Instead of addressing rising costs for working families, our economy, healthcare, crime or transportation, Premier McGuinty chose to go down another path in the first spring session of the Legislature since the election.    more »

FRISBEE FUN(DRAISER)!

 

Improve your disc throwing skills or learn a fun new sport with your dog! We are offering a seminar in the morning followed by a Fun Disc Trial for cool prizes. During the BBQ lunch clinician Katherine Ferger will wow us with a freestyle demonstration!

 

Katherine and her 3 year old mixed breed dog Tallulah are Canada's first ever team to achieve the title of Disc Dog World Champion. They won the 2007 Skyhoundz Disc Dog World Championships in Atlanta, Georgia in the Microdog Division. Her dogs Zelda and Fable are also Disc Dog World Finalists, and Tallulah went on join the first group of five Canadian discdog teams who qualified for, and competed at, the 2007 USDDN Nationals in Louisville, Kentucky.

Date: Sunday, July 27, 2008

Time:9:00am - 5:00pm

Location: Holland Landing Snowmobile Club/training hall

Street:  61 Cedar St

City/Town: Holland Landing, ON

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Costs: $50 for working spot (only 10 available)  $20 for audit spot

$5 for each trial entry

Proceeds to go to The Dog Legislation Council of Canada and the York Region SPCA.

 

ALL DOGS WELCOME!!!!

 

Bonus!

TTL Action Photography will be there to take photos!

Contact: Karin at DogSmart Training

905-775-9189 apfel@sympatico.ca

or Tena (days) 705-458-4182 tkristjanson@zing-net.ca

 

 

 

Monday's New Tecumseth town council meeting brought disappointment to many who worked long and hard to bring common sense to the table, where the canine control bylaw was concerned.    more »

A fellow Ontario dog owner wrote a letter to Attorney General Chris Bentley in March of this year. She finally received a response.    more »

The Fraser Valley in B.C. is currently a buzz over the numerous reports and references to the recent “pit bull” attacks which occurred in Surrey. The frenzy over the prospect of a demon to conquer overshadows any conscientious approach to public safety.    more »

The predictability of BSL is like a poorly written screenplay.

In BC over the past couple months, there has been an increase in articles related to 'pitbulls'. In an article yesterday the title speaks for itself. Rash of dog attacks across British Columbia is the title of the article. An editorial in early May was titled "It's time for B.C. to ban pitbulls". In another article a school is put into lock down because of a loose 'pitbull'!

Meanwhile back at the ranch, the headline "I became dinner" says a B.C. dog attack victim. Oops, that wasn't a 'pitbull' attack. It was a Labrador Retriever cross. So I guess it is safe to assume Lab's are on the hit list in B.C.?

The article I will throw my support behind this week is from KC Dogblog. Dog bites actually on the decline?  So dog bites are down by some 80% over the last decade? Could this be because of education in bite prevention and better understanding of canine behaviour? Will we see this statement in the MSM? My odds will lie on the NO side. Who will buy papers with front page headlines fear mongering about dog attacks? Dog forbid the media will have to print some facts or do some research.

The DLCC would like to thank everyone who has written to government and
expressed their concerns........

We have now entered into another phase of the process.

Bill 138 is before the Law Amendments Committee.

This committee is already aware of the public opinion about the amendments (from
the MLA's) therefore it is NOT necessary to contact the government or this
committee further.This will place us in a better position to facilitate open
dialogue .

So hang tight,we will apprise everyone of any new developments as they unfold or
you can visit...

www.doglegislationcouncilcanada.org

Several months ago my husband and I had one huge dream dashed into the ground when we found out we could not purchase a home that we fell in love with   more »

Well, I am irritated again... go figure.

Just in time for National Bite Prevention Week, Stanley Coren is leading the public to believe one of the most popular breeds of dog are a model for not biting..

Social Mange has a great post. Check it out!

Information about the health risks surrounding altering animals is hitting the main stream media.   more »

Caveat has been keeping tabs on the discussion at Queen's Park about the proposed amendments to the OSPCA Act.

Kudos Caveat for keeping up with this issue. I have Bell Express Vu so I don't get the Ontario Legislature Channel. I wonder if the Fibs are behind the lack of Bell customers not having the channel? Not as easy to keep tabs on what they are up to, or rather what the 'ban' of the day is.

I am pleased to tell you our VP of the DLCC, Sandra Alway, recieved a personal note to forward to WTD.   more »

Once and for all, the mystery of the "Texas Red Nose" is solved.   more »

Now here is a kid who is on the ball. The Ontario Fiberals could take some lessons from this kid.   more »

A detailed example of the slanted parallels in main stream media are the following examples of articles about dog attacks.    more »

My MPP, Jim Wilson, had a great newsletter today about the declining state of affairs financially here in Ontario.   more »

On Sunday there was a high profile dog attack in Surrey, BC.    more »

Our very own Selma Mulvey of the DLCC presented to the Mississauga Council regarding owner visitation for animals being held at city animal services. The video is now available at Mississauga Musings.

One week later Mississauga Council voted unanimously in favour of owner visitation.

Social Mange also has the story.

Great job Selma! Yah to Mississauga!

h/t Social Mange

For those of you who may not know who Merritt Clifton is, if you disagree with breed specific legislation, I guarantee you, you won't like what Mr. Clifton has to say.

I received a heads up on an article out of Colorado about breed specific underwriting in the insurance business. 

Upon reading the beginning of the article, I got the impression the article was painting the true picture of skewed logic in insurance discrimination; however there always seems to be a but. (or butt, depending on which end you look at)

Quoting the HSUS is never a good thing, and beyond that quoting Merritt Clifton is definitely never a good thing!

Luisa, at Lassie Get Help, wrote a good article critiquing Merritt Clifton. This article has two parts. Here is the link to the second part. I think Merritt possibly did one too many hallucinogenic drugs in the 60's, because he seems to have carried some of the after effects forward into his studies and reports.

On the upside, my optimistic self truly feels there is going to be a distinct change of mind in the near future. I truly believe the 'thinking' people are starting to become more savvy to the fear mongering campaign. There is a cross section of the population, subject to the nonsensical spewing of the hard core monger. As for the rest of us, we are onto it...

Clifton, you are on the watch list! There is quite a colourful list of mongers, however thanks to technology we are hip to most. When you consider the odds of mongers per capita, there is a minute fraction of the population who dream up the fictitious crap. Fictitious crap that has NO scientific evidence, which at the end of the day you can try and try to stand behind a load of crap but it is still a load of crap. Unfortunately the media buys crap by the dump load. They must think it is a hell of a deal...

Keep the faith people that the people who follow the crap preachers are an even smaller cross section of the population. I like to call them trogs...

An article in the Rocky Mountain News today sure makes my blood boil!   more »

The word is, Rambo (whether the owners case is won or not) is likely to live.

A motion passed at a Mississauga general committee meeting, which will change the city's "pit bull" policy. The motion would provide a second option for dealing with DOLA dogs. Under the new legislation, the dogs would be given a temperament test. If the dog passes, the dog would be allowed to be sent out of province.

Here is an article from the Toronto Star.

I am pleased with the leadership shown by the city of Mississauga. Here's hoping more cities in Ontario will follow Mississauga's lead. Actually, come to think of it, once precedence is set...

The city of Mississauga passed the decision to allow visitation at the city pound. Rambo's owner has since had her first visit with Rambo. The visit went very well according to this report at Random Access.

Here is another article from Mississauga News.

Barb Haywood, author of Dog Politics blog, has a new ebook. The book offers tools, tips and strategies to defend your dog against breed bans.

To purchase your copy or read more about this exciting new book, click on this LINK.

Remember the grand award given to the Ontario Liberals in December 2007 by WSPA. Well, Melissa Tkachyk , WSPA Programs Officer for WSPA has a direct link to Sea Shepherd. Tkachyk was photographed giving the award to David Zimmer.

Sea Shepherd got into some hot water this week on the east coast of Canada.

Check out what Caveat has to say...

Thanks for the heads up Caveat!

Caveat has the details for court of appeal.

Read on...

In an article from the Mississauga News today:

Dog owner Gabriela Nowakowska was informed today by Ward 6 Councillor Carolyn Parrish that the City has had a charge of heart and that she will be permitted to visit Rambo at the Mississauga Animal Control shelter.

One of our DLCC executive board members, Selma Mulvey, spoke at the council meeting this morning. Her presentation was instrumental in a unanimous vote in favour of granting Gabriella visitation rights with Rambo.  Carolyn Parrish raised the motion in favour of allowing visitation.

There will be a final vote in the near future to change policy toward visitation for incarcerated dogs in Mississauga. This sets a valuable precedent for cities and towns.

Great work Selma, Carolyn and kudos to the city of Mississauga.