Dangerous Dogs Owners

THe thing is, any one of us could be the victim of a dog attack, whether we own one of not.

In my time I have walked past pit bulls out on their own.

I have walked past pit bulls out for a walk on a least but not muzzled. If that dog wants to get away from the owner and attack me , nothing is stopping it. Not me, not the leash, not the owner.

LOL a Ring camera system IS high tech to me, so maybe that's why I assumed that's what it was!

I firmly believe that anyone who keeps a dangerous dog is mentally challenged in some way. They are definitely not paying with a full deck.

from St Marys park, living with 4 dangerous dogs in the Limerick country side, with Hi tech security system on the house. Throw in someone with access to the footage sharing it, while possibly on drugs.

Those XL Bullys are like Dog Sharks

Completely agreed.

Those dogs may not have been abused in the conventional sense but having such large, powerful breeds & not spending the time, money & effort to train & social them properly is a recipe for disaster. I would also bet the farm that those dogs were displaying red flags all over the place prior to the incident. Even things like climbing onto the couch without being invited needs to corrected with a dominant breed.

It's not just scumbags owning these types of dogs that's an issue, it's people with little or no dog experience, little or no knowledge on how to read a dogs body language. A dog baring it's teeth is not necessarily aggressive & a dog wagging it's tall is not necessarily friendly.

Dogs are not human, they don't want to be hugged & they don't want to be kissed & they are not there for our amusement. A laid back dog might tolerate this treatment but a less tolerant one will eventually react.

I personally don't believe banning any breed will work as another will come along to fill the void. I think a special license should be needed to own any breed over a certain weight & that license should need renewing yearly after a temperament test on the dog & an elevation on the owner. But that would be too much like hard work for the powers that be & would not soothe those who just want the dogs destroyed so I guess that will never happen & the cycle is destined to be repeated, just a different decade & a different breed.

Nor will they care if the dogs are banned, sieze their dog, they will get another, no skin off their nose.

Or the exact same so why not try something different?

Well Governments have the ability to enforce laws, its whether they have the will. Its the same with everything.

How about your dog kills someone , you get life in prison? That might deter plenty of owners.

It mauls someone and leaves them with life changing injuries? You get 10-15 years. I would sign that petition.

Exactly, targeting the dog is getting us no where, target the person we might see something different.