TW - Upsetting information: XL Bully attack *edited by MNHQ

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You came on here to express an opinion that defies logic and rational thinking, defies facts and evidence, and now you're spouting word salad to make yourself sound impressive.

Instead it makes you sound like you lack critical thinking skills and you're justifying it as though its some clever thought out social experiment to put an opinion out there that isn't the norm.

Funnily enough, it's possible to be 2 things at once, logical and emotional on account of us not being robots.

Get a grip 🙄

So many apologists!

Numerous dog owners killed or severely injured by xl bully's in their own 'control'.

It's bad enough that I've been google searching the best way to defend myself and daughter from any potential attacks.

You don’t have to read it when you see the title of the thread.
It is sadly what many owners are dealing with on a daily basis up and down the country.Many are left with very expensive vet bills others die.

There is having a little dog with bad attitude, and a dog that is bred to fight to the death that is over 100 lbs.There is no comparison and anyone who thinks otherwise is delusional.

That is terrifying OP.

That poor little dog and the owner.
I would sign a gov.uk petition to call for them all to be humanely destroyed to keep the public and other dogs safe.

One of the idiots who is playing hero and shipping them off to Scotland has indeed had a
little run in with one of the XL bullies he is transporting.Of course he will be rehoming this dog with no checks on who he is rehoming to.He has already had one dog shot after it attacked another, a dog called Kilo got shot by police.
Can guess when he went to the hospital he said it was a chihuahua that bit him.

The media shows u what they want to. Isnt it funny how one attack now all of a sudden theres how many in the papers? Look into other dog breeds that have killed? Theres plenty…

Agree, could've just been called "XL bully attacks another dog" we don't need distressing graphic details of the extent of the attack in the literal title.

A friend of my brothers has one of these dogs. I remember her showing me pics when she'd just got it and all I could think was "the same breed that killed that 10 year old boy?" as it was right after that attack. Been so so many since then. I have no idea how she's coping with it now, she has other smaller dogs too. At one point I heard she was struggling for money so I have no idea how she even affords to keep it. She seems like a nice lady but prone to very bad decision making. I have no idea why she got it.

Why do you think it’s odd.Are you trying to say it never happened.

Would someone ever set up a zoo for these nasty creatures. Let the xl bully lovers go enjoy them there and spare the the rest of us

Agree. The more publicity the better

If irresponsible people owned corgis there still wouldn’t be the shit show and maulings that occur with XL bullies.

Indeed! I think the title should stand, we should not avoid facing the threat posed by these animals.

To be honest, I really only came on here to see what would happen if I expressed an opinion in opposition to the main argument and the people on here have not disappointed me.
You've all been as aggressive as the dogs we're discussing so does that mean euthanasia all around?
I think a rational head and unemotional logic will get us farther towards a solution to this issue than mass hysteria and bringing out the pitch forks.

Reading a title of a post is distressing? OMG.

I do think the owners should face jail and questioning dogs are animals at the end of the day if u cant control it dont have it. If your dog is vicious whar do we do as owners? We train and we take them to dog trajners? Its down to the owners. Dogs arent like this naturally its mix breeding bloodlines genetics breeding these mongrols and then blaming the dogs for erratic behaviour. There needs to be regulations in place. Look at when covid hit every man and hit dog started breeding because everyone wanted a dog? they dont know what they are doing.

You can't ignore the statistics, they speak for themselves unfortunately.

As someone who LOVES dogs…what’s in a breeds nature is in breed’s nature, do I believe they are ALL aggressive, no I don’t, but the vast majority will be as it’s what is bread into them…though the owner also plays a big part in it. For me it’s difficult, but unless passing some sort of exemption test they probably should as a breed be humanly euthanised. However, I don’t think MN is the best place to raise the issue as there is a massive hate for dogs (for some unknown reason) e.g. I have a collie and if she was to bite anyone it would be her last day (she’s fantastic with adults/kids/dogs) and gets walked off lead but there’s 1029338484838 people on MN who would say no dog should be walked off lead just because they have no “right” to be off the lead as they don’t approve.

I wondered what the sentence would be for an owner of a dangerous dog that attacks a human.

https://www.cps.gov.uk/mersey-cheshire/news/mother-and-son-jailed-after-xl-bully-dog-attack-child

Life-changing injuries inflicted onto a little boy. The two people involved were sentenced to 24 and 20 months. What a joke.

There is a numbnut that has one of these in my area. One early morning when I was getting into my car, at the time he was walking it close by, it pulled the leash out of the numbnut's hand and went for me. Thankfully I got in my car and slammed the door shut just in time.

These dogs need to be euthanised. It's not the owner, it's the dog. It is in their genetics.

From a vet:

Call for ban on XL bully dogs in Ireland
Speaking to BBC News NI, James Madden, who is also a vet and a member of the working group examining dog control measures in the Republic of Ireland, has advocated for a ban similar to the one currently in force in the UK.

"It's the potential to inflict injury that makes these dogs so dangerous, they're incredibly strong and the force of their jaws have the ability to cause serious damage," he said.
"We are seeing more and more XL bullies in the Republic as the sale and breeding is not restricted here and more and more people want them so there is a market here."
Mr Madden also works with training dog wardens and said he is hearing more and more reports of XL bullies being aggressive and attacking members of the public.

I think those who are defending the breed have missed the point. An XL bully has ripped off the back legs of another dog. Several people & dogs have died or been mutilated by the breed. Irrespective of how responsible or irresponsible the owners are this breed and this breed alone needs to be looked at again. There is no defence for mutilating or killing a defenceless animal or human being. If it were a person we would all be demanding justice.

Woman who was an ''advocate'' for XL ownership ''I don't give a fuck what you think'' was ripped apart by her own dogs.

www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/06/05/xl-bully-mauls-woman-death-birthday-ireland-limerick/

honestly why is this country as soft as shit? Why are we not euthanising these monsters?