Dangerous Dogs Owners

I hate these beastly dogs, I don’t see a reason for them other than machoism or bravado. I’d be suspicious of anyone who owns them too.

As odd as this sounds, I have thought about carrying a knife with me to the local park/playground, in case one of these dogs attacks my kids. I'm not afraid of dogs but I am not comfortable with pitbulls anywhere near my kids - especially when I see that the person walking the dog is barely able to control the dog on the lead.

A couple of years back I saw a dad with his daughter of about 5 walking along with their 2 pitbulls. The girl was scared of the dogs who had begun circling her.

What did the dad do? He slapped his daughter and told her to cop on.

I called the cops and reported it - didn't wait around to see if anything was done about it.

Not reading back through the whole thread but are you talking about XL Bullies? Or the various "dangerous dogs" in general?

I've owned 2 Rottweilers in my time and if I ever did get a dog again it would be another Rottie. I grew up with Golden Retrievers and Collies, have had a Labrador in the past, and had a mini Jack Russell alongside the 2 Rotties (they're both dead now, the JR is in the home stretch).

The Rotties both came to me for rehoming. One because her owner was a feckless eejit who got bored with her after a year and one because the owners had a smallish house and when a baby arrived, they felt they couldn't cope.

Both of them were the most gentle and affectionate dogs I've ever had, including a load of Golden Retrievers growing up. The older one died early of bone cancer but the younger one lived to a grand old age of 12 before passing away in her sleep. We also had half a dozen cats through the house during her time and she was as gentle with them as she was to us. I have a video of the first time she met a 2 week old kitten, with Beth (the dog) licking and nuzzling the kitten and treating it like her own puppy. As Lucy the kitten got older she gave Beth the occasional slap simply because Lucy is a Tortie and therefore an arse hole, and Beth never reacted.

So that's why I'd pick a Rottie. Because the best dog I've ever owned was a Rottie, plus they're beautiful dogs. I'm well aware of the strength of the breed and I would adhere to the legislation regarding muzzles etc, and I'd never leave a Rottie, or a Golden Retriever for that matter, alone with a child.

It's true. I'm not going to post the screenshot but her FB page is still public.

IF there was any justice, these rabid dogs would be turning on their scum owners and mauling them, unfortunately it mostly seems to be innocent people who bear the brunt of attacks.

I simply cannot for the life of me fathom why anyone would own one of these dogs when there's kids in the house. Utter madness. It's like an unexploded bomb, but so many owners maintain they are the gentlest creatures.

Don’t bring a knife out with you. The only way to get a dog that has clamped on to release is to cut off its air supply. Pick up a rope type dog lead in your local Euro/bargain shop and have that in your coat pocket should the unfortunate happen.

If there is somebody reading this thread that owns one of these breeds,
could they please outline why in the name of fcuk you have one?

Oh please don't. I listed in on a conversation on UK radio recently where a XL bully owner was taking about her wonderful non aggrieve (so she said) version of this dog breed.

To be frank listening to her she creeped me out. The way she spoke of it you'd think she was in a personal relationship with it. Despite all the deaths she was adamant the breed shouldn't be banned. It was just all so weird that she has such a thing for this particular breed, that an alternative breed just wouldn't do. I'm sorry but I think that's just plain weird.

Seriously how many of these incidents will it take to ban these breeds? The old mantra "it's bad owners" well yes many of the owners of these kinds of dogs are scumbags but regardless the vast majority of dog attacks are from specific breeds or their crosses. It really is time to stop allowing these dangerous animals to be kept as pets.

will even that change things?

it is only a matter of when a child is killed by one, not if.

We already had that young lad facially disfigured for life a couple of years ago. His life changed forever.

I'd be all for an amnesty now for them to be brought in and put to sleep. And I think if you own one of these and it mauls someone, you should do lengthy jail time. If it kills someone, you do life. That might make the hard men lose interest in them.

They should be banned

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/xl-bully-dogs-what-are-they-why-are-they-considered-dangerous-uk-ban-and-irish-rules-on-ownership/a1424565558.html