Dear Citizens of
I sit here writing you this letter on a crisp fall morning, hot coffee by my side, enjoying the quiet of the morning.
I’m watching my litter of 11 week old pups romp and play in the warming sunshine, and thinking how lucky they are not to be on the “banned breed in
They are all going to good families. They will be well loved and important members of their families. I’m also thinking about the 6 “pit bull” pups I have smuggled out of the province over the last year. I wonder how much longer I will have to play the “criminal”. How many more pups will my friends and I have to label “boxer pups” to get these poor abandoned babies vet care or get them into rescue to be shipped out of province?
My eyes mist up as I remember Bob, (named for ‘What About Bob’ the movie). He has only been gone 5 weeks, but I worry about him still. I suppose I always will. My children found him in a grocery bag along the side of the road. He was with 2 other litter mates who didn’t survive. My estimate of age was no more than a week old. His weight was 636 grams. Bob was lucky. My bitch was due to whelp any day. We warmed him up and I injected fluids just under his skin. Bob was in such bad shape, I had to tube him to feed him. Poor Bob didn’t have the energy to nurse. After 4 days, Bob was able to nurse on his own and even though my bitch had a very large litter she took him in as one of hers. Bob thrived under her care. At 6 weeks, we sent him to rescue.
Last night the rescue emailed me to tell me Bob had been adopted into a wonderful family. Great news!! I hope Bob NEVER comes back to
In August, 2005, when Bill 132 was first instated, I had the attitude “it doesn’t affect me or my breed, so it doesn’t concern me”. My attitude has changed dramatically in the last year!
I can imagine myself sitting in a jail cell, surrounded by murders, rapists, drug dealers and child molesters, answering their question “what are you in for”?
I will answer truthfully and say, “I smuggled ‘pit bull’ puppies out of the
Sincerely,
A New Kind Of Criminal….
I would like to remind ALL CITIZENS OF ONTARIO to VOTE on Oct 10, 2007!
Please VOTE for the party most likely to oust the Liberal in your riding!
Please do your part to restore the civil rights of dog owners in the
Veteran PC MPP Jim Wilson has included in his list of issues:
1. I believe the correct and sensible way to deal with the threat posed by dangerous dogs is to have in place legislative provisions which deal with all dangerous dogs of all kinds and with irresponsible owners, as opposed to breed specific legislation.
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