STOP BREED SPECIFIC LEGISLATION IN FLORIDA!

5:01 pm PST, Jan 30, Natalie Tunstall, Florida
I think this is a horrible bill that puts the blame of a few bad dogs on innocent animals. If a dog exhibits dangerous behavior, the owner should be responsible, regardless of the dog's breed.

3:07 pm PST, Jan 30, Lori Lockman, South Dakota
Vicious Dog Laws are the right answer.

1:21 pm PST, Jan 30, Name not displayed, Florida

1:16 pm PST, Jan 30, Robert Stone, Florida
I oppose your bill on dog breed resriction.

10:47 pm PST, Jan 29, Sherry Scott, Florida
Punish Bad Owners, not innocent breeds. Put more effort inforcing prenalties for animal abuse, mass breeders, dog fighters, animal hoarders, neglect, ect. These "people" should be regulated, not breeds of dogs. Any dog can be taught aggression, don't label certain breeds as dangerous, it's the owners' who make them dangerous.

9:23 am PST, Jan 29, Barbara Marquet, Florida
Dear Govenor,Rep.,commioners, and whomever else can be our voice. We ask that you do not pass the HB101 bill. Dogs are not dangerous by nature. We as owners are responsible for their behavior. I have worked with dogs for over 15 years and realize dogs are willing to do whatever you teach them. Their mental capability is actually that of a toddler. Please take the time to educate yourselves a bit on dog behavior before making a decision. I ask that you pass a bill that would punish those that are involved in teaching this breeds violence Thank You for your consideration in this matter.

9:52 pm PST, Jan 28, Vikkey Gates, Florida
Wake up people! All behaviors are learned ... this type of legistlation punishes the victim, not the perpetrator(s). Instead of banning breeds, we must promote responsible dog ownership. How about some legislation toward that goal?

6:57 pm PST, Jan 28, Lisa Moehring, Florida
We need to make dog fighting illegal, and teach children how to act around large dogs. We do not need to make people get rid of a family member (their beloved dog!)

2:00 pm PST, Jan 28, Rebecca Nelson, Florida
Please do not Ban Breeds, IT is the people on the end of the leash that need banning

6:36 am PST, Jan 28, Andrée Hussard, France

9:37 pm PST, Jan 27, Janet Ledbetter, Tennessee
Breed-specific bans are very costly and ineffective ways to address dog aggression. Irresponsible owners and breeders are the problem. Punish the people, not the dogs.

3:02 pm PST, Jan 27, Samantha Paul, Florida

2:18 pm PST, Jan 27, Carolyn Eipper, Florida
I agree with Jennifer Hobgood when she wrote, "Legislation aimed at punishing the owner of the dog rather than punishing the dog is far more effective in reducing the number of dog bites and attacks." I know of far more dangerous humans than dogs. My beautiful, kind and loving Doberman is an example of that. This boy wouldn't hurt a flea.

6:09 pm PST, Jan 26, Richard Black, Florida
As a registered voter in Florida who does vote on all the issues I strongly appose HB 101. It's not the governments responsibility to continue to stick your noses in our business. If you vote to make this law I'll help to vote you out of office.

1:37 pm PST, Jan 26, Janis Korkos, Florida
I own an AKITA, which I got from a rescue,,,,I would not have any other breed,,,,,,,, animals are abused like people,,,,,,,,,,,,Janis L. Korkos

7:27 am PST, Jan 26, Robin Morris, New York
Do not exterminate a breed because of what some humans make them do. Go after those who are fighting these poor animals or abusing them.

10:23 am PST, Jan 25, Michelle Provenzano, Florida
Turn to the owners of the dogs and hold them responsible! There is NO SUCH THING as an inherently bad dog.

12:57 am PST, Jan 25, Denise Russo, California
This is inhumane to do something like this! Not every single one of these dogs in this breed is harmful!!!! I mean there are humans out there who murder and people who are like Angels, what can we do about that? What is this world coming to?

6:06 pm PST, Jan 24, Alexandra DiMeglio, Florida
I have two small children and a 5 year old shar pei that is the sweetest,most amazing dog ever and our family would be absolutely devastated if we could no longer live in our home because of the breed of dog that we own!!! I feel that dogs are taught to be aggressive and mean, they are not born that way!

4:02 am PST, Jan 24, Linda Penrod, Florida
As a responsible Florida voter for 32 years, I am strongly opposed to HB 101. The only laws that should be enacted are ones that place primary responsibility for a dog’s behavior on the owner, regardless of the breed. PLEASE VOTE NO TO HB 101

11:33 am PST, Jan 23, Christina Knight, New York
rottie and pits are not the problems, humans are.

9:45 am PST, Jan 23, Kim Wohl, Florida
Breed specific bans are not the answer. Punish the people who engage in animal cruelty, dog fighting, and neglect. Punish the people who employ inhumane training methods to create unstable individual dogs. But leave the millions of innocent dogs and loving responsible dog owners alone. Do not punish the majority for the actions of the few...Ban stupid people, not dogs.

5:51 am PST, Jan 23, Cheryl Rissmiller, New Jersey
I live in nj and they tried doing this in my town of phillipsburg...and we stoped it. I am a Rottweiler owner and i don't agree with having a law about any breed. DON'T PUNISH THE BREED PUNISH THE DEED....

7:00 pm PST, Jan 22, Sandra Castro, Texas

2:17 pm PST, Jan 22, Diego Castillo, Florida
i dont think that because some people dont take care of their dogs and unfortunetly they become aggresive that everyone should be banned from having the dogs they love and i think millions of pet owners will agree with me. and nobody should tell us what breed we can have or not

2:06 pm PST, Jan 22, Margery Glickman, Florida

6:04 pm PST, Jan 21, Tami Redi, Florida
It is the pet owner, not the breed that makes dogs dangerous.

5:46 pm PST, Jan 21, Jeffrey Rodack, Florida

2:51 pm PST, Jan 21, Emma Girt, Florida
it is not the animal, it is the owner. can we ban specific owners?

2:06 pm PST, Jan 21, Vanessa Neves, Portugal

11:58 am PST, Jan 21, Kim Erpenbach, Texas

7:15 am PST, Jan 21, Roberta Ackerman, Florida
Once again we are removing the responsibility from PEOPLE and placing it where it does not belong. I have 2 pit bulls rescued from the street. Despite their rocky upbringing they love kids, cats, and everyone that walks through my door. We need to educate the public that many of these breeds - German Shepherds, Dobermans, Rottweilers, etc. have a pack mentality and require lots of discipline and care. The problem is not the animals; it's their owners.

8:46 pm PST, Jan 20, Emma Byers, California
Anyone who knows this breed knows that it is the most loving and devoted breed around. These dogs get a bad reputation from so few incidences, I encourage you to spend time with a Rottweiler, before you judge him based on what you see on TV.

8:20 pm PST, Jan 20, Alicia Smith, Illinois

4:27 pm PST, Jan 20, Name not displayed, Florida
I cannot favor any law that does not give clear definitions of the terms involved. What is the definition of "dangerous"?

1:18 pm PST, Jan 20, Barbara Van Dusen, Florida
I'm extremely disappointed that a Democratic legislator from my own home area is unable to understand that the owner of the bad dog should be punished, not the entire breed! That's like banning all BMW 325's because one caused an accident. Who would even think of such a thing? Dogs are important parts of many families. Don't punish us because of a few bad owners. Barb Van Dusen

11:29 am PST, Jan 20, Rachel Hamilton, Tennessee
It's not the dogs that are bad, it is the owners. Don't punish everyone for a few people who can't control their animals.

9:42 am PST, Jan 20, Rosemary Connick, Florida

9:36 am PST, Jan 20, Blake Shannon, Georgia

8:06 am PST, Jan 20, Susan Ford, Florida
Our rights are being violated more and more each day!please stop?

8:28 pm PST, Jan 19, Stacy Jacobson, California

8:09 pm PST, Jan 19, Josh Critchfield, Florida
There is no reason for BSL. The only thing that it will do is, punish the responsible owners.

3:03 pm PST, Jan 19, Tammy Earp, Florida
It is not the breed that is dangerous, it is the owners

1:10 pm PST, Jan 19, Gregory Gryczan, Florida

12:00 pm PST, Jan 19, Steven Bavone, Florida
As a responsible bully breed owner/rescuer, i would like to see more legislation against the people that train and make these dogs mean. The "Dog Men" dog fighters and the Irresponsible owners who breed without thinking about the consequenses. Thank you

7:32 am PST, Jan 19, Chad Ford, Florida
It's sad to see that prejudice not only affects mankind but now it's affecting mans best friend aswell!!!!You will not take my best friend without a fight.

4:19 am PST, Jan 19, Edie Spear, Oregon

3:37 am PST, Jan 19, Bridget Zayas, Georgia
I think that it is sad that the law determines what you can have. I have a 7 year old Rottie that I found on the side of the road when he was probably about a year old and he is the best dog I have ever had. I have had to go to parents homes in my neighborhood because I have caught kids throwing rocks at my dog while he was behind the fence, out of the 4 kids that I caught only 1 parent came down to apologize. My dog is the biggest lap dog that I have ever had, I sit on my swing outside with him and he just hops in my lap and he weighs 105lbs. It is not the breed but it is people that are not educated or just don't care that make them look bad. You should probably spend more time passing a law to help prevent the abuse of animals,and make laws tougher for the people who fight these animals. The people who have the dogs as pets have a loyal friend, so you are going to make them suffer because of people who abuse these animals. That's really sad!!!

11:06 pm PST, Jan 18, Dianne Frazier, Florida
do not outlaw dog breeds this is unconstitutional!!!!!!!!!

7:14 pm PST, Jan 18, Manesse Fils-aime, Florida
I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE MAN STILL WANTS TO ELIMINATE ANYTHING IT DOES NOT UNDERSTAND. YOU WOULD GUESS THAT FLORIDA STATE REP. PERRY E. THURSTON WOULD HAVE THE COMMON SENSE TO KNOW ANY ANIMAL NEEDLESS TO SAY HUMANS THAT ARE MISTREATED WILL REACT NEGATIVELY TOWARDS SOCIETY. WE ALL HAVE HAD A "HUMAN" FAMILY MEMBER WHOSE BEEN MISTREATED SOMEWHERE BY SOMEONE SOMEHOW AND HAS DONE SOMETHING UNEXPECTED.TAKE A MINUTE AND THINK ABOUT WHAT ACHIEVEMENTS THESE SO CALLED DANGEROUS DOG BREEDS HAVE MADE, FROM MILITARY MEDAL, TO BIG SCREEN MOVIES, OH AND LETS NOT FORGET WHO ALSO HELPED SOME OF THE 9-11 VICTIMS RECOVER.IF YOU ARE ACTUALLY CONSIDERING THIS BILL TO BE BENEFICIAL TO OR FAMILIES, THEN WHAT WILL FLA. STATE REP PERRY E. THURSTON PLAN TO DO TO HELP THE FAMILIES WHO WILL/HAVE TO MOVE DUE TO THE FACT THEY WOULD NEVER CONSIDER PARTING WITH A FAMILY PET THAT'S REGARDED AS A FAMILY MEMBER.

5:50 pm PST, Jan 18, Michael Pierce, Florida
hopefully this petition will quench perrywinkles thurst for a crazy law ,when the same guy is probably glad police canines are helping to keep the likes of him safe at night.,

2:03 pm PST, Jan 18, Dana Jones, Florida
how about breed specification on human groups that steal and kill????????????????? well, there you go... mans best friend is so important to human sanity and safety...........a few bad apples shouldn't dictate for the rest of us!!!! In a perfect world................alll would be perfect........you can not make this perfect or even try to.. there will always be something or someone who is going to mess it up.............hopefully you are not in the wrong place a the wrong time....................!!!

1:16 pm PST, Jan 18, Elissa Arencibia, Florida

11:36 am PST, Jan 18, Heather Chaplin, Virginia

11:16 am PST, Jan 18, Kelly O'Brien, Florida
I am a proud owner of a 9 year old rottie... Knowing that i would have such a large dog, as soon as he was fully vaccinated, I took him everywhere, exposed him to all types of environments and people, and training classes, he is an amazing loving dog! It is not the breed that is dangerous, but the neglectful irresponsible owner.....

9:23 am PST, Jan 18, ERICA HAYNE, Florida
A DOG IS ONLY DANGEROUS WHEN THE OWNER RAISES THE DOG THAT WAY. YOU CANNOT BLAME THE DOGS BREED BECAUSE OF THE STUPID OWNER

7:28 am PST, Jan 18, Amie Welch, Maryland
If you have ever owned a Rott or a Pitt you would sign this too. NO TO BSL!!!!!

6:37 am PST, Jan 18, Shawna Wireman, Pennsylvania
i am a proud responsible owner of a beautiful rottweiler..i feel its wrong to ban certain breeds because people need to realize and understand to punish the deed and not the breed.. it's the irresponsible owners fault and not the breeds...realize and understand that ANY BREED can go bad if put into the wrong hands.. I love my rotty and have grown up around them since i was a baby and they're the most sweetest,loyal and loving breeds.

8:21 pm PST, Jan 17, Diana Stover, Indiana
Rotties are the best

7:33 pm PST, Jan 17, Amanda Palmer, Georgia
I am a proud owner of a Deaf American Pit Bull Terrier. He is one of the best dogs I have ever owned. BSL will not stop dog bites. BSL will only make matters worse. This is not a matter of breed, but of responsible dog ownership. If the leash laws and confinment laws were enforced correctly this would solve the dog bite problems. Please rethink this bill for the responsible "Pit Bull" owners and the well behaved, well mannered dogs out there. Thank you for your consideration.

5:46 pm PST, Jan 17, Name not displayed, Florida

5:27 pm PST, Jan 17, Sophie Dojacques, Oregon

4:41 pm PST, Jan 17, Sara Robertson, Florida
This is bad legislation. Also it doesn't go after the owners who are responsible for their animals' behavior. Also this is a local county issue, not State. Please defeat this attempt to restrict certain breeds specifically.

3:05 pm PST, Jan 17, Name not displayed, California
I have a 4 year old rottweiler and is the sweetest dog... its not the dog but the owner who should pay the price... I know the consequences of owning a rottie and that is why I did my homework and do my best to keep my dog him in line...

12:04 pm PST, Jan 17, Name not displayed, Florida

10:51 am PST, Jan 17, Name not displayed, Florida

8:17 am PST, Jan 17, Name not displayed, Michigan

10:31 pm PST, Jan 16, Name not displayed, Ohio
I too have a breed that is BSL and I am so against BSL both my babies are well behaved mannered.......

6:52 pm PST, Jan 16, Cathy Houde, Florida
It is not the government's right to stop the breeding of specific dogs. People need to be educated on how to raise certain breeds correctly.

6:38 pm PST, Jan 16, Angela Angel, Florida
Education is needed for any responsible dog owner..and also it's the OWNER, not the dog, that needs to take responsibility for their dogs, no matter what the breed. This time around it's Rotties and "pit bull", 20 years ago it was Dobermans.. It's not a "breed" that is dangerous!!!