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Dangerous Dogs...and stupid owners
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I just watched this video and i'll warn everyone it is horribly graphic to the point that it made me cry,so don't watch it if you are at all sensitive to these things.
http://news.bbc.co.uk...nd/london/8368548.stm
My question is: should the owners of these dogs be charged with assault or something similar?
It isn't the dog's fault that the owner has reared them to be vicious like the one in the video,but invariably the dog (if found) will be the one punished by being euthanised.The owner will probably get away with a fine or a ban on keeping animals. It makes me so angry that dogs are given a bad press when it is the owners who are at fault in a great majority of cases.
http://news.bbc.co.uk...nd/london/8368548.stm
My question is: should the owners of these dogs be charged with assault or something similar?
It isn't the dog's fault that the owner has reared them to be vicious like the one in the video,but invariably the dog (if found) will be the one punished by being euthanised.The owner will probably get away with a fine or a ban on keeping animals. It makes me so angry that dogs are given a bad press when it is the owners who are at fault in a great majority of cases.
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I am wary of any strange dog,big or small,because you never know how it will react in any situation.I would never approach a strange dog and try to stroke it for example.
The poor blind woman and her guide dog in the video never stood a chance,the terrier type dog was not being held on it's lead and was unmuzzled.At one point in the video the dog owner walks away after failing to get his dog off the guide dog and that is the point where I started to cry,I thought he was going to leave the poor labrador to die.
The poor blind woman and her guide dog in the video never stood a chance,the terrier type dog was not being held on it's lead and was unmuzzled.At one point in the video the dog owner walks away after failing to get his dog off the guide dog and that is the point where I started to cry,I thought he was going to leave the poor labrador to die.
what the owners or the dogs Judge?
Big dogs do worry me a bit but nearly as much as the owners do. Most of the time the breeds like staffys are kept purely for that hard nut look. It's not the owner thats hard its the dog. The owner usually just hides behind the dog.
It p*ss me off that once again it's the dog that will suffer the ultimate price and not the owner. I think prahaps it's time that a certain sort of person in possession of this sort of dog should be up there with said persons having a knife in their possession. They have it for no other reason than to cause harm.
It should carry the same sentence and the owner stopped from ever having a dog again.
These dogs in the right hands are beautiful loving pets. In the wrong hands they are killers.
Big dogs do worry me a bit but nearly as much as the owners do. Most of the time the breeds like staffys are kept purely for that hard nut look. It's not the owner thats hard its the dog. The owner usually just hides behind the dog.
It p*ss me off that once again it's the dog that will suffer the ultimate price and not the owner. I think prahaps it's time that a certain sort of person in possession of this sort of dog should be up there with said persons having a knife in their possession. They have it for no other reason than to cause harm.
It should carry the same sentence and the owner stopped from ever having a dog again.
These dogs in the right hands are beautiful loving pets. In the wrong hands they are killers.
I won't watch the video Daffy ('cos I would get upset), but quite honestly I think there are far more dangerous humans around than there are dogs. I am certainly not frightened of any dogs, big or small, but I can't say that about humans.
And yes it makes me angry too that dogs are given a bad press when the owners are generally at fault.
I would rather see some people muzzled than their dogs!!
(Like you I would generally not approach a dog and try to stroke it though)
And yes it makes me angry too that dogs are given a bad press when the owners are generally at fault.
I would rather see some people muzzled than their dogs!!
(Like you I would generally not approach a dog and try to stroke it though)
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My daughters brother-in laws little girl 13 months, was bitten on the face 2 weeks ago it just missed her eye by millimetres, it would have blinded her, the little girl wasnt doing anything and the dog was sitting on its owners lap, then just decided to jump up and bite her face, a large flap of skin came away which needed 5 stitches, you can never trust any dog big or small, we are just pleased that the dog was a small one and not a large animal, god knows what damage would have been caused if it was big.
Hi daffy
Hope you're well, my lovely x
I agree with no-know.................and the owner should be fined heavily, and i mean heavily, for not being able to control the mutt and bringing it up to fight like that.
A friend of mine got a rescue home dog who was fine with people but went crazy for other dogs and on occasions, attacked them......he took him in for professional training and help, which was'nt too expensive, and now the dog's as cool as a cucumber. It can be done by those who care.
Hope you're well, my lovely x
I agree with no-know.................and the owner should be fined heavily, and i mean heavily, for not being able to control the mutt and bringing it up to fight like that.
A friend of mine got a rescue home dog who was fine with people but went crazy for other dogs and on occasions, attacked them......he took him in for professional training and help, which was'nt too expensive, and now the dog's as cool as a cucumber. It can be done by those who care.
I saw a pit bull type dog a while ago in the park without a lead, and I was fine about it because it had a muzzle on.
The thing is this muzzle allowed the dog enough room to pick up sticks and balls, banning breeds hasn't worked, so compulsary muzzling of ALL dogs when in public is the only solution to my mind.
As for the story irself, the blind owner must have been terrified, what the owners of these pit bull type dogs don't realise is that 1 all dogs can snap and 2 how much damage these dogs can do when they turn.
Only scallies seem to own these kind of dogs, and I noticed that the owner seemed to run away for a moment thankfully he returned.
The animal should be destroyed and a huge fine imposed.
The thing is this muzzle allowed the dog enough room to pick up sticks and balls, banning breeds hasn't worked, so compulsary muzzling of ALL dogs when in public is the only solution to my mind.
As for the story irself, the blind owner must have been terrified, what the owners of these pit bull type dogs don't realise is that 1 all dogs can snap and 2 how much damage these dogs can do when they turn.
Only scallies seem to own these kind of dogs, and I noticed that the owner seemed to run away for a moment thankfully he returned.
The animal should be destroyed and a huge fine imposed.
Hi yogi :-)
Everton,he did run away didn't he!,he seemed to realise he was unable to seperate the two dogs and kind of gave up trying,like you said though he came back and did manage to get his dog off the labrador.He then left the poor blind lady and her injured dog to fend for themselves.I can only hope the CCTV operator sent help for them.
I dread to think what could have happened had it gone for a small child in the same way. At least the labrador had some small chance to fight back,a child wouldn't have had.
I really hope they locate and charge/prosecute the scr0te.
Everton,he did run away didn't he!,he seemed to realise he was unable to seperate the two dogs and kind of gave up trying,like you said though he came back and did manage to get his dog off the labrador.He then left the poor blind lady and her injured dog to fend for themselves.I can only hope the CCTV operator sent help for them.
I dread to think what could have happened had it gone for a small child in the same way. At least the labrador had some small chance to fight back,a child wouldn't have had.
I really hope they locate and charge/prosecute the scr0te.
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