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Ohio House Bill 14 Passes House…Onto the Senate We Go
Yesterday, after much discussion in the days before, the Breed Bans Bill, Ohio House Bill 14, PASSED the House of Reps by a vote of 69 to 29.
Some of us are surprised. Some of us are elated. Some of use are pissed. Some of us knew we could depend on our Representatives at least to listen to their constituents, who have been calling and emailing relentlessy regarding this and many other important animal welfare issues and bills on the floor right now in the House.
(In Ohio, the House isn’t the problem… we’ll discuss that another time.
For now, let’s just celebrate. This makes it more sensible for cities and counties in Ohio to remove THEIR senseless breed bans — and oh boy, there are A LOT throughout the state.
H.B. 14 was proposed in hopes to remove the statewide classification of pit bulls (Pit Bulls or APBTs) as dangerous dogs. Ohio is the only state with such a law.
HB14 – in its current form – creates three different classifications for problem dogs based solely on the behavior of the dog (and owner) and is breed neutral.
The three classifications are:
1) Nuissance Dog — a dog that while off its owner’s property threatens, manaces or attempts to bite a person.
2) Dangerous Dog – one that has caused an injury to a person, killed another dog or had 3 violations as a nuissance dog. Once a dog is classified as dangerous, the owner must register the dog, purchase liability insurance, microchip the dog and afix a tag to its collar.
3) A Vicious Dog – is on that has caused serious injury to a person through a bite.
So HB14 confirmed that Pit Bulls be removed from this classification. WOO-HOO! This will make it not only more sensible, like I said earlier, but easier for cities and counties in Ohio with Pit Bull Bans to reverse them if the people make themselves heard and say WE WANT IT DONE.
Who’s with me??
Common sense rules instead of hysteria. This is great,
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Great step forward. It’s always the owner. Statistics have proven that pitbulls are way down on the list of biters. The top ones? Golden Retrievers, Pekes and Chihuahuas. This is proven out by the number yearly of reported dog bites.
so i have a question, im goin to visit my father in a couple days and i was going to bring my puppy as i do not have money to board him and i have no one to watch him, will he be taken from me? he lives in the country….
Shannon, I would not worry about it. I live in the country and I have had my pitty here for 3 years with nothing said. They only enforce the law if there is issues….hope all goes well for you!
So when does this go to the next step? I hope this all passes because pitbulls are definitely NOT the problem. Its the way people breed them and also use them as fighting dogs. Pitbulls that are raised properly are SUCH sweet animals and love kids and anyone else who shows it attention. They are the most loving pets ever.
Actually it’s not the fighting dogs that are the problem. Game bred dogs are bred against human aggression because of the dangers of getting bit in the ring. It’s the backyard scatterbred mixed breed dogs that are attacking people.
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I need help ASAP ! I need to go see a family friend in ohio for a few weeks and I cant leave my pitbull here in ky . What do I do ?! Anyone know of someone to call for info of requirements ?
Now that this bill has passed,fo they still need insurence ? Sorry for all the ?’s im panicking
i donno about insurance but if ur from out of state as long as ur dog doesnt kill or injure anything you wont have anythign to worry about
if ur worried just have a leash and a muzzle on hand and its tags, but things will be alot better now here
I’m glad that this finally passed we have been sending emails signing petitions and everything else for a long time absolutely love the bully breeds as I own 4 boxers and have trained pits and others alike and the most common question is will my pit get taken away if people find him or her. Now I can tell people that they don’t have to worry as much just as long as they have tags and all the requirements. Still not sure about the insurance thing though still checking up on that