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It is a big misconception that if you have certain dog breeds that there is just no way that you can get insurance for your home. Well, it's just not true, and I don't care if you have a Pit Bull, German Shepherd, Akita, Boxer, Great Dane, or even a wolf hybrid. You can get home owner's insurance.

Some insurance companies may not give you full liability coverage, but if you know where to look, you can get full coverage.

St. Farm offers full home insurance no matter what do breed you have. They do not blacklist any dog just because of its breed, unless you live in Ohio, and that's because the state deems Pit Bulls as vicious dogs. But, other than in Ohio, St. Farm will give you full liability home insurance.


Most insurance companies pay more attention to your dogs individual history than what breed he may be. If you have a lab that has attack someone or something before, you are typically less likely to get full coverage when compared to a Rottweiler that has no "criminal history."

You can get full coverage insurance at regular price if you just know where to look. Now, that's not to say that all insurance companies will offer full coverage for regular price. You just have to find the one that will. That does not mean lie to the insurance company; be honest and up-front.

For more information about which dog breeds can be found on home insurance blacklists for some companies, as well as other information about getting home insurance no matter your dog, check out: Home Owners Insurance for Dog Owners. You will also find information about preventing dog accidents on your property, whether with other animals or with people.




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Each state has its own laws towards having exotic animals as pets, and each individual species is on that list for a reason. And, there are a number of reasonable reasons as to why the government does not want you to have certain animals as pets within that state.

Some of those reasons are those listed below. Just remember that before you get a pet that is considered an exotic pet (IE any animal that is rare and unusual in the pet trade), you should check your state laws. For example, in Georgia, where I live, we cannot have pet hedgehogs, degus, sugar gliders, etc., but if we go to the neighboring state of Alabama, just about any animal is legal to have as a pet.


For the most part, though animals are banned as pets because they are either endangered or native animals to that state. But, that does not limit the reasons by any means.



A few reasons that animals cannot be kept as pets without a permit can include, but not be limited to the following:

* Native animal
* Rare or endangered
* Dangerous animal (IE venomous, large and powerful, etc.)
* Complex diet that can be hard to reproduce properly
* Medical care
* Space requirements
* If loose, can kill other animal populations either by illness, food sources, hunting, etc
* Can become a pest if loose in the wild, possibly causing problems with over-breeding or problems with farmers and crops.

These laws are in place to protect the safety of the animals and the public, so before you purchase an exotic animal, especially if you are out of state, you want to make sure that you check your state laws before bringing the pet over the state borders.

You'll find commonly banned animals can include:
* Chinchillas
* Degus
* Ferrets
* Kinkajou
* Monkeys and other primates
* Skunks
* Sugar gliders
* Various bird species
* Venomous snakes
* Various large boas and pythons
* Wolves



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Breed Specific Legislation (BSL)

March 13th 2009 14:08
To tell you the truth, my dogs have never done anything wrong to you, your friends, or your family, so why persecute them for something an ignorant person trained his dogs to do?

Many of you may think that, it isn't the point of whether the dog has done anything wrong in the past, it's whether or not the dog will do something wrong in the future... Well, it's all in proper training, socialization, and overall care and love. Dogs will typically do what they are trained to do, so why condemn the innocent when the guilty are our own kind, not our canine companions...

Breed Specific Legislation, or just BSL, has been implemented in a number of counties in the United States as well as a number of countries across the board, but if the officials looked at the reports, dog bites and attacks have not decreased in these areas... There are other breeds biting and attacking besides those "bully breed" and "dangerous dogs."

You can find a few examples of places who have had dog bans implemented for years and have not seen a drastic change in attacks, by checking out
The article above also has listed problems associated with BSL and alternatives that will actually make a difference in dog attacks, as well as a list of dog breeds who have at one time or another been grouped in the breed bans.

My dogs haven't done anything wrong to you, so why would you want to do something wrong to them?

It's not the dog, it's the people in control of the dog. Make laws and regulations strict for the people in order to see a long term difference. By just cutting out the breeds, there will only be a short term change, nothing long term, as seen by the reports drawn from countries and areas who have had breed bans implemented for years.

by Thomas Hawk



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