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This is what's missing in the USA: Criminal prosecution of irresponsible dog owners. The UK is definitely on the right track.
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Originally posted by Brave New World ......You can now receive 14 years in prison for a fatal dog attack, can receive five years in prison for an attack which leads to serious injury and can receive three years in prison if your dog attacks a guide dog for the blind or other assistance dog supporting individuals with a recognised disability or medical condition.
I am understanding and not disagree with this pitbull thing, except for;
- the media and government often classifies almost every dog attack as a "pitbull" regardless if it is a pitbull or not, and "pitbull mix" gets sued but the other "mix" never gets a label; so you will not hear "a lab mix attacked someone", you just will hear the "pitbull mix". No DNA testing or anything is conducted, just by a god awful phenotype evaluation and that is it.
"The dogs - both thought to be a pit bull mix known as a Shar-Pei..."
A Shar-Pei is now considered a pitbull mix?
As I stated, the media and government loves to classify as many dogs as possible as a pitbull, or more commonly, pitbull mix. They do not need proof, evidence, nothing, if it even has a 1% resemblance to one, they will classify as such.
A dog is an animal. Any animal can sometimes bite and attack unexpectedly with tragic results including domestic ones. We expect so much of our dogs & put them in in such unnatural situations, really. We don't watch the body language of the dog, we don't understand it. We don't believe our own pet has it's stress limits! We don't remove our dogs from certain situations that would really keep everyone safer. We think it's going to be okay when it's not. I am surprised more people don't die from dog attacks, to be honest.
By the way, I LOVE dogs with a passion. I owned a pit bull mix. She was amazing, but she was not a perfect angel. To keep her, I had to use constant diligence, get a reality check, read loads of books, hire a behaviorist, and manage her behavior. She was a rescue, though, not a well-bred specimen. Everyone's dog is different
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I like the look of pitbulls but not the look or actions of many of their owners. I think the jerk thug wanna bees get a tough dog to make themselves look tough.
I remember driving through a rough area of a city and I saw some "dude" walking his pitbull and it was wearing a ridiculously heavy chain a round its neck that weighed down its head. The chain look liked something from the deck of the Titanic.
Another idiot had his pitbulls out for a walk and they were tied to and dragging a tire.
I guess they were trying to make their dogs stronger for fighting.
Any dog can be a killer but and pitbulls are more naturally inclined for violence but it is the attitude of their deusche bag owners that make them more dangerous.
ANY dog can be a killer?? How can you possibly believe that?
you hit it right on the head... well said. Their illegal in the UK not the lions ...
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