Dangerous Dogs Owners

Think Simon Harris wants results, so Helen McEntee is going to be under pressure to get AGS to police this.

They will have to contract in professional Dog Handlers to work with AGS.

Get rid of the XL's then identify what other Breeds need attention, Pit Bulls etc.

They are just fashion accessories for scobies, no need for these dangerous breeds.

A lot of animal rescues will have to put down any of these dogs they have now.

Goes to show how quick they can enact legislation for this. If only they would put the same effort in to puppy farms

Just goes to show they were shítty owners all along.

Well Ireland again follows UK, pretty sure there are better examples in Europe how to deal with the problem.. But no, we'll go the easy way, without actually doing anything.. Anything else would actually require work and effort and that's a no go here..

From the article:

Nora Smith, Chief Executive of the USPCA, said that a ban on a small number of other breeds in the UK, that has been in existence for more than 30 years, has failed to reduce the number of dog attacks.

Ms Smith said: "It sounds like action.

"It sounds like a really positive step to say 'we're banning a breed and that will stop dog attacks'. It hasn't worked for 32 years so why is it going to happen now?"

Ms Smith said that the answer to dog aggression is "much more complex and nuanced" and comes down to things like how the dog is bred, its life experiences, how responsible its owner is and socialisation.

She said that a big part of this is responsible dog ownership and there needs to be a bigger conversation around breeding.

Any dog can be aggressive in the wrong environment and in the wrong hands, those are the complex issues we need to deal with," she added.

Ms Smith said "simply branding one breed as aggressive lures the public into a false sense of security".

She added that it "isn't going to fundamentally address the issue of dog attacks".

Things like these were pointed out many times since this thread started, yet some people think ban is going to sort out anything.., in the country which has absolutely no control over the dog owners, not able to enforce the very basics rules when it comes to dog ownership, breeding etc. Non existing statistics on dog's attacks, no nothing.

But hooray we have a first dog ban.

Absolutely laughable IMO.

On the locking jaw...

Doesn't exist.

So is the back jaw.

Do you remember that one?

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2024/0712/1459647-xl-bully/

Articles like this make my blood boil. What do they mean 'they fell in love with the breed'. This is a very weird thing to say. I don't really want to know about their 'thing' for that particular breed.

I could not care less with their love of any breed and this article reads like we should give a feck but I don't.

They talk about the dog breed being 'misrepresented'. This is another really weird thing to say. It hardly reads the press and is offended like some minority group.

If a dog even if only because it's not 'treated properly' (whatever that entails I couldn't care less) is capable of a viscous assault leading to death then it should be banned. We can't go around checking to see if everyone is going to treat their dog properly.

Just ban the breed, stop breeding them, and they will die out. Who care, it's only a breed. It's still just a dog there are loads of breeds of dogs to choose from.

I have to say, there is something really odd about some dog owners. It's like they think being a dog owner makes them a someone.

What you are saying is that all dogs are equally dangerous. They clearly are not.

And if you have to ban them all to avoid deaths, then do that then I wouldn't care. I'm sick listening to them barking in the neighbourhood anyway, I'd hardly miss that.

Or we could ban the most dangerous dogs and (and bear with me on this, as it's a radical thought I know) - we could also properly enforce punishments on the owners of dogs that are mistreated or neglected.

I don't think it's an either/or choice, is it?

Are you really saying that the reason Nicole Morey was killed by her dog(s) was that she had failed to teach them the "down" command?

So what's your suggestion then? Keep calm and carry on, it's all grand?

That's not really fair comment, is it?

Oh come on now. Thought you can do better..

Ah ok, I've posted plenty of resources and my own opinions on the problem, in case you've missed it. Calling me on trolling surely must be a joke. There are posters here suggesting killing dogs and owners on sight, etc. But yeah I'm a troll. Saturday weak moment on your side I would guess.