Discovered Rescue is a Pit Mix - PG County
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Anonymous
| When we adopted our dog, he was listed as a lab/hound mix. We did a DNA test and it turns out he is a Pit Mix. Does anyone know of this will be an issue since we live in PG County? |
Anonymous
| why risk it. take it back to the rescue... |
Anonymous
| It might be for your insurance. |
Anonymous
| I mean, it will if you TELL the county. So don't... |
Anonymous
This. The only thing that matters, if it ever even does, is what's on your adoption paperwork. Most county/city licenses, I've bee able to just register my dogs as "mixed breed". |
Anonymous
| Every rescue is a pit mix. |
Anonymous
+ 1 its a mixed dog. The breed analysis from the DNA kits is not that accurate anyway. |
Anonymous
Nope  , at least some are cats. And there are all the other breeds out there as well.
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Anonymous
+1 Visit www.dogsbite.org Also, search this week's Washington Post for the recent article about the woman in NC and her two "boxer 'mix'" dogs. "Mix" is what rescues and shelters say to get these dogs adopted. But you know it's a way to deflect from their pit bull lineage. And the PP mentioning your insurance raises a good point. Go to www.thelawdictionary.org and search on: "How will owning a pit bull affect my homeowners' insurance." Yes, there are insurers who will still insure you but do you really want risk the liability even with insurance? |
Anonymous
| Real question, as I am thinking about getting a shelter dog and I live in PG: why would you get a dna test on a dog? Thanks! |
Anonymous
| OP assuming you like the dog just leave well enough alone. You should not have done a DNA test but now you have just throw it away. |
Anonymous
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The PG County law is problematic. Even if you're on the side of thinking that pits are more dangerous (I'm not), I don't see how the law is enforceable because of situations like yours, particularly as DNA testing of dogs is not required. Also, has the breed identification reliability of these tests improved? The last I heard, it was not foolproof for decoding breed mixes.
There are few ways you'd be found out. One would be that a neighbor think your dog looks like a pit and calls you in to animal control. Another would be that your dog is involved in a reported bite incident and, in the process of investigation, the county makes a determination that it's a pit. Both seem rather unlikely. |
Anonymous
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Thanks everyone. I am definitely a rule follower and so this made me a little nervous.
My husband for some reason sees no problem with telling people that it's a Pit Mix when we walk down the street. I have asked him to just say we don't know, we got him from a shelter, but he thinks it's fine. Argh. As for why we got the test, honestly, we get a new guess every day from people on what he is, and our curiosity just got the better of us! |
Anonymous
Agree. Return it. |
Anonymous
There is also a video out this week of a pitbull attacking a mail carrier. That damn dog latched onto the poor man's leg, pulling him down, shaking his head back and forth while he tore into the leg, for a good 5 to 10 minutes. It would not let go in spite of several people beating it with sticks, trash cans, a steering wheel lock, etc. When it finally let go, it was not because of being beaten, but to chase down another person to attack. It was horrifying how resistant this pit was to getting beaten. Its entire unrelenting focus was on attacking its prey. I have never seen anything like it and could not imagine what would have happened if it were a child vs a bundled up adult male in snowpants and boots. |