Pit bulls are no laughing matter. Unfortunately, some people think it’s funny to inflict pit bulls on others, and they don’t see why everyone shouldn’t find the same twisted humor in them.

Take comedian Andy Dick – please. He reportedly tried to check in at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas last weekend while accompanied by his pit bull – which then bit a guest. Dick was not admitted to the facility.

I can just see a dictionary’s entry for the term “no-brainer,” to wit: no-brain-er (noun) refusing Andy Dick and his pit bull admittance to your facility.

Dick is a gleefully offensive performer who’s known for pushing envelopes of witless vulgarity and mindless tawdriness while making a complete nuisance of himself. So he probably thought bringing a belligerent pit bull to a hotel where guests were trying to relax and enjoy themselves would be most amusing.

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When a dog is your dog, you’ve got to love it. Those eyes. That face. That slobber. But when it’s someone else’s dog, you might wind up being a dog-hater — and for good reason: dog bites.

Though many cities, including Houston, have laws requiring that dogs be confined or leashed, many people routinely disregard them. They figure they’re special and the law doesn’t apply to them.  “Let everyone else toe the line, but my dog likes to run out the front door, too, so he can romp and explore while I’m getting the paper or moving the sprinkler. Now, where did he go?”

That’s just the problem. When a dog is loose, he can – and may — go anywhere. If he’s a big dog, he can dart across the street and playfully jump on someone – and that someone could be a small child, an elderly person or anyone nursing a neck or back injury – a person who could be severely harmed if your dog topples them over, even in play.

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