part about this, that even certified service animals that happen to be part pit are not even allowed.

Maybe they don't people prejudging their complex? Ironic. 

Being just a college student, even finding myself roommates to be able to afford it. So this is narrowed down, now let alone having a Pitbull in my life. It's getting to that time to find another, much bigger place but I don't know how to get around the breed restriction, let alone trying to find a house to rent. Any dog owner can run into this problem, and if that's the case I have found this link through the humane society for any one that is in this same boat

. Here is the article that seemed uplifting; link.

"Six states are considering bills that would put an end to laws restricting dog ownership by breed. Called "breed-specific legislation" -- or BSL -- these laws most often target pit bull type dogs (which are said to have been called "nanny dogs"), often forcing people to choose between their pets and their homes. And most Americans think they're bad laws. Bad laws!

Opposition to BSL comes from sources as diverse as the American Bar Association, animal rescue groups, the Center for Disease Control and even President Barack Obama, who said in August that the laws are largely ineffective while doing nothing to improve public safety, and are often a "waste of public resources."Best Friends also emphasizes the cost of enforcing anti-pit bull bans; the group commissioned an economist to put together a tool that calculates the costs by city. And here's a sample calculation: In Baltimore, there's an estimated 151,105 dogs, of which 10,918 are assumed pit bull type dogs. The costs associated with enforcing laws against pit bull ownership would be $992,606 per year.

Even though her jurisdiction doesn't have breed restrictions, "people have heard the stories about beloved family dogs being taken from their owners in places where there are full bans on pit bulls. That is every dog owner's worst nightmare," she said. "People don't want to risk it."Getting rid of these laws would not just let people adopt without fear of their animals being taken away, she said, but would also help counter negative stereotypes."

These are the most well put thoughts into uplifting this band on breed restrictions. Just the idea of the city, state and even country with no restrictions could save so much money that we are always complaining about. Maybe this is what we need to get these poor dogs up and out of shelters and into real loving homes.