More than 20,000 dog attacks were reported to police across England and Wales in the
12 months since the introduction of the XL Bully ban.
All dog owners should be licensed. All dogs should be chipped. If a dog attacks someone, it's chip can reveal its ownership details; so, if a dog is found without a chip, it should either be chipped and made available to licensed owners through dog re-homing organisations, or destroyed.
The licensing requirement would require a small change to the law. But it makes sense.
Doesn't it?
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IMHO…There are certain breeds that should simply be banned completely, no ifs or buts.
All existing dangerous dog breeds should be neutered (male) or spayed (female)…..ASAP.
There are thought to be between 50 and 100 thousand pit bulls alone in The UK…..many of which are completely under the radar and that’s without three or four other breeds that are on the list.
Just why anyone would want to own one is inexplicable to me and most people, there are so many other wonderful breeds one can choose from that are both lovable and loyal and capable of natural protection…..who wants a potentially ferocious dog around the place, how very very odd.🤨
My adorable English Bull Terrier Zuben would certainly go for anyone who would enter our home during the night, it’s a natural instinct, but at all other times and under any other circumstance he was gentle and lovable as a lamb.
The laws an ass.
Over time, reckon it might help cut down on the amount of unwanted dogs, and possibly the theft of dogs n all?
Like anything when you Google the registration service a number of alleged chip registration services come up that try and get you to pay an annual fee.
Never understand the logic in importing strays from places like Romania, when there's plenty of dogs already here needing new homes. Our neighbours got one and my in-laws once removed have 2, and all three dogs have quite bad behavioural problems, with constant barking and being a bit growly around other dogs and even people.
Poor things have probably been quite traumatised in the past, even if it's just from the journey here.
End of.
This information is only as good as what is supplied by the individual submitting it and in light of the above, while well intentioned it is academic because the system is so porous that the careless and the cynical simply fall through.
From the relatively mundane issue of dog shit all the way up to dogs injuring people, the majority of dog owners are responsible, many try to train their pooches to be safe, passive, citizens but we are all let down by the negligent (and worse) minority.
The increase in reported dog attacks can obviously be put down to the heightened awareness and tabloid hectoring brought about by the changes to the 'dangerous dogs' legislation.
The very fact that this 'XL Bully' phenomenon is centered on a hybrid/crossbreed/mongrel makes the authorities' job ludicrously difficult to distinguish, in an ever more cynical and litigiously inclined society.
My neighbour has a Rhodesian Ridgeback (I had thought they were a banned "dangerous breed"). She looks scary as fuck. When she's inside barking at the postman/courier/etc she sounds scary as fuck. Doesn't bear thinking about what she might be capable of but she's properly trained and blessed with a very docile nature so we all get along perfectly.