dogs and muzzles

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Originally Posted by BamitsElfie!

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It's not just dogs who aren't nice and friendly. Everyone has the power to be dangerous if they really want to be.

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I've just been reading a few articles about dangerous dogs. Here's what I read.

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A pit bull is a fearless dog that will take on any opponent. They will lock their jaws onto the prey until it's dead. Pit bulls have a reputation of mauling people to death and they are highly sought for dog fighting.

Dogs most often make wonderful pets, however in certain circumstances, any type of dog can be dangerous. Even friendly dogs, can inflict great harm in the wrong circumstance.

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Humans make decisions for themselves, we're not born and instantly it's in our nature to attack. Where as these vicious dogs, it's their nature and they can't differentiate between what's right and what's wrong. Where as a human can.

Oh and @Richie; I can't believe how much you're contradicting yourself, I actually can't. You're saying every dog has the potential to be trained clearly yours didn't or you wouldn't have given it away.

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Originally Posted by Kyle

People have a choice to deviate from what laws says is right, dogs don't.

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Like I said earlier, if a dog is wearing a muzzle nobody wants to go near it because immediately they put it down as a murderer. This means that dog will get limited human contact and certainly no contact with human children (unless there is a child in the family) and even dog owners will not want their own dog near this "beast". How is a dog to learn how to behave if it's given no real-life scenarios?

And what about police dogs? Aren't they allowed to bite?

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Originally Posted by Catchy

I've just been reading a few articles about dangerous dogs. Here's what I read.



Humans make decisions for themselves, we're not born and instantly it's in our nature to attack. Where as these vicious dogs, it's their nature and they can't differentiate between what's right and what's wrong. Where as a human can.

Oh and @Richie; I can't believe how much you're contradicting yourself, I actually can't. You're saying every dog has the potential to be trained clearly yours didn't or you wouldn't have given it away.

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Are you stupid? It was sarcasm

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Originally Posted by Richie

Are you stupid? It was sarcasm

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Urm what? I know you got rid of it because of that so why're you trying to make out like you didn't... LMAO

afaik there are certain laws on housing a dog deemed dangerous over in ireland so i doubt it was a conscious choice to get rid

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Originally Posted by Richie

Are you stupid? It was sarcasm

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Well you have said your dog was viscous? Not all owners are capable of training their dogs properly, hence why they have to be given away. @BamitsElfie!; I wouldn't be running up to one of those dogs anyway, especially if it didn't have a muzzle lol.

There's a reason why those type of dogs are left at dog shelters because they're so ugly and vicious that nobody wants them and to be quite honest I'm not surprised, I wouldn't want one either.

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Originally Posted by Catchy

There's a reason why those type of dogs are left at dog shelters because they're so ugly and vicious that nobody wants them and to be quite honest I'm not surprised, I wouldn't want one either.

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Yeah I guess I wouldn't go to a dog shelter and choose a dog that with an eye missing, covered in scars and drooling absolutely everywhere, but some of the most well-behaved dogs I know have to wear muzzles by law. One of them has even won a Crufts award in the obedience trial!

I can see that's it's better to be safe than sorry, but if I owned a dog who really would never harm a fly who had to wear a muzzle, I would feel so embarrassed for him because that one thing he has to wear makes everybody hate him :( Maybe I'm taking this a little too far though omg

A murderer? Vicious, maybe, but not quite that harsh of a label. If I ever see one of these dogs hobbling down the street towards me with its owner in tow I'm far less likely to be afraid if it snarls at me through the safety of a muzzle.

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Originally Posted by BamitsElfie!

Yeah I guess I wouldn't go to a dog shelter and choose a dog that with an eye missing, covered in scars and drooling absolutely everywhere, but some of the most well-behaved dogs I know have to wear muzzles by law. One of them has even won a Crufts award in the obedience trial!

I can see that's it's better to be safe than sorry, but if I owned a dog who really would never harm a fly who had to wear a muzzle, I would feel so embarrassed for him because that one thing he has to wear makes everybody hate him :( Maybe I'm taking this a little too far though omg

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I can see your point but however you may think they're the most well behaved dogs but it's in their nature to be violent and could turn so at any point.