Seems like more tenants living around my neighborhood are owning more and more dangerous dogs these days. There are 2 Mastiffs living behind our house, a pitbull across the alley and now there is whats called an extra large American Bully living on the corner apartemnt house, the owners walk past our home every day and let it pee in our yard.

All the owners claim oh they are just big babies. The 2 big baby 120lb mastiffs came running full force after my sister one day never mind there is suppose to be a leash law here in Ky. This owner just turned them loose. After that incident I fenced our back yard for our protection. My sis and I live together now she lost her husband and are in our 60's. When I was at Lowes a woman told me her next door neighbor has dogs that he bred with a wolf and she is scared to death of them.

The boom of "ESAs" and "support animals" have led to this along with people using vicious animals to guard their drug activities.

This is all due to soft on crime/drugs and the "touchy feely" generation.

And to think,

there's a Class Act here, you claims to rent to

67 dogs and has zero problems.

Every dog alive will bite you if you poke it in the eye.

I say this to every prospective tenant that claims their dog is just a big baby.

Right, wrong or indifferent I consider every dog as ready to attack me. Size nor breed matters in my eyes.

When the dog has proven itself I will allow it. But I have zero tolerance for any animal that shows aggressive behavior.

Also some do not realize that humans climbed their way up the ladder to become the top tier. This is our world and dogs just live in it. If a dog chases someone in their own yard into their own house then the dogs need re-homed and more likely put down.

The fact that anyone would say it's not the dogs fault just proves that human life is worth less than canine life. On an individual basis that might be true, but as a whole it surely is not.

"This is our world and dogs just live in it."

This is not anyone's world. It is just what humans call planet earth in the universe, and it consist of life in all shapes and forms that we humans are aware of and some that we are not aware of. We humans actually don't know which life form existed first. There have been books written claiming this or that to Pease our human minds but none of us really know. So, perhaps it is the dog's world, and we just coexist on it? Either way, the coexisting seems to be the problem and for obvious reasons.

"Also some do not realize that humans climbed their way up the ladder to become the top tier."

What a wonderful job we have done, right? Look at how we treat each other and the animals and the problems as a result. Maybe humans have more work to do? I do realize however that some do not realize this.

"But I have zero tolerance for any animal that shows aggressive behavior."

There is no doubt in my mind that the animals feal the same. Do you honestly think that humans are the only living creatures that can think and experience things, such as fear, compassion, like or dislike? Nature observing humans have made note of this.

"If a dog chases someone in their own yard into their own house then the dogs need re-homed and more likely put down."

That is because the human had a fear response from their preconceived ideas about the dog. Not saying that they shouldn't have taken precaution. Let's turn your phrase around a little. If a human approaches an animal with the preconceived notion that the animal is bad just because of its bread or coloring (remind you of anything?), with the thought of harming the animal or scarring it, then the human needs to be rehomed or more than likely put down. Which would suit me fine, BTW.

"The fact that anyone would say it's not the dogs fault just proves that human life is worth less than canine life"

No it doesn't. It just proves that some may have an opened mind and realizes that humans are not innocent, have provoking attitudes, have preconceived notions, are abusive themselves, and think they can play as a god just because they are human. Besides that, I did not say that it's not the dog's fault. Psychology at play again.

"The fact that it attacks unprovoked is enough for me to say dispose of it."

And I will be the first to say that the same applies to humans.

Now, someone may be thinking that I am an animal activist, but I am not. I could be though. I can see why some are. However, I am merely just being open minded and understand that humans can perceive things that aren't necessarily true and how cruel they can be to each other and animals. Take for example segregation.

Thanks for the debate.

All the dogs that eaten humans were big babies at one time. Not one owner of a dangerous dog thought they were (well except for the deliberate ones...)

No one knows what causes a dog to attack - which is what makes them dangerous. And some breeds are simply more dangerous than others - they are BRED that way - that's the point of a BREED you want certain characteristics. Not just ears and tail but personalities too.

I would not consider your post as a debate 6x6 but more of I want to say the opposite of everything posted.

I don't care if dogs were here before humans. We rule over them. We have domesticated so many of them that they could not live without human assistance. It has gotten to the point that you can not leave a dog outside without getting into trouble.

Saying that a person should not be scared by a dog chasing them is insane. Pre-conceived or not, if a dog shows aggressive behavior towards me I am going to either get away or defend myself.

Also, and I know this isn't what the post was about, I firmly believe that the bully breeds (pit bulls) should not exist in today's world. I know that they will. I know that there are good ones out there, but the odds are against the breed because of how they have been BRED to fight. I have been challenged by one. I was ready to dispatch it. Adrenaline was flowing and I wondered where the owners were.

I also know a nice little kid that got bit on the face by one that was a family pet and wouldn't hurt anybody. Well it did, and the mother of the kid lied to the hospital and said the kid hit the dog so it wouldn't be put down. All for her boyfriend at the time. Kid has physical and emotional scars.

About a month ago, one of my roomers went into the neighbor's house next door (at the neighbor's request) to help him move a piece of furniture.

The neighbor forgot what he was doing and opened the bedroom door where he'd closed up his certifiably vicious dog. The dog came tearing out and ripped a chunk of flesh out of my roomer's arm the size of a softball.

The insurance company settled in two weeks for 100K, the policy max. My roomer is delighted, because he doesn't care what his arm looks like and now he can get caught up on some bills, maybe buy himself a house.

It is a shame that the animal wasn't handled before it did the damage it did.

Amazing that the tenant is ok trading flesh for money. Back when I worked the last W2 I knew of a guy that would stick his finger in a machine for time off and a little compensation. I couldn't believe someone would do that.

Ever train a canine?

I don't mean sit, stay and lay down but actually train them?

If one is going to have a dangerous animal they need to train the animal and be competent in how to handle them.

I trained dogs. Had an instructor that was a K9 handler for the county. If the dog can not be turned on and off there is a problem. Ever been around an actual service dog? Not some internet papered mutt, but an animal that was actually trained for a specific task.

They are a responsibility that few want to actual deal with. It's the same as owning a firearm. Get it, train with it, know how it works and what it does.

We have seen how some of these people raise most of their kids, and we are supposed to trust the way they raise an aggressive breed dog that can kill you.