I see the so called “ban” is having the desired effect then…
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They should all be destroyed. Probably an unpopular opinion, but hey. It’s the same reason guns are banned – the few ruin it for the many.
It’s insane how as a society we’ve let this happen.
How often did dog attacks happen before the current media trend on dog attacks?
Just somethibg to note here. Literally any breed of dog can have you in hospital if it bites you on the face (or anywhere else on the body really). If it breaks the skin then you need to go to the hospital, especially if you haven’t had a tetanus jab recently.
I think a lot of people don’t realise how severe any dog breed attack can be, and think the little annoyed nip they get from their dog when playfighting is any kind of similarity to a full attacking bite. A cockapoo, labrador, jack Russell, or any breed aside of maybe pugs etc can leave lifelong scarring quite easily with an attack lasting less than 5 seconds. Of course they can’t kill the way an XL bully can but I feel this whole debate is creating a “dangerous vs not dangerous” dichotomy around breeds.
Speaking from my own and my colleagues’ experiences as postal workers. We are triggers for a lot of dogs instinct to go full attack mode and have scars from a long list of breeds between us (thankfully none from Bullys or other banned dogs!)
These stories are almost becoming a daily occurrence now
Banning them didn’t fix the issue, what a shock. Genuinely curious why the government haven’t instead introduced a license type system? Make people prove they’ve had education on handling and training large breed dogs, and then make that a legal requirement before being able to buy a large dog? I can’t imagine that would be unpopular, and as someone who owns a large stereotypically scary dog, id fully welcome more restrictions on who can own them.
If they all train their dogs like reddit suggest no wonder they are all badly behaved. Reddit reckons you can never discipline or hit or scold a dog . Lol is all I say to that.
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I see the so called “ban” is having the desired effect then…
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They should all be destroyed. Probably an unpopular opinion, but hey. It’s the same reason guns are banned – the few ruin it for the many.
It’s insane how as a society we’ve let this happen.
How often did dog attacks happen before the current media trend on dog attacks?
Just somethibg to note here. Literally any breed of dog can have you in hospital if it bites you on the face (or anywhere else on the body really). If it breaks the skin then you need to go to the hospital, especially if you haven’t had a tetanus jab recently.
I think a lot of people don’t realise how severe any dog breed attack can be, and think the little annoyed nip they get from their dog when playfighting is any kind of similarity to a full attacking bite. A cockapoo, labrador, jack Russell, or any breed aside of maybe pugs etc can leave lifelong scarring quite easily with an attack lasting less than 5 seconds. Of course they can’t kill the way an XL bully can but I feel this whole debate is creating a “dangerous vs not dangerous” dichotomy around breeds.
Speaking from my own and my colleagues’ experiences as postal workers. We are triggers for a lot of dogs instinct to go full attack mode and have scars from a long list of breeds between us (thankfully none from Bullys or other banned dogs!)
These stories are almost becoming a daily occurrence now
Banning them didn’t fix the issue, what a shock. Genuinely curious why the government haven’t instead introduced a license type system? Make people prove they’ve had education on handling and training large breed dogs, and then make that a legal requirement before being able to buy a large dog? I can’t imagine that would be unpopular, and as someone who owns a large stereotypically scary dog, id fully welcome more restrictions on who can own them.
If they all train their dogs like reddit suggest no wonder they are all badly behaved. Reddit reckons you can never discipline or hit or scold a dog . Lol is all I say to that.