Dangerous Dogs Owners

Well then your outside the scope of the majority of people who are out in public with animals and you've only served to prove my original point tbh.

From what I've seen the majority of dog owners are completely ignorant to the capabilities of the dog they own, as my original point.

Where that's not an issue is when the dog in question isn't as strong as its handler.

And also on a lead, if your dog is off a lead in public it tells me the handler is an idiot

Guards have a lot to answer for, dog already attacked a kid, and they let the dog live, that should never be the case. If a pitbull attacks a child it needs destroying.

Blaming the dog and not the owner in this case would be like blaming the technology when a high-powered car is involved in a fatal accident due to careless driving. Yes the potential is there for danger, but it's incumbent on the driver (or dog owner) to exercise caution.

Dog ownership is gone off the charts over the last decade or so, from what I can see. A lot of them are fashion symbols (the damned "fur babies brigade can go to shite). And from experience, you'd generally see more idiotic owners than competent ones, especially ones that think it's perfectly okay for their dog to be off a leash. My own lady (collie x) is on a leash at all times on her walks, and while she is as quiet as a ghost 99% of the time, and would be more likely to lick you than even bark, I have seen her get aggressive to other dogs even when under my control.

However, I have no time for the pitbull breed. Any pitbull owner I know tend to be gurriers.

They're all as 'fierce' in that mode, it's the power and jawline and biting performance of these bull/mastiff breeds that is really the problem. It's the same reason you'd never want a panther as a pet, if I anger my cat that's one thing, he can swipe at me, bite my ankles then **** off, a panther could push me over and snap my neck in 2 seconds if it was abruptly ticked off.

Unfortunately there just shouldn't be loose dogs out, but IDK how it is in Ireland any more. Village dog packs in Clare used to not be uncommon, in the US you never come across that in most cases, dog catchers nab that all up or the dog-fighting ringers do. So you don't normally have the issue of dogs roaming around estates/neighborhoods. When there is a biting incident or a fatality it is most often a dog off the leash/running out into public chaotically or it's a domestic incident inside the home involving the owners.

They do exist though, so quite frankly no, that is not at all the end of the story.

I do wonder why I got a warning.

Why do people need a dog if they just chuck them out on a the street and annoy people? Crap all over the place, nip at my heals when I'm out for a walk. Defend that. These are a yappy mutts.

There's some good dog owners out there, but they're in the extreme minority.

So stop with your pedantic rubbish. I don't know dogs and I don't want to to understand them. You want them, keep them away from other people.

Sorry, might be me but I seem to have missed the part of your response where you backed up your implication that I was condoning what happened in my earlier post.

Maybe you'll be good enough to post it again, thanks ever so much.

Should the dog owner not just be charged with the crime of the dog, they are the responsible party. The owner in this case should be charged with savagely assaulting a young boy.

Which is precisely the problem here. Many owners of vicious dogs keep them because it is difficult (if not impossible beyond a slap on the wrist) to prosecute them for the actions of the dog. Change the law to make owners criminally liable for any injuries that the dog inflicts.

Toi be fair they are hunting & protection dogs & need to be in the hands of experienced owners,

Much like a GS they suffer from being a big imposing looking dog so little scrotes want them but won't give them the time & training they need,

Always the same dribble when something like this happens.

In this case the fault is clearly with the dog owner/ guardian, like it is in most instances. It’s not the breed, though they appeal to specific types of people for various reasons.

I feel sorry for the dogs that have to suffer as a result of stupid humans again.

It isn't Spaniels and Labradors.

Yes exactly.

And if it were the damage done would be significantly less.

I don’t like demonising any breeds because I know that any dog can be well trained and well behaved but the “issue” here is terrible people turning their dogs into vicious attack dogs.

There are, far, too many betracksuited “urban legends” dragging these dogs around on a chain because they want to feel tough. They don’t pick up the dog’s crap either.

Ownership of a restricted breed of dog should be illegal in urban, and suburban, areas.