I came across this story the other day and thought it was very remarkable: http://www.examiner.com/article/mark-buehrle-leaves-family-behind-for-the-love-of-the-family-dog.

A professional baseball player decided to move to Toronto with his pit bull while his family lives in Ontario, because Ontario will not allow pitbulls in the city. He describes his dog Slater as the perfect family dog who is well behaved and great with kids. He talks about how all the neighborhood kids come running over and looking for Slater and that over his four dogs Slater is the best behaved of the bunch.

He is fortunate to be able to own a few homes and given his flexible schedule and the different homes the family will be together most of the time. The story is remarkable because we often read story after story of family giving up dogs because they want to live in a specific apartment or wherever that won’t allow dogs and are willing to give up their pets unimaginably quickly.

There are plenty of people who go to these great lengths to save their dogs and in this case the family did not want the dog to have to suffer and stay in a run while they plead their case. Pit bull mixes are banned in Ontario and by a Blue Jays professional pitcher taking a public stand against breed specific legislation, a great deal of attention is already being brought to the issue with more to come.

As more and more high profile situations like this happen, the social pressure for change picks up which will inevitably lead to law changes. If you weren’t already a fan of his, this is a great reason to consider becoming one!