On breed-specific legislation

[cloquewerk]

Any of you in Montreal, especially NDG, were probably happy when Peter "Green" McQueen got elected. And for good reason--Project Montreal represented greener, progressive politics, a new way of doing things

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[cpirate]

I seem to recall hearing that some postal service, of course (Canada Post or the USPS, I forget), did a study about which dogs were the most dangerous. The verdict: small dogs, especially daschunds and shih tzus IIRC. They're not likely to kill you, granted, but they're much more likely to bite because their training is more likely to be slack.

[taxlady]

I have always been more wary of the ankle-biters o_O

[cloquewerk]

According to the American Temperament Test Society, dachshunds seem to be around the 70% mark, contrasted with about 84%, 86%, and 90% for the three commonly identified pit-bull-type breeds. So yeah, pretty big difference there. Shih tzu's are at 78%. Huh yeah those are actually lower than cocker spaniels and beagles, which are both at around 80% (though Murphy was almost attacked once by a couple beagles leashed up outside of a store). Heh scottish terriers are actually at 64

[cloquewerk]

Actually technically he's the representative one district over (I'm in the Loyola district of CDN-NDG, and he's in NDG proper), but I am still planning to do this. Waiting a few days to see if/how he replies to my email yesterday evening.