[Ghoulish Delight]

"Dogs kept on chains are 2.8 times more likely to be or become aggressive. In fact, SB 1578 was introduced to help reduce dog bites and attacks."

That's not a causal relationship. I haven't seen the studies myself, but somehow I doubt they presented enough control cases to rule out the (rather likely) possibility that dogs that bite are more likely to be kept on tethers, which would lead to that higher statistic.*

Sorry, tethers do nothing but restrain a dog. Poor socialization, owner negletc, owner ignorance, and purposeful training cause aggression in dogs, not tethers. I find this law misguided and unenforceable.



* For example, if I showed you a study that said "Children who have been grounded are 10 times more likely to display aggressive behavior" would you assume it was the grounding that caused the aggressive behavior or that they were grounded becausde of their aggressive behavior? Or better yet, "People who wear boxing gloves are 10 times more likely to punch people in the face?" Did the boxing gloves cause the punching?