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My aunty has a rescued greyhound, someone threw it out of a car near her home.
MK - you'll find this may have a synergistic effect ; you may be even more nervous from now on when you see a canine. They pick up on this etc etc..
Dogs = just another example of how our society is so complacement + unable to deal with such problems/risks.
Owners also increasingly more selfish, more likely to own a dangerous dog (why TWO alsatians ?), less likely to accept responsibility (eg blame the runner !) + less likely to put the effort/love that is required to properly train a dog
Such a pity as they really can be man's best friend
As a dog-owner and trainer for many many years, there have been some good points made on here but also a load of tosh. Muzzling a dog that has never misbehaved, never attempted to bite anyone, is well-trained and always on a leash is tantamount to cruel and unusual punishment. A very large part of a dog's life relates to his ability to track smells, and wearing a muzzle the dog cannot drink water on a hot hot day either.
A 'dangerous' dog, i.e. one that is untrained or has demonstrated agressive behaviour of any sort should simply not be taken out amongst the general public. Period.
Legislation - do what the Germans did and bring in a 'dog owner's license' for which both owner and animal have to attend a training course and pass an exam.
Such a pity as they really can be man's best friend
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Absolutely bang on.
I really adore dogs.
:-)
I've not contributed to teh debate in any way at al, just wanted to say that!
And when I need to leave them for a couple of days (very rarely, they normally travel with us), I leave them with a trainer friend who has SIX German Shepherds and takes out our 2 plus his 6 all together. Never been a problem - all 8 are thoroughly trained and recognize that Juergen is boss.
I realize it takes a lot of time, patience, and effort to train a dog, I've done it often enough, and that's where the real problem lies - the owners are too lazy.
Didn't kill anybody either!
Strangly, or maybe not, when we are all running free the dogs totally ignore other people and dogs.
I've always thought it is too easy to own a dog.
Fackin bruise it left too!
I hit it with the paper, and the woman came out! Said the bugger just bit my arse and she said......"there was no need to hit it???"....NO NEED?