{"id":190,"date":"2012-07-13T15:43:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-13T15:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.new.hamiltonlawandmediation.com\/kneejerk\/"},"modified":"2014-05-12T15:14:57","modified_gmt":"2014-05-12T15:14:57","slug":"kneejerk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hamiltonlawandmediation.com\/kneejerk\/","title":{"rendered":"Kneejerk"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hamiltonlawandmediation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/lennox-440.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"240\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.hamiltonlawandmediation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/lennox-440-300x224.jpg\" width=\"320\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 320px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 320\/240;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hamiltonlawandmediation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/lennox-440-300x224.jpg\" width=\"320\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span>After reading my Google alerts for Animal Law Issues today, I decided to write this week\u2019s blog on the Consequences of Kneejerk Reactions to animals or their protectors behavior.<\/span><span>&nbsp; <\/span><span>I am only covering three here today.&nbsp;<\/span><span>(I could cover ten!)<\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>They are: <o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: .75in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.5in;\">1.)<span style=\"font: normal normal normal 7pt\/normal 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.peoplepets.com\/people\/pets\/article\/0,,20610960,00.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">Lennox, a pit-bull mix in Northern Ireland.<\/a><o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: .75in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.5in;\">2.)<span style=\"font: normal normal normal 7pt\/normal 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/articles.dailypress.com\/2012-07-11\/news\/dp-nws-hpt-tethered-animals-20120709_1_tethering-animal-owners-hampton-animal-control\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">Animal Tethering Laws in Hampton Rd Virginia<\/a>.<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: .75in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.5in;\">3.)<span style=\"font: normal normal normal 7pt\/normal 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.care2.com\/causes\/last-week-to-speak-up-for-puppy-mill-dogs.html\" target=\"_blank\">AKC efforts to thwart protecting dogs<\/a><o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: .25in;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: .25in;\">#1.<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: .25in;\">In Northern Ireland yesterday, a pit bull type dog, <b><i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.peoplepets.com\/people\/pets\/article\/0,,20610960,00.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">Lennox<\/a><\/i><\/b>, lost his life after a two-year court battle between his owners and the Belfast City Council.&nbsp; It seems the Belfast City Council collected <b><i>Lennox<\/i><\/b> from his home, where he had lived for all his 7 years, because of how he looked.&nbsp;&nbsp; He looked like a pit bull dog, which violated a city ordinance prohibiting pit bull dogs.&nbsp; <b><i>Lennox<\/i><\/b> was held by BCC for 2 years.&nbsp; Upon the loss of his last appeal, July 10<sup><span style=\"font-size: small;\">th<\/span><\/sup>, he was euthanized or as they put it, \u2019destroyed\u2019, around noon eastern daylight time yesterday.<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: .25in;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: .25in;\">This has been a hotly contested case.&nbsp; Several high profile people offered to re home <b><i>Lennox,<\/i><\/b> including <i>Caesar Milan<\/i>, but all offers to re-home him out of the district or country fell on deaf ears in the BCC.&nbsp; I hope the Council did not forgo a viable option to prove a point.&nbsp; Yes, I get it; if a dog is vicious, passing it off to another party may incur liability to the original party.&nbsp; Yet\u2026. this dog had never bitten anyone and was simply a look-alike for a breed specific ordinance that wasn\u2019t in effect when he was born.&nbsp; <o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: .25in;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: .25in;\"><b><i>Lennox<\/i><\/b> is in a better place now, yet what about the BCC?&nbsp; Their kneejerk reaction to this case and its aftermath may have consequences for years to come.<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: .25in;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: .25in;\">#2.<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: .25in;\">Dogs can no longer be <b><i>tethered<\/i><\/b> outside in Hampton Rd. Virginia.&nbsp; This <i>seemingly <\/i>good law does not account for people who cannot have fencing on their property, cannot afford fencing, the neighbors of unfenced dogs or the tragic end for dogs let out to roam since they can no longer be <b><i>\u2018tethered\u2019<\/i><\/b>.<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: .25in;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: .25in;\">It is a good thing people are no longer permitted to tie out their dogs for hours, days, weeks, months or years.&nbsp; Yet, this kneejerk reaction toward people who <b><i>tether<\/i><\/b>their dogs may not impact the offenders the drafters of the law were seeking to reach.&nbsp; The people who unsafely tie their pets outside now will not build a fence or leash walk their dogs because of this new law\u2026. their solution may more closely align with leaving them out all day to roam and if they come back great if not, there are more where that one came from.<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: .25in;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: .25in;\">Please don\u2019t misunderstand me; I am not an advocate of <b><i>tethering!<\/i><\/b>&nbsp; Yet, with the prohibition of <b><i>\u2018all\u2019<\/i><\/b><b><i>tethering <\/i><\/b>comes the inability for a good dog to hang around outside on a beautiful day with or without their owner, on their owners porch or under a shade tree.&nbsp; I know we are correcting a greater ill by outlawing <b><i>tethering<\/i><\/b>, yet, the common owner who just wants to maintain their pet\u2019s safely while allowing them outside time, without disrupting their neighbors or having their dog hit by a car, is now penalized.&nbsp; <o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: .25in;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: .25in;\">This is a <b>kneejerk<\/b>reaction at its best.&nbsp; The proverbial \u2018killing an ant with an elephant gun.\u2019&nbsp; The education of new owners on how to treat their dogs and keep them safe, before they take a pet, is key; also greater checks by the adoptive purveyor serves the dual role of assuring the pet is being well cared for while also responding to the needs of the new owner and the dog.&nbsp; A well intended owner might want to let his dog sit outside for an outdoor respite or sit with his dog while his dog is on a long line.&nbsp; That is no longer available to the pet owners of Hampton Rd. Va.<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: .25in;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: .25in;\">3#<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: .25in;\">Finally, the AKC, vilified by every pet protection organization on the planet, has again be the single source of evil in the latest Animal Welfare Act petition.&nbsp; I am surprised the UKC and the NKC are not included in this article; they register pure breed dogs as well.&nbsp; <o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: .25in;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: .25in;\">In our companion animal ownership world, there are some pet owners who want pure breed dogs. &nbsp;They never \u2018breed\u2019 these dogs; they simply want to have an idea of the gene pool or a personality they are getting.&nbsp; The problem of perpetuating puppy mills actually arises when the pet buying public wants a puppy immediately and none is available.&nbsp; Especially if you want a less popular breed, you could wait months or years, pay a premium and only own on a co-ownership basis.<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: .25in;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: .25in;\">These controls, put in place by reputable breeders, cause pet owners to shy away from this long-term connection and commitment.&nbsp; New owner opt for the quick fix, the Internet or pet store version of the breed. All cleaned up and ready to go as needed, expensive but free and clear of any lingering connection or commitment to the breeder going forward.<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: .25in;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: .25in;\">They have AKC papers after all.&nbsp; Aren\u2019t they all the same?&nbsp; I don\u2019t want a show dog; I just want a pet.&nbsp; While AKC papers may all seem the same they are not. <o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: .25in;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: .25in;\">The pre-breeding tests are not the same; the guarantees, accessibility and follow up are not the same.&nbsp; The AKC attempts to check on their breeders, yet the AKC is a private entity; there is just so much money they can spend on monitoring a broken system and unscrupulous people.&nbsp; <o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: .25in;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: .25in;\">It is easy to point at the AKC, your <b><i>kneejerk<\/i><\/b>reaction to pet overpopulation.&nbsp; They are the keepers of the records.&nbsp; It is in their best interest to have people register litters with them, gain legitimacy and have unsuspecting owners pick a dog from a pet store or over the Internet because it is touted as an AKC animal.<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: .25in;\">To paint the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.humanesociety.org\/news\/press_releases\/2012\/07\/akc_puppy_mills_070912.html\" target=\"_blank\">AKC with this HSUS brush<\/a>, that they single handedly are responsible for irresponsible breeding because they register these dogs, is another <b><i>kneejerk<\/i><\/b> reaction to an awful dilemma with tragic consequences for the innocent.&nbsp; Maybe a better article for the HSUS would be \u201cHow do we educate animal owners not to breed their dogs unless they take on future responsibility for the dogs produced?\u201d&nbsp; Or \u201cHow to Buy a Pet with Strings Attached?\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp; If we require follow up and education on each level of pet creation and ownership we might be able to have those, using this as a cash crop, find another line of work.<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: .25in;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: .25in;\">It is only a thought.&nbsp; The AKC is not a perfect organization, but the <b><i>kneejerk <\/i><\/b>reaction of holding it singularly responsible for all the pet ills of the world is ludicrous.<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: .25in;\">And what about the non-AKC breeds? Why do people seek out and pay top dollar to puggle, dachshire, golden-doodle and labradoodle breeders.&nbsp; These people live virtually unscathed and unaffected by the government or AKC.&nbsp; Go figure!&nbsp; People pay thousands of dollars for a dog that has no genetic track record.&nbsp; Is the AKC responsible for this too?<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: .25in;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: .25in;\">AKC is changing with the times, instituting \u201cMeet the Breeds\u201d events all over the country.&nbsp; At these events pet owners and prospective owners can come to talk and exchange ideas and advice with pure breed breeders and pure breed pet owners.&nbsp; They are attended voluntarily by members of pure breed dog clubs, who may or may not breed and who may own a rescue or help coordinate the breed specific rescue group, for the education of the general public, all over the country. Recently the AKC instituted a registration process for mix breed dogs so they and their owners can participate in performance event offered by the AKC.<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: .25in;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: .25in;\">I hope you get the point of my blog today.&nbsp; <b><i><u>There is no one right answer.<\/u><\/i><\/b>&nbsp; Acting in a <b><i>kneejerk <\/i><\/b>manner creates a whole different set of problems and consequences never envisioned by the \u2018CURE\u2019.&nbsp; <o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: .25in;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: .25in;\">Remember, when you read posts that purport to serve the common good and where you write answers with such conviction, there is always a ying to the yang.&nbsp; If we try to discuss and not blame, consider and not kneejerk, we may make more headway to a positive solution that over time will work better then the <b><i>kneejerk<\/i><\/b>quick fix offered in these three examples today.<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: .25in;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: 21px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: 21px;\"><span style=\"font-size: small; line-height: 16px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hamiltonlawandmediation.com\/HLMContact.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u2014Debra Vey Voda-Hamilton<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span style=\"font-size: 21px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After reading my Google alerts for Animal Law Issues today, I decided to write this week\u2019s blog on the Consequences of Kneejerk Reactions to animals or their protectors behavior.&nbsp; I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":289,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - 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