Dogs Attack Anti-Dangerous Dog Bill Author

[sandgk]

Irony - life is full of it.

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The author of a new state law that allows felony charges against owners of dangerous dogs was hospitalized over the weekend after his own dog attacked him.
Bob Schwartz, who also is Gov. Bill Richardson's crime adviser, was hospitalized at University of New Mexico Hospital on Sunday night with bites on both his arms, said Pahl Shipley, a spokesman for the governor.
A hospital spokeswoman declined to release Schwartz's condition, but Shipley said Schwartz is "going to be fine."
Schwartz has three dogs registered with the city: a boxer and two English bulldogs, said Denise Wilcox, who oversees Albuquerque's animal care centers.
Schwartz was instrumental in getting a law passed during this year's regular legislative session that would allow felony charges to be filed against owners of dogs deemed dangerous or potentially dangerous and that seriously injure or kill another animal or person.
The law was designed to make dog owners accountable, said Sen. Sue Wilson Beffort, who worked with Schwartz to pass the bill.
"But I guess when it happens in your own family, that's another story," she said. "That's tragic."
Wilcox said Sunday her office had not received a bite report from University hospital, which is required when a dog bite leads to medical attention.

 

[LoKyBuckeye]

saw that earlier today I guess he has no one to blame but himself.

 

[BB73]

I love irony. Did he go straight from the hospital to jail?

 

[exhawg]

I had to help my fiance dog sit for her parents this past weekend and I can honestly say I have never hated dogs more than I do right now. Within 1 hour one of them had chewed up 2 pillows and pissed on the floor. That one got locked in a cage overnight, but the other 2 refused to be locked outside the room we were sleeping in so my fiance opened the door. All night all I heard was dogs moving around and chewing or whatever the hell else they do all night. To top it off I think I'm allergic to dogs because I could hardly breath out of my nose when I woke up the next day. Their whole house reeks of dog and I'm the only person who can smell it. I still have yet to hear one good reason to own a dog.

PTI- rant over- move along, nothing to see here

 

[martinss01]

dangerous dogs

ummm... aren't all dogs potentially dangerous? that whole you know... wild animal at their core deal.. *ponders*

 

[methomps]

"But I guess when it happens in your own family, that's another story," she said. "That's tragic."

hah

 

[NightmaresDad]

Two old drunk winos are sitting in an alley watching a stray dog lick himself.
one wino says "Gee, I wish I could do that".
the other one says "He'd probably let you, but you better pet him first"

Moral of the story - Schwartz didn't pet him first!