A pit bull dog below in Wexford the latest episode of a child been savaged . Are these dogs suitable for pets .
PS The only people with Pitbulls or similar in our town are involved in drug dealing and or general criminality.
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Not in public areas without trained people.
Do you actually have a dog? Because I don't really get why would you ask this question otherwise.
That lone animal, yes.
Which, supporting my central point, is more evidence to suggest it is not a particular breed/genetic makeup of dog that is the problem, but criminally negligent owners, therefore no ban or wiping out of pit bulls is logical or necessitated.
Don't give a crap. Should have been put down first as well as its owner.
I said, that user was assigning the descriptor of "innocent" to "innocent child" to make an emotional argument. I pointed out there's no need to call the child innocent. The child isn't on trial here, the dog is almost certainly slated to be destroyed.
Of course it could have tossed me to the ground. Like I said, it could have easily killed myself, itself, the dog, the walkers, and any other random stranger on the road. I've worked with horses for 20 odd years, and currently work professionally with both dogs and horses (and a wide variety of other animals, some of whom are stronger again), so you don't need to tell me there's a risk.
But luck had little to do with it. The only luck was that the dog didn't get as far as us. Majority of incidents that happen with and around animals is human fault. Large animals, including large dogs, can and do be owned safely and are fine in public. Some are owned by idiots. Some people (often around horses) act like an idiot and cause issues.
By your logic, people shouldn't have service/assistance dogs.
Was the dog not trained properly or was it trained to be a fighting dog?
And the dog.
I don't think you have to make a comparison to a bear, they aren't that. I haven't said they aren't potentially more dangerous to humans than other breeds, I think that's QED common knowledge. All dogs can be behaviorally aggressive toward humans, not all breeds that are aggressive are as present a danger to life/limb as bull mastiffs etc.; we can admit these animals need more than casual care and attention than other animals as neglect in them can easily exchange to a violent outcome. I see that more as a public social challenge though to educate dog owners and adoptees the same, not something that should be solved, as the torches and pitchforks crowd wants to like/thank by the dozen, by wiping them out or banning them. Not only do I think it infeasible I think it would be inhumane and done for capricious reasons, when the majority of those animals did nothing wrong and are behaving to our societal norms.
He’s totally “playing”- but how do you define “playing” in dog terms?
No, the fault lies entirely with the owner who left a dangerous dog loose, knowing that dog had already attacked another child.
There appears to be little to no enforcement around rules whereby certain dogs are to be kept on lead and muzzled.
Any of us that exercises in the outdoors can confirm that there are absolutely fantastic owners and then others who quite frankly have zero business owning a dog as they are completely irresponsible.
Certain dog breeds seem to attract certain owners. I have on more then one occasion seen pit bulls or other bully type dogs with owners who are struggling with them as they are so strong. From what I can see it’s usually the lads who think they are hard men that own them.
Every dog has the potential to bite. However, some breeds it’s more likely to be one bite and that’s it. For other breeds they are more likely to bite multiple times and with a stronger bite. This is problem with the likes of a pit bull. They can cause huge damage.
This is such an unnecessary thing to happen. That dog should have been no where near that child unless it was muzzled and on its lead walking past the child with its owner. I think we need to seriously consider making dog owners legally responsible for their dog’s actions, because right now too many have the attitude of my dog wouldn’t hurt a fly and yet can’t control the dog.
You didn't say the child was possibly at fault? No?
Maybe I read your post wrong?
And yet dog breeding is just eugenics by another name.
That’s one good thing anyway, the end of the Husky craze. So many kept in tiny spaces getting next to no exercise.
I would not agree with a breed being destroyed (as opposed to just not breeding them anymore) but genocide? I mean, "gen" comes from the Greek for race.
Are your pets not?
A lot of pearl clutching tonight and feeding off of a tragedy to dream up some sick **** to do to millions of other dogs who weren't involved, banning the lot of them, wiping them out of the gene pool, and other fancy euphemisms to excuse the practice.
Im not talking about this animal in this attack, this animal is being destroyed. The child is not on trial.
I chimed into thread when rabble rousers went and started banging on about wiping out the pit bull as a species/breed.
Small man syndrome... 🙃 Yeah we all know about that one.
Every time people fook up something, on this thread it's dogs, who gets the blame..
Labs have made the Australian Gold Cost restricted list this year and I remember from 2016 a report saying they are responsible for most bites. Probably due to so many people having them. It was a small cross breed terrier that killed the seal in the UK. Labrador Retriever are on the list that are likely to bite including Jack Russel which we all know suffer from small man syndrome
Jesus Christ! Read what you just wrote. How could you even make such a statement?! Wow.
Like people blaming a child with a free roaming vicious dog? Which I pointed out and got a level 1 warning for(whatever that is).
Probably not, just few clowns here calling for euthanising something they haven't got a clue about.
I can assure you, I'm not picking on this dog owner.
Wouldn't effect society in the least.
That's beautiful. Really hit me in the cockles.
I work as a dog walker and I can reassure you that most, not all, but certainly the vast majority of dogs love going out for a walk with someone else for a bit of variety. I had a dog walker for my own dog when I was injured. He loved her so much that we invited her over to cheer him up when he was unwell. I don't know why you're picking on this dog owner for taking proper responsibility for their dogs needs.
I wouldn’t shed a tear if they were all euthanised.
Not so sure how this is benefiting to society either.
Family member 🙄. Jesus wept.
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