Does something need to be done about dogs?

Foghorn Leghorn · 21 Apr 2022 at 22:05

Far more children are injured/killed by their own parents each year, bring in licences for breeding, there's lots of folk out there that are far too stupid to be left in charge of children, some of them shouldn't be left in charge of a goldfish...

Graetzbridge · 21 Apr 2022 at 22:08

Dis86 said:
It will fund controls on those who cannot responsibly own one.

Explain?

Voltar · 21 Apr 2022 at 22:16

Dog ownership in the UK is disproportionately high when compared with other countries. London has a very large canine population.

Dis86 · 21 Apr 2022 at 22:45

Foghorn Leghorn said:
Far more children are injured/killed by their own parents each year, bring in licences for breeding, there's lots of folk out there that are far too stupid to be left in charge of children, some of them shouldn't be left in charge of a goldfish...

Totally agree. I've said it before on here. Need a licence to drive yet any moron can pop out unlimited kids.

Felon · 21 Apr 2022 at 23:04

dowie said:
Basically, we could bring back dog licensing and a requirement to register breeders etc..

Yeah I agree with that, I'm going to end up with a Bullmastiff in a couple of years time and if I had to have a license or obey some extra rules (due to the dog's size and strength), then I'd be fine with doing so and would support it.

I think I agree about banning bull terrier related dogs, or dogs which have that in their bloodline, whilst I do think that on the whole most problems with dogs ultimately end up being the direct fault of the owner, there's a disproportionately larger number of incidents with the bull terrier style dogs that you just can't ignore, it's like 8-9 out of every 10 attacks is something to do with a bull terrier type breed.

hyperseven · 22 Apr 2022 at 02:56

Voltar said:
Dog ownership in the UK is disproportionately high when compared with other countries. London has a very large canine population.

Where are you getting that data from?

dowie · 22 Apr 2022 at 06:13

Graetzbridge said:
The topic here is about problem dogs. A licence fee won't fix that.

Why not?

dlockers · 22 Apr 2022 at 08:08

hyperseven said:
Where are you getting that data from?

101 dalmations

Foghorn Leghorn · 22 Apr 2022 at 09:20

Barney says get lost, you're not banning bull terrier breeds.

https://flic.kr/p/2n7UdD8

By far the best dog we've ever had, smart, obedient, mild mannered and doesn't react or chase any thing (other than frisbees)

*Stupid forum, the only place I use that doesn't auto embed images

hyperseven · 22 Apr 2022 at 13:07

dLockers said:
101 dalmations

DarkHorizon472 · 22 Apr 2022 at 13:55

dowie said:
Why not?

Only responsible owners will register. Illegal breeders and other owners won’t care.

Steven Rimmington · 22 Apr 2022 at 15:29

You see a lot of staffies around here and we are always cautions walking our dogs. Always on a lead and the GSD wears a muzzle as she likes to nibble :eek:

We have a large back garden so they get most of there exercise running around. We have a Boxer and GSD if we encounter walkers with dogs not on a lead it gets a bit nervous. My little girl is 7 and plays with them like dolls, however I would not leave them alone with a small child. You never know what may happen. They can pull ears, skin .... You just don't know how any dog would react, they have such a powerful bit.

Foghorn Leghorn · 22 Apr 2022 at 15:45

DarkHorizon472 said:
Only responsible owners will register. Illegal breeders and other owners won’t care.

Which is why dog licences were dropped first time round, the only people that bothered were the law abiding folk who weren't the problem in the first place.

Graetzbridge · 22 Apr 2022 at 19:58

Foghorn Leghorn said:
Which is why dog licences were dropped first time round, the only people that bothered were the law abiding folk who weren't the problem in the first place.

I agree. And I already made that point to dowie.

hyperseven · 22 Apr 2022 at 20:18

oooops wrong thread, ignore.

Dis86 · 22 Apr 2022 at 20:46

Graetzbridge said:
I agree. And I already made that point to dowie.

Should we ditch driving licenses?

Graetzbridge · 22 Apr 2022 at 20:50

Dis86 said:
Should we ditch driving licenses?

Please stick to the topic.

Dis86 · 22 Apr 2022 at 20:51

Graetzbridge said:
Please stick to the topic.

It is on topic. I'll ask it again, should we ditch driving licenses?

Graetzbridge · 22 Apr 2022 at 20:54

Dis86 said:
It is on topic. I'll ask it again, should we ditch driving licenses?

It's a completely different topic. Don't you understand that?

Dis86 · 22 Apr 2022 at 20:55

Graetzbridge said:
It's a completely different topic. Don't you understand that?

No, we're discussing licenses. It's a license. Go on, make that mental leap. You can do it.