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BASEBALL.
YANKEES AND BLUE JAYS COMING UP
ON SPORTSNET.
WE HAVE BEEN JOINED HERE BY A
SPECTACULAR DOG.
FIRST TIME WE'VE HAD A DOG ON
"BLUE JAYS CENTRAL."
SO NICE TO SEE MARK BUEHRLE AND
HIS WIFE JAMIE WELCOME HERE
UNFORTUNATELY SLATER BEING AN
AMERICAN STARFORDSHIRE PITBULL
IS NOT WELCOME DUE TO THE LAWS
IN THE PROVINCE.
WHEN YOU FOUND OUT YOU WERE
TRADED TO THE BLUE JAYS WHAT
KIND OF A PROBLEM DID THIS CAUSE
YOU?
>> AT THE BEGINNING I WASN'T
AWARE OF ALL THE BREED LAWS.
I KNOW IN CERTAIN TOWNS AND
COUNTIES BUT I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE
THEY WERE AT AND TOLD JAMIE THE
NEWS AND SHE LOOKED INTO IT AND
THE PROVINCE DIDN'T ALLOW THEM
AND WE HAD TO WORK AROUND IT AND
FIGURE OUT WHAT WE WERE GOING TO
DO.
WE GOT EVERYTHING SETTLED NOW.
LOOK AT HIM, AN AWESOME DOG.
>> Jamie: I HEARD, THE
REPUTATION ABOUT PITBULLS IS
THEY ARE FEROCIOUS, ANGRY BEASTS
AND I READ SLATER IS A THERAPY
DOG?
>> I'M IN THE PROCESS OF
TRAINING HIM RIGHT NOW.
>> Jamie: DID YOU CONSIDER
TIRING OR FLOAT THE IDEA AT ALL?
>> I KIND OF SAID IT A FEW TIMES
AND SHE CALLED ME OUT AND SAID I
WASN'T GO TO AND A FEW WORDS I
CAN'T SAY ON TV BUT TOUGH BEING
AWAY FROM THE FAMILY AND NOT
BEING ABLE TO SEE THE DOGS AND
NOT SEEING THEM AND COMING HOME
AFTER A DAY GAME.
THEY ARE AWESOME TO BE AROUND.
SOMETHING TO GET ADJUSTED TO BUT
WE'LL MAKE DUE.
>> Jamie: HOW DO THEY FEEL ABOUT
YOUR TWO CHILDREN STANDING THERE
WITH THEIR GRANDMOTHER.
HOW DO THEY FEEL ABOUT THEY
CAN'T BE WITH THEIR DAD?
>> THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND IT
FULLY RIGHT NOW.
THE MOST HEART-BREAKING QUESTION
IS WHY DO PEOPLE IN TORONTO NOT
LIKE DOGS LIKE SLATER.
WE TELL THEM WE'LL VISIT DADDY
AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT
OF IT DAY-TO-DAY WHEN WE DON'T
GO TO THE GAMES AT NIGHT.
>> Jamie: AN HOUR AND A HALF
AWAY.
DID YOU THINK ABOUT LIVING IN
THE UNITED STATES AND WE'LL
BRING SLATER AND CONSEQUENCES BE
DAMNED?
>> THE REALITY OF IT, PEOPLE, I
LEAVE BETWEEN 1:30 AND 2:00 AND
ONE OF THE LATER GUYS THERE.
IF I LIVE THAT FAR AWAY I HAVE
TO MAKE THAT MUSH MORE OF A
DRIVE AND GET HOME LATER AND TO
MOVE THEM UP THERE AND TO SEE
THEM THE LEAST AMOUNT AND DRIVE
AN HOUR OR AN HOUR AND A HALF
AND GO THROUGH CUSTOMS.
>> Jamie: SLATER, WHAT DO YOU
THINK ABOUT THAT SITUATION?
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK, BUD.
>> Jamie: I GAVE HIM YOUR CHANCE
TO TAKE YOUR LICKS AT THE
GOVERNMENT AND HE WOULDN'T DO
IT.
GLAD YOU ARE A PART OF THE BLUE
JAYS AND NO DOUBT THEY ARE
COMPETITIVE AND APPRECIATE YOU
TAKING TIME OUT OF YOUR DAY.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING US.
>> Jamie: MARK AND JAMIE BUEHRLE
AND SLATER, THE PITBULL WHO
CAUSED CONTROVERSY BUT AS YOU
CAN SEE HE'S A BEAUTIFUL DOG.
WE'VE GOT LOTS AHEAD AS "BLUE