Wait a sec we paid thousands of dollars to our lawyers to research and advise us and they did not know this state law makes our law illigal. They did not know about this law.No problem for them we will now pay them again to correct there mistake.

I was bitten by what looks to be a pitbull mix in my COH neighborhood last summer as I was out on a walk. I reported the incident and the owner was notified. Much worse - when my son was a little boy and was in the hospital for an operation, his little roommate was in the hospital because his entire upper lip had been bitten off by a pitbull. They can be wonderful family dogs, but they can be dangerous.

It is always a shame when someone gets bitten by any breed. Here is a link to a follow-up story that parade magazine did on Michael Vick's dogs. http://www.parade.com/news/2010/09/03-pit-bull-myths.html

Many dogs can be dangerous. I have a pit mix. She was bit by a yorkie... no joke... and did nothing to defend herself. My two year old daughter will torture this poor dog and get nothing in return but mournful eyes. My dog as a little girl was actually eaten by a German shepherd. Breed is not indicative of aggression.

Interesting, Carrie. My two and a half year old terrorizes our dog also. It is interesting to note that our son loves the Lawrence Farms huge bull mastif dog, "Buddy" but is petrified of little dogs.

Owners know their dog - and should be held responsible. Like the one next door to me with the 20' leash and no means of picking up after the dog - I watched her let the dog go on my boat trailer..

Just a random thought...Florida completely outlawed pitbulls! Decided because of so many documented attacks, that State-wide, no pitbulls were allowed.

Absolute nonsense. Florida has no more outlawed pit bulls than New York has outlawed golden labs. God help us when people keep posting utter falsehoods, then people read them and think, "Well, it was on the Internet, it must be true..."

"Miami-Dade County, Florida, enacted a ban on pit bulls after an 8-year-old girl was mauled by one of the dogs in 1989. According to the Lakeland, Florida Ledger newspaper, state law prohibits communities from implementing breed-specific laws. However, Miami-Dade was grandfathered in and it is still the only municipality that bans pit bulls." Many other Florida cities have since passed similiar laws..current pitbull owners are usually grandfathered.

Miami-Dade County isn't "Florida." It's IN Florida.

Way back when it was German Shepherds everyone was afraid of. Then it was Dobermans. There's always some poor dog that is being punished for having an irresponsible owner. If Pitbulls and Pitbull mixes are so terrible, then why are so many used as therapy dogs?

What is so terrible about posting a sign and punishing those that can't handle their animal?? Get over yourself, AKC.

I suggest that all breeds of dog with a factually based history of aggression should be registered, chips implanted in them for record keeping, and tracked by the local animal control officer at least once a year. (at the owners expense)

Gun owners must register their guns. Boxers must register as professional fighters, etc. Why not enforce the registration system currently in place and make it more specific to any aggressive breed regardless of others opinions?

I don't agree that just pitbulls should be singled out but in a small community, any potentially dangerous animals should be accounted for and the fines for failure to register your animal should be in the thousands if not adhered to..... with all fines going to offset the animal control dept.

Thank you, Bill, for providing me with a good belly laugh. At no point was my post political or was it intended to add more government into our lives. Get off the soap box and come back down to earth with the rest of us, please.

If we have laws in place, they are not enforced. If there is a question about safety, then it needs to be addressed. I did not call for registering all animals, you made that insane leap to over-emphasize your politically motivated point.

You have the right to get any animal you want..... but why not tigers? Why not lions? Why not let those crazy teenagers you mentioned own horses and ride them down main st??? You can't have any animal you want, so what is the intrinsic difference with an aggressive pitbull and a bad owner?

Freedom isn't free. It never has been. Security such as police, fire code officials and the evil gov't keep you from doing whatever you want when obvious safety concerns enter the equation. And your type will be the first to bash the mayor, or governor, or president if and when something goes wrong that could have been easily avoided with those pesky, annoying, laws.

In 2014, the U.S. National Safety Council showed that your chances of dying by a dog bite are 1 in 116,448. That?s just a number though; to put that number into perspective, your chances of dying by legal execution are pretty similar, 1 in 127,717. You are, in fact, twice as likely to die by a hornet, bee or wasp sting than a dog, 1 in 55,764. In the midst of the mudslinging, we miss the critical opportunity to educate children on dog bite prevention, to advocate for effective dangerous dog ordinances that are breed neutral but give animal control officers the tools to do their jobs and keep communities safe.hout dog bites or risks, nor will we ever live in a world without irresponsible people. We can, though, live in a world where dogs are judged as individuals and by their actions rather than their appearance, and owners are held accountable for the actions of their dogs.