Neighbour’s XL Bully

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My neighbour has one of these dogs, which to be fair I always on a lead, but I’m so bloody scared of it when I am out walking my dog. He says it’s friendly and our dogs have sniffed each other and he while on leads, but I just feel so uneasy. I feel that if he slipped and that dog got loose it would be such a danger to everyone around. The area I live in is mainly families with young children and I just can’t understand why someone would get this kind of dog?

I understand all dogs can be aggressive, but all dogs don’t have this power and muscle that means they can easily kill!

Our government is a joke. Who needs to get mailed to death before they ban this gross breed. Steer very clear.

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Totally agree with you. Not to mention foxes, goats (they can be agressive buggers), bulls.

Or in a town with humans. I'd worry about them more to be honest. Especially ones with knives and guns. Or a drug problem. Or aggresive alcoholics.

But it sounds like they are mitigating the risk. It's walked on a lead & interacted with your dog just fine.

The neighbour is just as likely to be able to kill you but I doubt you want anyone you couldn't overpower banning.

As with a lot of dogs I think it comes down to the owner.

Pitbulls shouldnt be allowed to be adopted by novice dog owners.

Check out Bronson the Bully on Instagram - he and his brother Kush are the most adorable, loving pitbulls.

I would be extremely wary.

A good friend of mine suffered a horrible attack from two of them recently. Her lovely dog was almost killed and has had to have a leg amputated, my friend was in hospital for several days and will be recovering for some time yet. She could so easily have been killed. Two attending police officers struggled to get the XL Bullies under control.

The Bullies were destroyed. It is unfair on the dogs and everyone else around them if they are not owned by extremely responsible people.

Please educate yourself

A lead will not contain a 60 kg bull type dog when they decide to attack. An adult man isn't even guaranteed to be able to pull it away.

A lead is not adequate risk mitigation when you consider the potential damage they can cause.

Ugh, an XL bully owner then. Do you not read the news? This breed being friendly is the exception, rather than the rule.

what happens if he loses control of the dog becomes aggressive vs what happens if I lose control of my spaniel ?

Yanbu at all. Where I live a child and an old lady have been killed by these dogs. They should be banned. And all the apologists in this thread have no idea.
They are freaks of nature and bred to be aggressive.
I love dogs but wouldn't go anywhere near one.

Definitely YANBU. Dog lover here, one of these jumped out of a hedge near me, wouldn't leave me and dog alone, I was terrified.

Mainly because a few people have been killed by this breed. They are massive and sadly some people, some, have them because they look aggressive. How many people have the breed killed this year?

Hopefully your neighbour is responsible and it's a well loved and trained pet, but I'd not take any chances and mend any holes in the fence. I try and subtly cross the road with kids tbh, don't want to offend the owners, I love big dogs but these have been bred to look like beasts!

@Dente same goes for any dog doesn't it? Are you suggesting people are only entitled to get fluffy spaniels or breeds that you approve of in case they lose control?
What if you lose control of you spaniel and it kills a small child? Or runs into the road and causes an accident?

They should have restrictions on who can own one and where one can be housed.

7 of the 16 dog deaths in the UK in the last three years alone were due to attacks by XL bullies.
OP is absolutely not unreasonable to not trust this dog, and everyone whining about the “owner not the breed” being the problem really need to pipe down considering we have fuck all mechanism for ensuring these enormous, powerful dogs are owned by responsible people.

What happens if the lions up the road from me in the zoo escape, what happens if someone loses control of their car, what happens if the neighbour loses control and goes on a murderous rampage.

Plenty of things can kill you,my dog has been attacked 3 times, once quite badly, all by owners shouting "don't worry he's friendly " & none were bull breeds.

I agree all dogs should come with licensing conditions but that's another thread completely.

Unless you're going to move or kill the dog yourself I wouldn't waste any more energy worrying about it. I'm sure you'll survive.

YABU and wasting energy along with causing yourself unnecessary anxiety about 'what ifs'

That is not a healthy way to live.

It’s probably picking up on your nerves.

I don't think you understand rescue. There are hundreds of dogs coming through for emergency care, rescue, appraisal every month. Therefore you see a tiny tiny percentage of socialised xl bull breeds. More than any other breed bull breeds get ' switched' really fast by fast movement, sudden movement or challenge. This is why so many of them that kill kids were previously 'perfect' with kids. They are not stable. My GSD all come from obedience lines where every dog has to pass a hugely complicated test- with people, stress, other dogs, odd situations etc. Only dogs that pass get bred from- so you can be mostly sure that they are pretty balanced dogs. There is none of this testing for bull breeds so lots are backyard bred, mostly in shitty council estates. They are used in drug making houses, to police drug dealers houses, prostitution etc. Completely unstable and should be banned.

I'd be very vary too. I don't care if it hasn't shown any previous sign of aggression. I wouldn't go near it and wouldn't let it near my kids or my dog.

The problem is the owners not the dogs. A knife in the wrong hands is dangerous, as is a very large powerful poorly trained dog. Dog ownership should be more regulated in urban areas. Those denying this is even an issue aren't helping.

7?

And how many people have been killed by humans in that time frame?

Jesus Christ, talk about priorities.

What kind of comparison is that...?

These dogs are bred as killing machines. Perhaps they had a place in the gladiatorial ring but as a pet to live in a 3 bed semi? Give over.

They aren’t pets and should be banned from being so. I’d be happy, if they were all neutered, and only allowed out in public fully muzzled. I also think the owners should have a psychological test - do they have the right mentality to own these weapons? Probably an unpopular opinion but I could not care less. I’m a massive dog lover as well.

Please do deliberately miss the point 🙄 That’s almost 50% of all dog deaths. That’s a lot. I realise whataboutery is the preferred argument of choice for those on weak ground but maybe try applying some thought eh?

Sorry but I disagree and I can only talk of my personal experience with them. Luckily none of your message drug dealers or prostitution applies to me , I don’t trust rescues after my Nan rescued a Jack Russel that’s bit 5 people so forgive me there 😂 luckily i do have all the background on my dogs I said how many have you seen take an aptitude test , the dogs can’t put themselves forward for this can they 🤷🏽‍♀️ Therefore it falls down to irresponsible owners. They should be owned by certain people I believe this but it’s impossible to police you still see breeds off the banned dogs list. But I do not agree with the “kill them all” attitude