Yet another child mauled by a dog in the uk *contains graphic image*

One attacked a police horse recently didn't it.

I refer to my dog as my furbaby, but she is well trained.

Is this STILL going?

Don't get me wrong I love dogs and there are a lot of responsible owners like yourself but I think some people just get a dog without researching how to train them properly. When people start treating dogs like they are above everyone else and let them rule the roost, they will act accordingly.

Yes, it is. Because almost daily there are new stories of people being maimed and killed by these animals.

Another day, another dog attack.

Liverpool dog attack: Two women left with severe injuries https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-65335470

Appalling.

It's out of control now

Thoughts and prayers and all that though.

I was walking Ddog the other day down a country lane, someone walking towards me had 3 dogs, 2 on leads one ambling behind. One of the dogs on lead started snarling as soon as it saw my dog and the owner was struggling to keep it from lunging at my dog. The owner stopped walking and was trying to keep the snarling dog by his side, away from me and my dog. In the meantime the offlead dog was ambling over to my dog. If there had been an issue with that dog there was no way the owner could have done anything without having to let the snarling dog come closer to us, and I didn't want that. So I turned round and we had a shorter walk. If you struggle to keep a dog under control, at the very least you shouldn't be walking it with other dogs

There are some fucking morons around though. I've just seen a dozy couple cycling (on the pavement, naturally) with a bulldog type creature on a lead attached to the ladies handlebars. It didn't seem too happy, despite having a good 10 yards of leash. God alone knows what it could do when it pulls her down and runs off.

And another one. 3 year old boy mauled
https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/local-news/boy-3-rushed-hospital-after-26733298

And guess what sort of dog? Hint: not a terrier

Dog owner who lost arm after pet bit her is suing RSPCA for £200K https://mol.im/a/11992905

These dogs should not be rehomed EVER. They are dangerous at the best of times, add an uncertain past to that and they're a ticking bomb. Every single one should be destroyed by rescue centres.

I completely agree. Why try and rehome a dog that has already attacked two other people? Why is there such reluctance to put down dogs like this. It's not even like sentimental owners didn't want to put it down, it was with the RSPCA. And now a woman has lost her arm, and the dog is dead anyway.

There needs to be a huge operation implemented to offer an amnesty to people who own any of these dangerous dogs to hand them in to be disposed of, and then some way for neighbours, etc, to report anyone who doesn't hand them in so they can be taken from them.

It cannot be allowed to continue like this with people freely owning the types of dogs that do this appalling damage.

The thing clamped into her arm, did not let go for 20 minutes and only then when it was tasered by the police. These are not normal dogs, it's like inviting a lion into your home.

Were any of the latest ones those nasty Staffie type dogs?

My dd went to stay with a new friend and on collection I could hear this really deep agressvie bark. Dd said it was a new rescue dog that has been hurt by humans. It was contained but Im. Really really worried about dd going again.
I don't know the breed

@SofiaSoFar I don't think anyone would hand over their beloved pet to be destroyed.

Maybe amnesty for some sort or rigorous training or

With all due respect, who cares if they want to hand them over or not?

Make it illegal to be in possession of one and give them a short time to get them put down or hand them over for disposing of.

It's like a weapons amnesty - giving people the opportunity to hand them in with no repercussions so they've absolutely no excuse for still having them in their possession when the police come knocking on the door.

That way they can suffer the consequences of their lawbreaking without argument.

@SofiaSoFar

With some respect it would have to be a pragmatic realistic policy that people would comply with other wise do dogs would be handed over at all.

@SofiaSoFar you do realise there's hundreds of thousands of these dogs and not all attack and kill children right? I'm on a few xl bully fb pages and see time and time again idiotic people who bought a puppy and forgot that they grew. Post after post of people rehoming their dog because they didn't bother to train it as a pup and can't walk it. Single mums with half a dozen kids offering to re home a fully grown dog because it's cheap and they think they can make a quick buck. I for one wouldn't re home a chihuahua let alone a giant breed because I'd only get an 8 week old puppy when I have children. The attacks you see in the news are the dogs that come from owners and homes like this. The ones who gave 5-8 grand for their pups that are fully health tested and came from a great breeder are feeding it the best food and getting the right training and exercise. The law should be vetting and licensing the owners.

Posted to soon. The ones giving that kind of money aren't in the news because the dogs have great temperaments.

But then they would be prosecuted and punished as well as having their animal exterminated. As I said, it needs the full weight of the law behind it making it non-optional.

When hand guns were outlawed in the UK, people handed them over as they had no choice. Yes, some wouldn't have complied no doubt, but while they might have been able to hide a gun away, they'd know they'd be in serious trouble if it was ever found with a prison sentence very likely.

Same thing should apply to these dogs, and you can hardly hide one of those things away to the extent that no one would ever see/hear it and report it.