I know the city of Tamarac (in Broward) as several others requires the dog be registered and insured for $1 million. You can check on your county and city offices website.
Miami-Dade County for sure, I don't know if there are any others.
I don't believe Miami still bans Pits and I'm happy about it.
These breed bans really bother me, but proper tracking of incidents and the relative ratio of Pit Bulls owns, vs attacks should show that it's only a small problem, not directly tied to the breed itself, but to bad owners in general. There should be laws, but not restriction on the breed because, like a lot of us out there, my sweet pit bull is the nicest dog - better than my two chihuahuas and NOT NEARLY as mean. They're all great though : )
Often dogs responsible for attacks are misidentified as pitt bulls. I'm not saying that they are not responsible part of the time, but not every time the breed is accused either. Can you find the pitt bull in one try? Its a lot harder then you may think.
It hs a lot to do with training and breeding. I do not believe any innocent creature should be held accountable for what they have not done. Far too many gentle, sweet pitt bulls suffer for crimes they have not committed. Bans go up and who abides them? The illegal dog fighters? I don't think so. They aren't going to jut turn over or get rid of their money makers any more then they do drugs becuase they are illegal. Its the family pets that suffer the most.
Can I just ask you why you want a pitbull?
Sorry if it's personal, I'm just always curious when someone is desperate to get a fighting breed.
If you do your research, you will find they are actually excellent family pets. Because of their fighting nature, it was bred into them to be non-human aggressive, and bite inhibition was a large part of how they were trained. Their masters would need to be able to get into the fighting ring and get their dog and not worry about being bitten, no matter how hurt or distressed the dog was. Man-biters were culled from the general population.
When raised properly (like any dog), they are actually excellent pets. It's unfortunate that they have a stigma due to the type of people that get them for their aggressive appearance.
That statistic is fairly incorrect. There is also a lot more behind the attacks besides just breed. Look into the majority of them and see the background - who the owners are, how the dog was trained? You will see many similarities with most of the dog attacks - even ones with dogs such as labs, or other 'friendly' breeds.
It just bothers me, seeing as a large amount of the dogs I work with on a regular basis are Pits, and I prefer working with them over other breeds due to their nature.
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