Debate: Dangerous Dog Breeds

[rennie]

Ours is daft as a brush too!

But I still wouldn't trust her with small kids or animals!

[cockercas]

Ive got working cocker spaniels, decent level of training nothing bothers them. All 3 kids have pulled/poked them and they have never even looked at them wrong.

But they are really really protective.

If the kids are playing in the street the dog will follow them, if someone comes towards the kids the dog will put itself between the kids and them (as some old bloke who come out shouting at the kids found out)

Il play fight with the dog and it will nip me, unless one of the kids comes close then it will just stop.

Ive no doubt that if someone tried to take/harm the kids the dog would bite, i wouldn't class her as dangerous though.

Other kids will run up to them and she will lay on her back so they can stroke her so she is obviously switched on about it.

When i go night fishing alone i take her with me, a few times she has turned people away and made them walk the longway back around the pond.

[Joe85]

Licenses and training for the owner. Like a car, dangerous in the wrong hands.

 

Spot on.

[Joeman]

Licenses and training for the owner. Like a car, dangerous in the wrong hands.

 

Spot on.

 

Licencing wouldn't help. Are the overstretched police going to stop dog walkers asking to see their licence? Of course not. And even if they did, and found the owner to not have a licence, what would they do? Impound the dog in the already overcrowded rescue centre? Or simply crush it like they do cars...

My cat draws more blood from people than my dogs ever have or would. My cat should be on the dangerous dogs list.

[Joe85]

Licenses and training for the owner. Like a car, dangerous in the wrong hands.

 

Spot on.

 

Licencing wouldn't help. Are the overstretched police going to stop dog walkers asking to see their licence? Of course not. And even if they did, and found the owner to not have a licence, what would they do? Impound the dog in the already overcrowded rescue centre? Or simply crush it like they do cars...

My cat draws more blood from people than my dogs ever have or would. My cat should be on the dangerous dogs list.

 

Make it the RSPCA's problem? Throw a load of Tory money at then to fund it? Borrow some from HS2? Use the Civil list?

Governments seem non-plussed by pissing money up the wall on other projects, don't see why this couldn't be one of them.

[rennie]

Licenses and training for the owner. Like a car, dangerous in the wrong hands.

 

Spot on.

 

Licencing wouldn't help. Are the overstretched police going to stop dog walkers asking to see their licence? Of course not. And even if they did, and found the owner to not have a licence, what would they do? Impound the dog in the already overcrowded rescue centre? Or simply crush it like they do cars...

My cat draws more blood from people than my dogs ever have or would. My cat should be on the dangerous dogs list.

 

our dog could help you with the cat problem (she'd kill it! that's one of her issues)

[fq-craigus]

Licenses and training for the owner. Like a car, dangerous in the wrong hands.

 

Spot on.

 

Licencing wouldn't help. Are the overstretched police going to stop dog walkers asking to see their licence? Of course not. And even if they did, and found the owner to not have a licence, what would they do? Impound the dog in the already overcrowded rescue centre? Or simply crush it like they do cars...

My cat draws more blood from people than my dogs ever have or would. My cat should be on the dangerous dogs list.

Mine too, my cats evil when she's playing, nothing malitous, but cats don't have a dangerous list.

Trouble is this dangerous dog problem has been allowed to escalate so far that its past a remedy.

I don't believe in dangerous breeds only irresponsible owners not socialising their dogs, miss treating or bad training/ training to be viscous.

It's not the dogs fault yet thousands are destroyed every year and owners walk with a slap on the wrist.

We have a staff and yorkie at my family home, me and my brother bought the staff when we lived there partly as a therapy dog for my step dad and it worked a treat, well behaved and a soppy family pet, and welcomed the hyper active, licky, happy yappy yorkie with open paws. He lays with my niece (5months) and lets her 'pet him' and I won't think twice about letting him near my lil one that should arrive next week because he has been raised right (now 8)

I say euthanise the scummy tw**s that get the dogs for status symbols or that think a dog is actually for xmas

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[Grumpy Old Git]

I say euthanise the scummy tw**s that get the dogs for status symbols or that think a dog is actually for xmas

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But.... Dogs ARE just fro xmas (or correctly put, Christmas) - They taste very nice once grilled and a little red wine sauce added - Yummy! Better yet, they are far cheaper to buy than Turkeys!

[Guest]

Funny that I guessed it would be a Staffie before the news found out what the breed was. All kinds of owners own all kinds of dogs. But it's always a Staffie that makes the 9 of clock news when a kid gets mauled. Too much coincidence for me and if there's nothing to it why are they bought as status symbols by so many idiots.

Yes, a labrador can bite and be aggressive with the wrong owner, but the statistics are bullshit, you need to look at bites per thousand dogs, not total number of bites then point fingers when surprise surprise it's the most popular breed of dog. Given the choice for a family pet I'd take one every time.

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[Mawsley]

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