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I would propose a Dog Liscence for all dogs above 30kg or of a type bred for fighting
This is the only way it'll work.
I know the easy thing to say is that we ban XL Bullys - and I've had a few run ins with them myself, and they are terrifying, and I say that as someone with a soft spot for Staffs and Pitbulls and the like - but it's not a proper solution.
The reason we have XL Bullys now is because we banned pitbulls back in the days, so breeders were obliged to come up with some other huge dog for pricks to look tough with. And the XL bully they came up with is twice the size of any pitbull.
Breed Specific Legislation doesn't work, and in this case it actually made things worse. Banning breeds is like pushing down bubbles on wallpaper. Another breed will just pop up and it may very well be worse again.
Licences based on size. Mandatory training for those with licences. Those without licences have the dogs taken off them and trained by professionals. Mandatory police powers to seize unlicensed dogs. Huge fines for those without. It's the only thing that will work consistently.
ReekBlefs-
Can we set the license fee high enough to pay for the extra policing that will be needed?
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The problem with the 'licensing' and 'better, more responsible breeding' arguments is that they need everything to be different.
Banning breeds on the other hand is comparatively simple. If you know why you banned a breed in the first place, I'm not sure why we've found it so hard to incrementally ban something that has all the characteristics of the banned breed but at twice the fucking size.
It's not like it popped up ten minutes after Pitbulls were banned, either, is it? As a game of whack-a-mole, it should be fairly slow pace.
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Makes sense to me but can we have some more dodgy links and Quint-esque stories of how they survived 2 days in the Pacific surrounded by bull breeds.
jellybaby
Howard
jono84
Otto has healed well physically and as importantly hasn’t developed any fear of or aggression to other dogs. I worked on socialising him once he was up and about again.
I spent a few days picking Road dirt out of my knees, not a novel experience for most of us.
I think we do need to discuss this as a country, without emotion, I’m going to keep calling them fighting dogs just as I call Labradors retrievers.
I would propose a Dog Liscence for all dogs above 30kg or of a type bred for fighting. This would be based on the presumption that they are legal to own and the liscencing authority has to show you are unsuitable. It would include a DBS check.
For really large dogs there might be a second category that would include a report from your Doctor.
As we were driving Otto to be stitched up we got to the end of Leigham Court Road at the junction with Streatham High Road (A23) the car in front slowed for the red light then just rolled through it not giving a fuck.
There’s no point if we don’t actively police laws.