The City of Guthrie Center is mulling over the implementation of a dog ordinance to not only lessen the chance of a serious attack, but also to hold owners more responsible over their animals. Though pit bulls were mentioned specifically by council members at a meeting this week as a breed that could potentially cause problems, Mayor Denny Kunkle says there’s a good chance that any legislation would be non breed specific, “That’s what I would prefer. We’ve instructed our clerk to look into sample ordinances from other cities that are non breed specific. The problem with trying to be a dog specific ordinance, say for example a German Shepherd or Pit Bull doesn’t work, because for example, the only times I’ve ever been attacked by a dog, they were tiny”.

The council is still in the research phase, and if any ordinance is to come of the brainstorming, it’s unlikely to happen in the near future.

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