Another XL Bully Attack

As an afterthought. I did say XL breed should be destroyed. I am definitely not defending the breed or the owner. I would make attack by dog a prosecutable offence similar to an attack with a lethal weapon if I had my way. I'm a dog trainer with a cockapoo and a golden retriever. Both highly trained , but I would never leave them with a child unsupervised.

The two peas in a pod quote also had me thinking wtf?

Dreadful, but we're back at "..had never shown any form of aggression and was out of character."

And apparently the baby and dog were like "two peas in a pod."

9 deaths by Labrador attacks in UK. Government figure. Does every dog attack end in death? The story I posted for was a child bitten but not killed.

Pets or not, the existing ones all need put down too; they are too unpredictable and dangerous.

Nice try, but the labrador is less likely to kill you with its bite.

BBC News - Two held as baby hurt in suspected XL bully attack
www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62zgng1k5yo

Firstly I agree XL bully should all be destroyed. Secondly staffs do not have a lock jaw. It's a common misconception but use Google or ask a vet. Unfortunately if you do destroy all dangerous dogs they will just get a new kind of dangerous dog. Malinois are suddenly common on our streets now. A dog bred for guarding and it's attacking abilities and made famous through special forces and John wick. Morons will always go for a dog that makes them feel big and hard. Let's bring an owners register into this country where you have to prove your fit to look after a dog. On a final note. A chihuahua attacked a 3 year old girl who needed 87 stitches in her face.( That story only made the local news . If it had been an XL it would of been everywhere )All dogs will attack and need to be trained. Unfortunately 98% of the time it is the owners fault through not training the animal they own. Wether you agree or not is your human right but I go off research and statistics, not just the stories that will sell newspapers or get you to click on a story for likes and views. Check the government and RSPCA websites for reliable figures and facts. The number one dog most likely to bite you in the UK? That beautiful, loving , faithful and cuddly Labrador!!!

There are several instances of American Bulldog listed on the Wikipedia for dog deaths so it’s understandable that people are concerned that they are a danger as well as XL Bullys. Presumably if it’s a smaller dog it will be less of a threat to older children and adults but they are responsible for killing infants. Even if a dog has a great temperament all it’s life, there could still be something that causes it to react.

I dont own an xl bully ...

Why would you do that?

It seems a mistake a fair few have made

Your basically telling me my children are going to die ...8 years of my girl ...been through 4 pregnancies with me ..I trust her more than any human

You really haven't learned anything at all.

You are, however, perfectly demonstrating the mentality of a typical XL beast owner.

Exactly.

So the “you have to wonder if it’s the owners or the pets” is nonsense.

There is no wondering. It exists as a statistical fact.

We're gonna need a bigger page ...

If you put dog deaths UK in Wikipedia it lists every dog killing by decade. Almost all are XLs or staffies or pitbulls.

Well I just went down a bit of a rabbit hole there reading differences between the breeds and some of the blogs out there are just mental! I asked Google what the difference was between XL bullies and bulldogs. They both look like bloody terrifying dogs tbh. Yet at least 4 of these blogs are people writing that the XL bully makes a fantastic family pet!!!! Wtf???

Pitbulls were created from dogs taken to the USA. These dogs descend from the old Bull & Terrier dogs first bred in the UK. Pitbulls are lean, different shape head and jaw, muscular but long limbed and athletic.

The American Bull dog has no terrier in it and desended from mastif and bull dogs.

They are neither related nor the same dog.

However, I've no doubt that the numptie breeders especially here in the UK have not only smuggled a large dog of pitbull descent into the UK in the form of American Bully but subsequently these idiots have bred these with American bull dogs, staffs, cane corso and mastif type dogs. Why? obviously to muddy the waters by creating dogs that escape BSL. And yes the press use these names interchangeably.

Not really no ....8 years with my dog is enough for me to know her ..she isn't a pitbull or a fighting dog.

And therein lies the problem.

Your basically telling me my children are going to die ...8 years of my girl ...been through 4 pregnancies with me ..I trust her more than any human

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c80e8d7g7d8o

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/aug/22/police-hunt-two-american-bulldog-type-dogs-after-birmingham-death

https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/american-bulldog-attacked-three-people-29928853

https://www.animals24-7.org/2024/07/27/american-bulldogs-are-in-fact-pit-bulls-childs-death-demonstrates/

tick tock, tick tock

They all have fighting breed genes.

An American bulldog is not a pitbull neither has it been created with one

Why on earth would you risk your children with an XL, knowing they were banned in England and Wales? Does Scottish air make them less susceptible to mauling? Obviously not. I hope you have shared the video on media channels, to raise awareness. So so stupid.

All bully breeds have it in them to maul. You have merely been lucky so far with your other bull mutts.

Thanks @Carol4155 for coming onto this thread and telling your experience. It must have been terrifying. The definition of learning the hard way, but thank goodness not only your older dog survived but none of your children were harmed. I do hope you try as much as you can to do what @SunriseMonsters suggested and keep using your voice to inform those people with these dogs who still have their fingers in their ears.

The breeder you spoke about sounds completely ignorant and in total denial. Any respectable breeder who hears of and sees proof of a vicious attack by one of their dogs would I presume immediately investigate their processes and ensure that this was something to be stopped in future breeding. I'm not involved at all in dog breeding but I imagine reputable breeders would not continue a line that was proved faulty, with an attack like that.

People with these dogs need to wake up.