Man strangles dog
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A man appeared to strangle his dog after it attacked a four-year-old boy in a Birmingham park... ... ... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/8322343.stm
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It's not the breed that's the problem, but the breed is potentially dangerous, and in this case, it was - more so than a dog like a Collie or a Jack Russell.
You can't say that the man is a psychopath just for these actions.
Though, as I said, he was/is at fault for not having the dog on a lead, and he was crass in dumping the dog.
What breed? On the limited information we have, it sounds like it might have been a cross breed
And FYI a Collie killed a kid not too long ago
He strangled his dog, so I don't think you can say that he's mentally balanced. Other breeds can be just as vicious, but the media only ever seems to feed public prejudice/hysteria. I think the main problem is the image that particular breeds have; they are perceived as being "tough" and so will attract a certain type of owner. This results in a vicious circle.
Yes it does and those that scream the loudest about "BAN THESE DEVIL DOGS" are oblivious to the harm they do, by propagating the incorrect myth that certain breeds are inherently aggressive to humans.
I'd go one step further. I think that all dogs have the potential to be aggressive, regardless of ownership.
It's just that some need very different stimuli than others (the result of how they've been treated)
All dogs have wolf like instincts and good training is the only way to keep dogs reasonably well behaved.
Untrained or badly trained dogs of any breed are flaming menace
Referring to the article, he did not need to take such drastic action.
I would have reported the owner for allowing a dog to attack a child and let the authorities deal with it.
we have NO right, taking an animals life away.
animals were on the earth, before human beings, we should feel honoured, and privileged that the animals let us share the planet with them.
humans DO NOT rule the earth, we are merely the lease-holders.
I slapped him not that hard but enough to know that it was wrong. He cried all the way home and then as a secondary punishment he was put on a lead downstairs in the house while I went upstairs ( He cried for an hour because he didnt like being left alone)
I felt absoloutly shit disciplining him like this. but I dont know what I would have done if he attacked a kid probably would have phoned the police myself though
I'm an owner of a border collie and have to say that although those statistics might ring true, they still don't tell the whole picture. Collies tend to use nipping as a means of herding/controlling (this can be trained out of them, in as much as you can take it out; my dog doesn't do this), but to those who have been nipped, they think it's a bite (and it is, albeit not serious). You'll find that collies are less prone than a lot of dogs to savage, though (maybe because the nip has had the desired effect). Mix a type of dog with a reputation with a type of owner with a yearning for a "reputation", and you'll find that savaging will be the first form of attack that that dog will take.
Well the pit bull is banned
And if your vet really says that about pedigree Staffordshire Bull Terriers then i'd be questioning how good a vet he is, 'cos that contradicts all the information i've ever found about them
No problem.
Bull Terriers were bred to fight other dogs. To this end, they had to be exceptionally good with humans, so a fight could be broken up if neccesary.
Thus, they were selectively bred accordingly. People who think they have some kind of natural aggression problem against humans need to put the Sun down and seek out some credible facts
What makes it any less safe than the dogs you've referred to? They were all bred for something related to their prey drive
Time and again we see the aftermath of bad bites and attacks and no one seems to be admitting we are actually keeping potentially dangerous animals in our homes and must therefore take full responsibility for this and keeping people and other animals safe.
Sadly the SBT is the current dog for chav scum. The tiny few that do attack tend to be owned by pond life who were never going to take any responsibility. The vast majority of owners would and do agree with what you're saying.
But that's no reason to not have one