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Horrible! Reminds me of story of a guy who always wanted a banned breed i his house, he said the dog is lovely and never aggressive, all you have to do is make sure to add sedatives to his food everyday. What’s wrong with people?
I own two Siberian Huskies. When people see them they usually ask how much I have to run/walk and about them howling. Why? Because Siberian Huskies are an athletic working dog that was bred to have high energy, pull sleds, and communicate.
So, why is it that Bully breeds/Staffordshire terriers aren’t aggressive naturally? The origins of bullys is they were bait dogs. Bull baiting was outlawed so they were then bred with faster and more agile terriers to be a fighting dog. They were literally bred to be aggressive and as destructive as possible when they do.
None of this, “it’s not the dog it’s the owner crap”. If husky runs because they were bred to, labs like water because they were bred to, fox hounds chase small animals because they were bred to, well guess what, bullys bite because they were bred to.
Edit: just to clarify when I say “Bully” I’m referring specifically to XL bullys. The XL Bully can be a mix of a variety of breeds, including Pitbulls, American Bulldog, English Bulldog, Presa Canario, and Cane Corso.
While there are many bully breeds like the English bulldog or a pug that aren’t aggressive. XLs, American Bulldogs, Staffordshire Terriers, Cane Corsos, Pits, etc are for a specific purpose.
With the hysteria that goes along with these dogs, they’ve just as many dog attacks by other breeds like Rottweiler and German Shepards (they were even placed as banned dogs before the implementation of the DDA. This demonstrates that’s banning dogs don’t work. There needs to be a dog license like there is in Ireland, In order to hold the owners accountable.
Well..I am shocked. Completely and utterly shocked that it was an adult and not a young child
You could literally be a mile away from one of these “pets” and that’ll warrant it to attack you. Oh well better her than a child or some other random minding their own business.
People have been warned repeatedly not to get these dogs yet there’s always some fart smelling dude bro who claims it’s bad owners and not these stupid dogs. Honestly best to just drown them as pups
“It’s the owners, not the breed”
Yes, exactly, there are lots, and lots of people whose IQ are barely scraping double digits. But how do you police that? So the only way to stop these dumb people having a dangerous animal is to ban that animal.
I remember being a kid and some guy’s dog twice my size tried to hump my leg. That was fucking terrifying and he only wanted to get jiggy with my leg. And now we have people wanting pets of dogs that are bred to maul things to death. Forget giving people licenses for these things. Get rid of them entirely. They’re not necessary. There’s no justification for them to exist in this country.
The only silver lining is it seems these dogs are helping eradicate these moron owners from the planet. Sorry to be horrible at someone’s demise but Darwin would like a word with you on this one.
It sucks that breeds like staffies get bought into this equation too. Staffs have a reputation solely down to the people who own them. Guarantee that if you put staffie owners in a row I’d wager at least 2/3rds are pretty unsavoury characters.
There’s been a lot of people in her local community coming forward about the disgusting conditions those dogs were being kept in, I’m not disregarding that a life has been lost as it’s truly horrific but I can’t help but think if those dogs were walked, fed and cared for rather than spending their whole lives locked in cages without any stimulation or exercise this might not have happened. The world is in a sorry state at the moment, so much sadness.
It’s sad all round. Sad for the deceased and their loved ones and sad for the dog who will be euthanised.
So many times the people that have these massive breeds don’t exercise them enough, train them enough (or at all) and in a recent case not far from where I live, someone was mauled badly by a Mastiff they kept in a cage in the garden during the day and only walked it 2 or 3 times per week…
Our dog trainer once said “despite the many Cane Corso’s, XL Bully’s and other similar dogs in this area – only 2 people have ever been in touch to enquire about training such dogs!!”. Our trainer has been training dogs for 35 years, 4 x classes a day during the week, 2 classes on Saturday and private or problem lessons in between – so it’s not like he’s unpopular…. It says something that over this amount of time so few people with these breeds have asked for help training their dog.
Is it “the dog or the owner”? I personally think it’s down to the owners most of the time.
“I hereby declare that, should my dog kill anyone, I understand that I am to serve a full life sentence without parole”
Let’s see how many of these dangerous dog owners would continue to adopt the naive “He wouldn’t harm a fly” attitude”.
My argument is always why would you want a dog so strong that it COULD overpower you. What traits of an XL Bully do you want that you can’t get in a less POTENTIALLY dangerous dog. If a chihuahua turned rogue and tried to kill me I’d be able to fight it off. Even a bigger dog, a lab, a German Shepard, I stand a chance. An XL bully? I die. I remember walking a Staffordshire bull terrier once, lovely dog. I’ll always remember the strength that small yet muscular dog possessed. The thought of encountering an XL Bully terrifies me.
“It’s the owners, not the breed!”
I feel like there’s only so far that argument stretches. Like if the animal is capable of killing a human, and that happens on a not-infrequent basis, then maybe it’s a bad idea to allow that breed to exist as a domestic animal? Like if I saw a lion being walked down the street and the handler said “don’t worry, it’s trained!” then I would still feel safer crossing the road given what it _could_ do if it wanted to.
Other people’s nitroglycerine is just badly looked after, mine is loved, it loves me and cuddles up to me on an evening and very rarely even fizzes
Oh no, the bottle of Nitroglycerine we’ve had in the house for two weeks has gone off killing our 3 kids and removing the whole back wall
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Horrible! Reminds me of story of a guy who always wanted a banned breed i his house, he said the dog is lovely and never aggressive, all you have to do is make sure to add sedatives to his food everyday. What’s wrong with people?
I own two Siberian Huskies. When people see them they usually ask how much I have to run/walk and about them howling. Why? Because Siberian Huskies are an athletic working dog that was bred to have high energy, pull sleds, and communicate.
So, why is it that Bully breeds/Staffordshire terriers aren’t aggressive naturally? The origins of bullys is they were bait dogs. Bull baiting was outlawed so they were then bred with faster and more agile terriers to be a fighting dog. They were literally bred to be aggressive and as destructive as possible when they do.
None of this, “it’s not the dog it’s the owner crap”. If husky runs because they were bred to, labs like water because they were bred to, fox hounds chase small animals because they were bred to, well guess what, bullys bite because they were bred to.
Edit: just to clarify when I say “Bully” I’m referring specifically to XL bullys. The XL Bully can be a mix of a variety of breeds, including Pitbulls, American Bulldog, English Bulldog, Presa Canario, and Cane Corso.
While there are many bully breeds like the English bulldog or a pug that aren’t aggressive. XLs, American Bulldogs, Staffordshire Terriers, Cane Corsos, Pits, etc are for a specific purpose.
With the hysteria that goes along with these dogs, they’ve just as many dog attacks by other breeds like Rottweiler and German Shepards (they were even placed as banned dogs before the implementation of the DDA. This demonstrates that’s banning dogs don’t work. There needs to be a dog license like there is in Ireland, In order to hold the owners accountable.
Well..I am shocked. Completely and utterly shocked that it was an adult and not a young child
You could literally be a mile away from one of these “pets” and that’ll warrant it to attack you. Oh well better her than a child or some other random minding their own business.
People have been warned repeatedly not to get these dogs yet there’s always some fart smelling dude bro who claims it’s bad owners and not these stupid dogs. Honestly best to just drown them as pups
“It’s the owners, not the breed”
Yes, exactly, there are lots, and lots of people whose IQ are barely scraping double digits. But how do you police that? So the only way to stop these dumb people having a dangerous animal is to ban that animal.
I remember being a kid and some guy’s dog twice my size tried to hump my leg. That was fucking terrifying and he only wanted to get jiggy with my leg. And now we have people wanting pets of dogs that are bred to maul things to death. Forget giving people licenses for these things. Get rid of them entirely. They’re not necessary. There’s no justification for them to exist in this country.
The only silver lining is it seems these dogs are helping eradicate these moron owners from the planet. Sorry to be horrible at someone’s demise but Darwin would like a word with you on this one.
It sucks that breeds like staffies get bought into this equation too. Staffs have a reputation solely down to the people who own them. Guarantee that if you put staffie owners in a row I’d wager at least 2/3rds are pretty unsavoury characters.
There’s been a lot of people in her local community coming forward about the disgusting conditions those dogs were being kept in, I’m not disregarding that a life has been lost as it’s truly horrific but I can’t help but think if those dogs were walked, fed and cared for rather than spending their whole lives locked in cages without any stimulation or exercise this might not have happened. The world is in a sorry state at the moment, so much sadness.
It’s sad all round. Sad for the deceased and their loved ones and sad for the dog who will be euthanised.
So many times the people that have these massive breeds don’t exercise them enough, train them enough (or at all) and in a recent case not far from where I live, someone was mauled badly by a Mastiff they kept in a cage in the garden during the day and only walked it 2 or 3 times per week…
Our dog trainer once said “despite the many Cane Corso’s, XL Bully’s and other similar dogs in this area – only 2 people have ever been in touch to enquire about training such dogs!!”. Our trainer has been training dogs for 35 years, 4 x classes a day during the week, 2 classes on Saturday and private or problem lessons in between – so it’s not like he’s unpopular…. It says something that over this amount of time so few people with these breeds have asked for help training their dog.
Is it “the dog or the owner”? I personally think it’s down to the owners most of the time.
“I hereby declare that, should my dog kill anyone, I understand that I am to serve a full life sentence without parole”
Let’s see how many of these dangerous dog owners would continue to adopt the naive “He wouldn’t harm a fly” attitude”.
My argument is always why would you want a dog so strong that it COULD overpower you. What traits of an XL Bully do you want that you can’t get in a less POTENTIALLY dangerous dog. If a chihuahua turned rogue and tried to kill me I’d be able to fight it off. Even a bigger dog, a lab, a German Shepard, I stand a chance. An XL bully? I die. I remember walking a Staffordshire bull terrier once, lovely dog. I’ll always remember the strength that small yet muscular dog possessed. The thought of encountering an XL Bully terrifies me.
“It’s the owners, not the breed!”
I feel like there’s only so far that argument stretches. Like if the animal is capable of killing a human, and that happens on a not-infrequent basis, then maybe it’s a bad idea to allow that breed to exist as a domestic animal? Like if I saw a lion being walked down the street and the handler said “don’t worry, it’s trained!” then I would still feel safer crossing the road given what it _could_ do if it wanted to.
Other people’s nitroglycerine is just badly looked after, mine is loved, it loves me and cuddles up to me on an evening and very rarely even fizzes
Oh no, the bottle of Nitroglycerine we’ve had in the house for two weeks has gone off killing our 3 kids and removing the whole back wall
Who cii oh I’ll have seen this coming?