AGAIN! Something must be done

Yes. And ban the owners from ever owning a dog again. ANY dog. And if they are caught with a dog, it's taken off them, and the owner gets 5 years in prison.

The dodgy breeders who have been breeding XLs have been crossing XLs with Cane Corso for some time, so this breed will also have the dodgy bloodline.

What could go wrong

Fucking fools.

But yes it will just be breed after breed after breed.

I guess the answer has to lie in restricting breeding, but then that's a bummer for people like us who got our amazing dog from what would be condemned by MN as 'backyard breeders' but in reality were absolutely incredible dog owners and dedicated to raising the most healthy well adjusted litter they possibly could. And yes, litter singular. They had no plans to breed the mum again, and they didn't profit from it either. So I know it's not black and white, but we do need to accept that grossly irresponsible breeding is at the heart of this issue. Plus people just don't know enough about dogs, about their body language and signs of being uncomfortable and need for activity and space etc etc. So they might not mean to be shit owners, but they are 😬

Always the same calibre of people who own these devil dogs. Status symbol for the chavtastics. Cull every single last one of them.

Euthanise them all.

Appearances can be deceptive. And anyway. How do you know it wasn’t a rescue dog when you see a dog like this for example .

If I see one of these types of breeds with mutilated ears or tail I judge the Fuck out of the owner, instantly & without a second thought. Nice soft ears & full tail = no judgement

Exactly this. 'well any dog can attack' is the most breathtakingly ignorant, ill-informed, and ludicrous comment anyone can make. When a poodle or chinuahua attacks you end up with a few stitches. When a fucking XL Bully attacks, your family is arranging your funeral. What a STUPID comment to say 'errr well all dogs attack.' I can't even.

Oh FFS, that post is not even worthy of a response. 🙄

I agree.

Attention is turning to the cane corso now. That will be the next status dog of choice for these idiot owners.

All over FB video feeds of Cane corso looking scary with voice overs telling you 'facts' including how a cane corso has a great bite force. Cane corso dogs wearing thick gold chains and bearing their teeth, followed by a cute shot of it snuggled up to the owners child. The dodgy breeders who have been breeding XLs have been crossing XLs with Cane Corso for some time, so this breed will also have the dodgy bloodline.

No, but guns aren’t deadly until someone picks one up and shoots it. We still banned them.

Yes any dog can be unpredictable and attack but you are far less likely to lose your life being attacked by a chihuahua. I don’t know why anyone would want these dogs in their home. I don’t care how “well” they are trained.

Give over

Would you rather fight off a jack Russel or an xl bully

Ok but what's the breed most likely to kill humans?

Mosquitoes bite and kill more humans than sharks (by many many many magnitudes) every year, but I'd still rather take my chances head to head with a mosquito.

Jack Russells can be arsey little twats but I could launch one into next week if it went for me. Not so an XL bully...

ANY dog is capable of this type of thing and statistically there are many other breeds which are far more aggressive.

Pretending it's just XL's because they're the "hot" breed to be reported on in the news, and they "look" aggressive (whatever that means) is incredibly naïve.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/list-of-dogs-most-likely-to-attack-humans-see-jack-russell-terriers-terrorising-liverpool-a6797711.html

People have got this ridiculous idea from other people who have referred to Staffordshire bull terriers as nanny dogs.

I have a Staffordshire x Boston and someone said to me 'aw I love staffies they are nanny dogs' and proceeded to tell me the most elaborate story of their history....which was complete bollox. They were bred to fight other dogs. The men used to hide their injured dogs in the pram. These dogs were never bred to guard babies. On the plus side Staffordshire bull terriers were bred in such a way that all dogs showing any aggression to humans were culled. They culled any dog that they couldn't safely part in a fight.

There is a lot of ignorance, and it's not just coming from idiot XL owners.

To those who say all bull breeds should be banned, I ask does this include such breeds as Boston terriers? boxers? because anyone suggesting a Boston (also originally bred for dog fighting) is a menace is a bit dim.

This is what I mean about it not being just shit owners or terribly bred dangerous dogs. People are breeding these monsters but then people are buying them for £££ so people breed them and people buy them and on and on.

Anyone who knows anything about dogs would run a mile from the shitty "breeders" these dogs are coming from.

Humans have fucked these dogs up to the point that yep, they're dangerous. There's no safe way to own one IMO. But it's not the dogs' fault, they're victims too.

I do think they all need euthanising tbh at this point. But it won't stop the actual fundamental problem. It'll be another breed next, and then another.

I think it would help if they widely published why the breed is so dangerous. People blame irresponsible owners but thanks to this thread I have read about Killer Kombo and he was a product of brother and sister mating! Inbreeding will always cause issues. They need to spell out that the blood line is so poor that it leads to them just snapping. I wasn't sure euthanasia was the option and thought dog licencing would be better but after reading about the gene pool I can see how it's the only option. It's awful what people do to dogs in the name of breeding and organisations that praise deformities such a flat noses, docked body parts and over the top stockiness should be shut down. Breeding should be licenced only to stop this cruelty

Killer Kimbo, who has a history of violent offspring.

The perils of picking a suitable puppy for the kids! I mean how would one know???

I dont like the way he speaks about people who are nervous of the breed or are wary. He makes me cringe.

I don't like them, the fight instinct is bred into their very core. I could not trust one and I hate the thought of them been in a house with children. Some of the language used on this thread has being awful. We are all learning, the replies to @iamreallyabee were toe curling. Some of you sound like lunatics and to be honest, you sound like the very chavs you hate so much. Imagine writing what some of you have written about a 23 year old woman who was mauled to death by a dog. Some of you need help. Some of you will be raising children. It's so messed up.

Probably pissed too, of course.

Not merely violent- but all out Killing - Human killing offspring.
children and adults- .

As an aside, many of these animals do look more like a monster than a dog. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, etc, but it feels perverse to breed or seek out a dog that is frankly a freaky monstrosity and clearly looks like it was bred to kill, and then go on about how sweet and soft and cuddly they are. Strikes me as a form of mental illness, tbh.

I think with dogs with that strength you need to be able to read their body language, and how they react to every thing. And it makes me angry the tictok/twitter streams of hard men teasing small dogs. And the dogs get the bad rap for been small snappy things. And the next generation of hard man dog breed is already here, and even more are wanting them.

You're spot on. Even in the most decent of families you'll find well intentioned but ignorant owners who think training a dog is completely beyond them (and it isn't, most dogs are really quite easily trained). Thus shed loads of family dogs are a law unto themselves - which can be a serious problem if your dog is a super heavyweight!