Drunks with dogs

[eyeshade]

Every morning from my office window, I watch a group of about 10 drunks who wait outside the post office for their benefit, it would seem, most days. The council have kindly provided a lovely bench for them which they lounge around (giving total disregard of the no alcohol zone sign above them which has a hefty fine on it). They have between them, a beautiful Roweiller dog and a staffordshire bull terrier, equally beautiful. both look very good pedigrees. However, between them all they taunt and tease both the dogs so that both dogs are barking and quite nasty when approached. When the rotty starts barking which it inveitably does, they throw it in the phone box nearby and leave it there. I have just watched a woman come out of the Post office and the rotty dog has just lunged into her barking at which point they got out a mouth muzzle and put it on. They called the woman a B**CH! My question is why? ? Why are these people allowed to keep animals. They may or may not be fed and watered, who knows. I did hear that they are given a special benefit allowance to feed their dogs if they are unemployed, not sure that would go on food but I don't get it. What do you think? Should they be allowed to have them?

[LaLa1705]

All I'd like to add is ...where did these dogs come from in the first place?So many breeders/dealers of dogs don't give a toss where these dogs end up.Somebody somewhere bred these dogs,they are both purebreds,the only difference that makes is that they were bred on purpose by somebody.How have these dogs ended up in this situation?And what about the rest of this countrys' poor dogs that end up with ignorant,abusive owners who come from all walks of live, from drink and drug abusers to professionals...the state of a countrys' animals says a lot about the state of the country........

[eyeshade]

Lala, this is a question that we would all like to know I am sure. They are good pedigree dogs, especially the Rotty and you will pay good money for these from a breeder. However they probably breed from each others dogs. Lets hope their not stolen!