Woman hangs dog after burning it because it chewed her Bible...

[Jordy]

Whilst I agree "Conservative" has made some rather outlandish and general remarks he isn't totally wrong, dogs aren't totally innocent. Lions and Snakes are "born good" but it doesn't mean that anyone should own one. It's in the nature of certain animals (including some breeds of dogs) to kill things and be very aggressive, in some cases they're virtually impossible to tame.

Thus the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991, certain breeds are illegal in the UK so it's not ridiculous at all;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangerous_Dogs_Act_1991
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/HomeAndC...Pets/DG_180098

[Stephen]

Wow anyone who thinks "Good" even a little bit is an idiot. *REMOVED*

Edited by HotelUser (Forum Super Moderator): Please don't be rude to other users.

[Conservative,]

Whilst I agree "Conservative" has made some rather outlandish and general remarks he isn't totally wrong, dogs aren't totally innocent. Lions and Snakes are "born good" but it doesn't mean that anyone should own one. It's in the nature of certain animals (including some breeds of dogs) to kill things and be very aggressive, in some cases they're virtually impossible to tame.

Thus the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991, certain breeds are illegal in the UK so it's not ridiculous at all;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangerous_Dogs_Act_1991
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/HomeAndC...Pets/DG_180098

Yeah some of my remarks, looking back, we're a bit outlandish and I do actually go against my self in a few ways, you pretty much put my view across

[Muct]

Yeah some of my remarks, looking back, we're a bit outlandish and I do actually go against my self in a few ways, you pretty much put my view across

So what are you actually trying to suggest to solve this MASSSSSSIVE problem we apparently have with certain breeds of dogs?

[Conservative,]

So what are you actually trying to suggest to solve this MASSSSSSIVE problem we apparently have with certain breeds of dogs?

I don't know...can't really explain it...I'm no vet, nor dog owner, but probably regular check-ups on the dogs behaviour and to see if the owner is treating it properly - if it is thought to be a danger to the public, the owners or itself it should be taken away.

[Muct]

I don't know...can't really explain it...I'm no vet, nor dog owner, but probably regular check-ups on the dogs behaviour and to see if the owner is treating it properly - if it is thought to be a danger to the public, the owners or itself it should be taken away.

What exactly do you mean by taken away?
I can understand taking the dog away to be taught how to behave better - it's not exactly the dogs fault the owner treated it badly - such as beating it or something?

[Conservative,]

What exactly do you mean by taken away?
I can understand taking the dog away to be taught how to behave better - it's not exactly the dogs fault the owner treated it badly - such as beating it or something?

Taken away, maybe trained, but if it's clearly not fit for being a pet - possibly destroyed (although that's last resort), or put to better use like guide-dogs? Who knows...

[Muct]

Taken away, maybe trained, but if it's clearly not fit for being a pet - possibly destroyed (although that's last resort), or put to better use like guide-dogs? Who knows...

I don't see how putting a vicous, dangerous dog on a leesh for a blind person will help, probably isn't that usually the disciplined, trained dogs?
But meh, I guess I'll have to agree that last resort would have to be putting it down... D:

[Jordy]

Muct I don't see what you're arguing about? Certain breeds are illegal and if a dog of any breed attacks a human, it'll most likely be put down (and the owner also charged with an inability to look after the dog). It might not be the dogs fault that it's been brought up in such a way but once it's been shown to attack people it's too late to "re-train" it and should rightly be put down. Not that this has anything to do with the topic on hand anymore.

[cocaine]

Which is my point. I've never seen on the news "Boy mauled by poodle!" "Girl, 5, attacked by Chihuahua" it's the same 2 or 3 breeds (in various combinations) again and again. As I said - I'm not a dog hater - burn all dogs or w/e, but I just don't think that these types of dogs should be legal (and some aren't in the UK) because of the potential threat they pose to the public - and from personal experience I know what it feels like to be on the receiving end of a dog attack.

so because the man in the shiny suit on BBC news reported that there was a pitbull (one of out thousands or more pitbulls in the country) incident means all of them are savage creatures?