broken record time,
problem is the owners not the dogs.
any dog has the inherit ability to be a danger, and that scales up exponentially depending on the size of the breed. a labrador is just as capable of killing as a xl bully but you dont see people buying labradors as status symbols and and to use as weapons.
all that a ban on xl bullies is going to do is push ownership and breeding underground or worse cause the idiots to look for the next big thing thats even more capable of inflicting damage. whats the betting within 2 years of a ban on XL bullies we start seeing a trend for hybrid mastiffs or Kangals
I've been a volunteer with a bulldog rescue for many many years (english and french) a staffie owner and come from a family of dog owners and breeders. Mum and dad bred Deerhounds/Rotties Gran and Aunty both bred/breed Rotties i've been brought up with supposed devil dogs my entire life my first dog of my own was a Japanese Akita which i would say is a far more potentially dangerous breed than a xl bully and there was a while back a thing for the "chavscum" owners to own akitas before XL bullies became the must have fashion accesory. its always been the same idiots flock to a certain breed it becomes demonised, idiots move onto something bigger and better in their eyes GSDs Dobermans Rotties Akitas Staffies have all had a turn as the flavour of the month and this is nothing more than a knee jerk reaction from the government that will solve nothing but move the problem onto another breed.
the government needs to tighten up dog ownership. bring back dog licencing, with a mandatory training program attached to that, classify breeds the same way they do with firearms, if you want a Daschhound you have to do a level one program in dog ownership if you want to own a more "substantial breed" that has the potential to pose a bigger risk then you have to do an appropriate training couse. All dogs chipped, licence no attached to the chip and any dogs transferred to a new owner to be logged on a centralised database same as with firearms perhaps even home inspections before your allowed to own a dog. and regular checkups should any reports of anything be made, mistreatment , behavioural incedents etc etc.
as a dog owner i would have no problem taking steps like the above if it weeded out the idiots that should not be allowed with 100 yards of a dog and i'm sure most responsible dog owners would feel exactly the same.
bit of a ramble but you get the picture. responsible dog owners and breeders should not be demonised for a minority of idiots that shouldnt be allowed anywhere near a dog
