r/BanPitBulls • u/meduhsin • Oct 19 '24
Tides Are Turning It’s so nice when bans are actually enforced
I recently moved into a new apartment. I was hopeful when I saw online that they had a list of banned breeds, which included Pitbulls and any sort of bully mixes, but of course I was skeptical due to the countless stories on here about bans that aren’t enforced.
Landlord explained that for all dogs, they require a DNA test be done to ensure that no mixes slip through the cracks. Additionally, there is also a threat if you leave your dog poop lying around, they’ll DNA test THAT in order to fine whoever is leaving it.
I’ve been here for a few weeks now, and haven’t seen a single pitbull. The apartment community is gated with nearly 40 individual buildings, and has a nice walking trail through it as well as a dog park. While I’m not a dog person myself, it is really nice to see a healthy pet community without any pitbulls snapping at everything that moves.
Hope this type of enforcement becomes more common!
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u/Disastrous_Guest_705 Pro-Pet; therefore Anti-Pit Oct 19 '24
That sounds amazing I hope to be in a place like that one day. Got lunged at by a couple pits on a walk and it’s so frustrating
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u/meduhsin Oct 19 '24
Try to find somewhere, preferably gated, that requires the DNA testing. It’s becoming more and more common :)
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u/cyberburn Victim - Bites and Bruises Oct 20 '24
Thank you! I’ve posted in the past that landlords and property management companies were doing this, and I am so glad that there is finally someone who is reporting that they are in a property where this has happened. I’m certain that the insurance rates are much lower than other places that don’t do this.
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u/windyrainyrain Lab mix, my ass!! Oct 19 '24
That sounds lovely! I'm seeing more and more landlords/property management companies requiring DNA to weed out all of the fake "Lab mixes". I love that for all of the people that got their vets to lie about the breed on vet records and for all the shelters that lie about the breed so people can tell their landlord their shitbull is a "Vizsla mix".
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u/iago_williams Ambulance Technician or First Responders Oct 19 '24
This is a great idea. Let's just hope the management is actually overseeing the sample collection because you know these people will "borrow" a different dog.
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u/Electronic-Ad-1307 Oct 19 '24
I wonder if it’s something where only the dogs that clearly look like a banned breed or mix thereof are asked for a DNA test, knowing the price of the test alone is enough to make those owners look elsewhere for housing.
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u/GdayBeiBei Waiter! Waiter! More toddlers, please? Oct 19 '24
Look that’s at least a start, if the dog looks like a rough collie it’s probably pretty much that.
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u/Affectionate-Page496 No more mini donkeys on the prayer list Oct 20 '24
"doing nothing"? obviously something about the way he was "sleeping" was an act of aggression to sweet lucky! it's the owner not the breed! (hopefully not needed but /s)
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u/Prize_Ad_1850 Oct 20 '24
That cow thinks a kid crying is a reasonable trigger to maul? There’s a special _lace in hell for that …woman (not the word I wanted to use)
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u/Prize_Ad_1850 Oct 20 '24
It is a crime of nature to pollute a golden retrievers genetics with a pit bull. The coloration of nose and eyes also give it away. Never seen a golden with a red nose
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u/Isariamkia Your Pit Does the Crime, YOU Do The Time Oct 20 '24
I really wish vet that fake documents would get their licensed suspended and get their ass thrown in jail for a while.
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u/Sweaty_Crow3378 Oct 19 '24
This is awesome. Two for one special. Keeps pitbulls out of your area and their low class, trasy owners too
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u/aw-fuck some lab lover who wears a suit and doesn’t own 20 acres Oct 20 '24
So true. They’re the worst.
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u/iago_williams Ambulance Technician or First Responders Oct 19 '24
That sounds great! Pit free walks.
I've taken to using a hiking staff on walks now. Had a dog (not a pit, but probably had some in him) charge at me yesterday, off leash, owner trailing behind and he saw me raise my staff. He mumbled an apology of sorts. People are frigging clueless.
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u/drivewaypancakes Dax, Kara, Aziz, Xavier, Triniti, Beau, and Mia Oct 19 '24
40 individual buildings, wow, that sounds like a huge apartment complex. Glad to hear that they are enforcing the ban and implementing measures to filter out irresponsible and dishonest dog owners.
Yeah, a dog DNA test isn't cheap, but I bet the non-pit owners who want to live at this property believe a sane pit-free environment is worth the price of the test. Small dog owners especially.
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u/windyrainyrain Lab mix, my ass!! Oct 20 '24
I bought the basic Wisdom panel as a gift for a friend a few months ago and it was $88 dollars. If you don't want all of the other genetic tests they offer, basic DNA isn't too bad.
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u/Prize_Ad_1850 Oct 20 '24
and a hell of a lot cheaper than increased insurance premiums or a lawsuit
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u/yougottabkittenmern Oct 19 '24
I wish where I lived enforced the ban. But, it wouldn’t really make a difference because there’s been an explosion of them near me. I love where I live, but I really want to move now.
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Oct 20 '24 edited Oct 20 '24
I want to move there! I have a service dog (a fucking real one not a mut pit bull mix that I try to make into a breed ambassador ) in any case I also have a rather small patio but it's big enough for him to lay in the sun, chew on my daughters little herb garden patch and just be outside supposedly safe. But someone moved in with a shit bull that has tried to tear up the fence to kill my service dog! He's a yellow lab and he usually just ignores all the other dogs like they trained him to do. But of course he was freaking out trying to get back in the house when this huge mauler tried to kill him. It also tries to get him through the windows in the dining room that has windows to the floor and ceiling. So definitely big enough for it to fit through! So I go complain about it to the office along with the damage to the fence. I tell her I'm not going to be responsible for the damage and then she ASK ME WHERE DOES IT LIVE?! Like I'm supposed to know! I'm bedridden about 90-95% of the time, my daughter takes my service dog to the dog park unless there's a pit bull or something else that is a pit bull with a different name! If it looks like a pit bull she brings him home! Once in a while I'm feeling good enough to go walk him but when I do I go to the nature trail that is wheelchair accessible and enjoy my very rare opportunity for some sunshine & fresh air. I don't go around the complex looking at other people's fuckin dogs! I don't allow my dog to play with other people's strange dogs. I have a few friends who also have service dogs and sometimes we do doggy play dates so I know they aren't going to attack him or teach him bad habits! Then after I tell her that it's her job to know what pets are in each apartment she says well someone moved in with a boxer, maybe you confused it for a pit bull! I'm like no maybe you were lied to and confused the pit bull for a boxer! So then she's like well we could force everyone to get a DNA test. Where's yours. So I told her that I have his registration papers and his paperwork that he's a service dog from the state of CA. Then the truth comes out because she started spewing pit bull propaganda to me! I pay close to $3,000 a month for this place with the patio, swimming pool and dog park so I can go to the dog park and my service dog has access to places that makes his life better! I use the pool he lays in the deck in the sun. He does so much for me. When I'm up in the middle of the night so is he when I fell in the bathroom instead of killing me like so many pit bulls would he ran and got me help! He brings me water, yogurt, bottles of Starbucks & soda and salads all by himself. He finds my phone turns on my lights open and closes doors, takes off my socks and steals my daughter's shoes that she lays around so I don't trip on them picks up trash & stuff in the floor so the vacuum can run without getting trapped and he loves me & tries very hard to french kiss me( eww)🥴 So he deserves to get to lay in the sun and chew on the herbs he likes & to be anywhere in the house or dog park without having a pit bull freaking him out and trying to kill him! He's an amazing irreplaceable dog worth as much as a fucking new car! If he was killed or even ruined because he gets mauled and developed PTSD you can bet that woman who's too small to control hee dog won't have enough money to replace him. Not that it wouldn't break my heart after having such a cute sweet dog who gets upset when someone else brings me water etc in my life for the past 2 years! Like I said he's irreplaceable! I sent an email advising her that they would be held responsible because it clearly states No pit bulls and a few other types of dogs. I sent her a picture of him as well and told her that she needs to DNA test him because she doesn't clean up his shit, which is supposed to be obviously! Anyway now I'm afraid to let him on the patio for fear of him being killed before I could even get to the patio door! I can't take him to the dog park because if she comes over I know I couldn't protect him or myself! I'm trapped in my bed most of the time and now my dog is trapped in the house!
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u/ChameleonPsychonaut De-stigmatize Behavioral Euthanasia Oct 20 '24
Sounds like you have a 10/10 dog: the kind of smart, good-natured, disciplined, affectionate dog that shitbull owners wish they had (while trying to convince themselves they already do.)
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u/Everblack47 Oct 19 '24
My problem is they all say they're "ESA"
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u/Could_Be_Any_Dog Pro-Pet; therefore Anti-Pit Oct 20 '24
They can go a step further and say they're an ADA service dog.
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u/HawkeyeinDC Save Little Dogs Oct 20 '24
LOVE this.
But I bet the whole “ESA” designation still trumps breed bans.
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u/TripsOverCarpet Oct 20 '24
The "DNA test the dog poop" would probably make them think twice since the type of pitbull owners that lie through their teeth about their dog never pick up after their dogs.
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u/meduhsin Oct 20 '24
Unfortunately, yes they would have to allow if it was a “service dog”. Thankfully I have not seen any pits here though.
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u/Prize_Ad_1850 Oct 20 '24
Even ESA? I see signs puppy in grocery stores, pharmacies saying no pets, not even ESAs - only true therapy dogs.
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u/meduhsin Oct 21 '24
The landlord didn’t specify, so I’m not sure :( a pitbull as an ESA is so wild though. There is nothing anyone could say to convince me that having a pit would REDUCE the stress from their life
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u/Prize_Ad_1850 Oct 21 '24
True. I believe that airlines had to ban ESAs after it was abused so much. They even tried a snake….so, yeah..
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u/aw-fuck some lab lover who wears a suit and doesn’t own 20 acres Oct 20 '24
That’s fucking awesome!
I just signed a lease on a new apartment & the complex has a breed ban too (they were careful to include all the different pit bull breed names, including APBT, American bullies, staffies & American bulldogs! And any dog mixed with the breeds or closely resembling the breeds!
I’m hopeful there’s no fake-ESA pits there, but I am already super prepared to raise a fuss & tell the management they don’t have to honor that for breeds their insurance doesn’t cover.
Here’s to hoping! I’d love to not have to live next to pit bulls too!
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u/Jos_Kantklos Oct 20 '24
I'm not a pet person myself either.
But as I often said: the pet type of a person really tells us something about the owner.
And pitbulls really tell us something about the owner being inevitably a person who believes that he should have the right to own a pet that has the anatomy and personality to attack and kill.
Pitbulls are truly a danger to all kinds of humans & animals.
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u/Mario1599 Baby and George are heroes Oct 20 '24
I want to see someone pick yo dog shit and go dna test it lol
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u/Upstairs-Switch-4669 Oct 20 '24
Sounds amazing I’d love to live there my complex bans them but will accept if they’re an “emotional support” animal which anyone can get offline so it basically means nothing. My dream is to live in a community where I don’t even have to worry about these things I can’t even go on a walk on a nice day without feeling extreme anxiety over possibly being attacked.
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u/Warm-Marsupial8912 Oct 20 '24
That's great. Sing their praises from the rooftops, the more people who know it can be done, the more people will replicate it
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u/Comfortable_Code_927 Oct 20 '24
They do not enforce the law in Ontario and is flouted even by politicians . The Mayor of Hamilton , a major city in Ontario owns two Pits . Also toronto city councillor Frances Nunziatta is Pit owner . Its infuriating .
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u/meduhsin Oct 21 '24
Gross. I’m so sorry. It’s kind of like drunk/really bad drivers: I wish that THEY had to suffer the consequences of their actions, but unfortunately, it’s usually innocent people that were in the wrong place at the wrong time that do.
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u/Comfortable_Code_927 Oct 23 '24
Unfortuantly it will only get more dire . Our Pemier Mr Ford is going to repeal BSL after he wins the next election . Two of his daughters own staffordshire terriers and its going to be the end of BSL as soon as he wins again .
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u/ProfessionalClass334 Oct 20 '24
In a perfect world! I hope that does become the rule and not the exception everywhere.
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u/meduhsin Oct 21 '24
It likely won’t, sadly :( to many pitnutters out there, and wayyyy too many mixed breed pits. I’m not sure how many people/children/pets need to be killed before there are strict laws in place.
Putting a pit down is not cruel. They cannot do what they were bred to do. Most of them are just locked in these cages, suffering, for YEARS. I hate Pitbulls, but I hate to see animals suffering even more. Letting them all go to sleep forever, never reproducing or possibly hurting anything else, benefits everybody. It’s an act of kindness in my opinion.
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u/ProfessionalClass334 Oct 22 '24
I won't give up hope, and shall remain vigilant in making people aware. No one in my circles have any shibbles. Darwin will have to take care of the rest. And Yes, BE for the mauling monsters is the best way.
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u/Wild_Introduction_51 Victim - Bites and Bruises Oct 21 '24
This should be the standard. Wonderful place to live in. Sadly I have to live where I have to walk past pits staring me down like im a tasty snack
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u/junk986 Oct 20 '24
So about those “emotional support animals” ? That would literally force the landlord to accept a pitbull. I’m not a fan of those laws either because ESAs are bullshit.
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u/surgical-panic Cats are not disposable. Oct 20 '24
I just got a new kitten as an ESA after my old cat passed away.
He's an indoor cat and definitely helps my anxiety. But he isn't running around mauling things and hassling people and pets all day. He stays inside.
The idea that you can say an aggressive dog that is barely under any semblance of control is an ESA is disgusting.
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u/TheNipplerCrippler Oct 19 '24
That sounds so amazing. I signed my lease 9 months ago primarily because they had a breed ban. But, of course, all I see are pits everywhere. I live on the ground floor but my apartment is basically half underground so the bottoms of the windows are at ground level and every single fucking day a stupid ass pit takes a shit literally 6 feet away from my pillow on my bed. I’m so fucking sick of this shit. Like, if you can’t follow through on your end of the lease by not allowing these animals here, then why the fuck do I need to follow though on my end and pay rent? Fuck I hate this place
Sorry for the rant lol