dogs and muzzles

[Richie]

My mate has a staffordshire bull terrier and although the dog wouldn't harm a fly (literally) by law it has to wear a muzzle. I know it's only a dog but it's like saying your dog may bite someone so we are going to put a mask on his face. If men went around kicking children in the head, I don't think we would resort to embedding cylinder blocks to every mans legs.

I just think muzzles are dumb in general. If a dog is vicious it should be the owners responsibility to put a muzzle on it. My other friend has a boxer and he bites everything he sees, he admits his dog is vicious but by law his dog doesn't have to wear a muzzle yet it could do equally amount of damage.


What's your thoughts on dogs and muzzles?

[Empired]

I have a dog and I would be pretty upset if she had to wear a muzzle (although she's only about 30cm tall and half shih-tzu half miniature poodle :L).

It's horrible to call a certain type of dog "dangerous" just because it was born a certain breed. And loads of little children come up and stroke my dog, but if she was wearing a muzzle I'm sure people would actually cross the street to stay away from her.

Just like children, a dog will only bite if it's been trained badly.

[MKR&*42]

I certainly don't find it fair that by law a specific dog breed must have a muzzle on it, just because it's of that breed it doesn't mean it will be any more aggressive than let's say... a rottweiler. Generalising like that isn't fair IMO and I agree it should be the owner's responsibility to determine whether their dog is vicious or not (even though most pet owners don't have a clue how to properly look after pets :rolleyes. My dog has had a muzzle on him a few times but not anymore. He has something to restrict how fast he walks (because he's incredibly strong :L) but I don't put that on him.

[Catchy]

It's okay you saying it wouldn't hurt a fly it's been well trained and what not but that's not always the case Richie. It only takes one thing for them to snap. My sisters dad had a dog (can't remember the type just known to be really vicious). They said "oh he's so well behaved will never bite, so well trained" then one day out of the blue... Attacked his girlfriend out of nowhere.

[Matt]

I think that you should put a muzzle on a dangerous dog but should be left up to the owner. If a dog is a rough breed but wouldn't actually hurt anything/one i think it shouldn't have to wear one. But then the owner should be prepared to put one on if their dog causes trouble. Just my opinion though.

[Catchy]

I think that you should put a muzzle on a dangerous dog but should be left up to the owner. If a dog is a rough breed but wouldn't actually hurt anything/one i think it shouldn't have to wear one. But then the owner should be prepared to put one on if their dog causes trouble. Just my opinion though.

Of course it should... They're assumed dangerous for a reason. It isn't a law just for jokez. Like I said in my previous post, it could be fine for years never hurt a fly then it could just switch and rip someones face off... Ooops

[David]

When I had a dog we put a muzzle on him as a puppy because he was chewing everything in the house. we found it ripped apart an hour later

i dont think it should be up to law, even then why would you get a dog that's known for dangerous acts in the first place?

[SackRace]

don't like dogs horrible things, cats ftw

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[Richie]

It's okay you saying it wouldn't hurt a fly it's been well trained and what not but that's not always the case Richie. It only takes one thing for them to snap. My sisters dad had a dog (can't remember the type just known to be really vicious). They said "oh he's so well behaved will never bite, so well trained" then one day out of the blue... Attacked his girlfriend out of nowhere.

I could turn around in the next hour and kill my entire family and if i did do you think people of my age, my height, my nationality would have to be treated differently? I know this sounds mad because we look at animals as 'OH ITS A DOG THIS GUYS NUTS' but that's only because we have been raised to think like that. I'm far from an animal lover, I don't think i'd get a dog again but i like to think animals, insects and other species adapt to things somewhat like humans.

[Catchy]

You can't compare a dogs behaviour to human behaviour... Lmao :S