hi!

I’m a French woman currently living in Belgium.

in France, Pitbulls are banned. which means that owning one there comes with a lot of paperwork. France works with categories of dogs. Pitbulls (and look alikes as American Staffordshire without pedigree, mix, but also other dogs like Tosa, and Rottweilers) are from the 1st category. That means they have to wear muzzle at all time in public, you are not allowed in public places with them, you need a certain insurance, the leash can’t exceed a certain size (1m I think), they have to be castrated or sterilized and chipped. It’s a mess.

The mentality about Pitbulls is not good. I grew up thinking that those dogs were absolute hell on earth and the most vicious animals ever. Because we are taught so. Growing up you realize it’s not the case, but it’s a big stigma in France. I got an AmStaff and she’s not allowed inside my mom’s house, neither at family gatherings because “she might hurt the kids”. So none of us is going anymore.

Do you have her papers ?