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Is This Dog Laws - Gone Crazy??

the bit that gets me is " to be honest the kids drag her all over the place " :rant:

its a hard one to call , yes the owners should take responsibility if ANY dog shows signs of aggression and could give a nasty bite to a small child so im sitting on the fence :D
 
i am not comenting eather as my mum had a dachund and my dad had the scares on his ankels to prove it
 
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but this is the act that was put in place years ago when parliament was panicked into doing something quickly toplacate the public and media.there was uproar at the time because any dog owner could be prosecuted by this law.you dont have to have a pit bull.if your dog is off the lead in public and attacks someone (or even just scares someone they dont have to attack or bite them) then you too can become a victim of the dangerous dogs act.when i try to explain the current legislation to people they think youre exaggerating or have got it wrong.but no its true.as for this woman well i dont know enough about her, her dog or the situation to comment really but under the law yes she can be prosecuted and convicted and the animal can be taken from her and killed.thats the law.it stinks doesnt it?
 
Surely this is the point of NOT having breed specific legislation as any dog could be 'vicious' in the right (wrong) circumstances cause serious damage. The fact that this is a Dachsie is irrelevant. If it had 'attacked' a bairn would it seem as crazy?
 
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dawn said:
Surely this is the point of NOT having breed specific legislation as any dog could be 'vicious' in the right (wrong) circumstances cause serious damage. The fact that this is a Dachsie is irrelevant. If it had 'attacked' a bairn would it seem as crazy?
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No you are right Dawn when I think about like that.

I suppose I was thinking how cute and small it looked. I saw it on the TV licking the owners face, and it could very well be put down by the end of the week though.
 
Janimal said:
dawn said:
Surely this is the point of NOT having breed specific legislation as any dog could be 'vicious' in the right (wrong) circumstances cause serious damage. The fact that this is a Dachsie is irrelevant. If it had 'attacked' a bairn would it seem as crazy?
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No you are right Dawn when I think about like that.

I suppose I was thinking how cute and small it looked. I saw it on the TV licking the owners face, and it could very well be put down by the end of the week though.

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I can remember a tragic death of a new born baby, here in Australia, about 25 years ago. The baby was the first born child of a couple who owned a small white fluffy terrier. As it was so long ago I remember the death, but not the exact cirumstances which lead to the dog killing the baby..... BUT..... I do clearly remember the follow up story which was aired (on the tv) about 6 months later. After the baby's death, the parents had the dog PTS immediatley. They then received so much hate mail from strangers, accusing them of murdering the baby, and blaming the dog, they could not cope with the unbearable burden. In the end a popular current affairs programme came to their aid, and ran a story showing the dog being walked out of the house shortly after the baby's death. That dog was covered in blood.... 25 years on I can still see it, bright red muzzle, chest and front legs :( . Those poor parents. :( :( :(
 
To be honest though I would love to hear or read the other side of this story - the man who was nipped on the ankle by it.
 
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It has nothing to do with the size of the dog, I was once severly bitten/attacked by a small dog that was not even four months old, I still have the scar on my hand. Whilst I don't know the facts of this story at all, I would not doubt it just based on the size of the dog involved.
 
When I was a child we had a dear little Westie called Becky who was brought up in a busy household with five children who she adored. :huggles:

However, she felt it important to guard us all, and would bark like mad at the door to warn off strangers, just like many dogs do.

One day she accidentally got let into the garden when the rubbish men were taking out the rubbish, and she hared after them barking her head off, and bit one of them on the ankle. I can remember my mum apologising heartily and giving the man a fiver to say sorry! :sweating:

She was a very nice dog, not nasty in any other circumstances, and she lived the rest of her life never biting anyone else, but we were always extemely careful not to let her out when there were men delivering things. :thumbsup: The thought of her having to be put down because of this incident is horrific, and really using a hammer to crack a nut.

So it's true, a nip is still a bite, but this is not likely to lead to a savage attack necessarily - I think the chances of Becky savaging someone were 100:1!
 
I wonder if the neighbour and the dog's owners get on.....this reeks of making a mountain out of a molehill.Just my opinion here but I know if I was "nipped" NOT bitten on the ankle by a Min Daxie,I'd feel a right plonker going to the Police about it and I am NOT a MAN!! :b I'd also be very interested to know if the dog actually broke the skin? because to me a "nip" is just that a "nip" NOT a bite where the skin is broken.

Hopefully this dog will get off and the owners will be more careful about her getting out again.But I have to say that I have 2 Min Poodles here and a Toy Poodle and all 3 would "nip" a stranger if they were on our property or just outside the gate where the dog still sees it as his/her area,although they would be barking like mad at them too.Hence why my dogs don't get outside our property off the lead. They are fine though out on walks,they totally ignore other people and dogs.I think with a lot of small dogs like that it is a very strong "possessive guarding" trait and they love to bark at people who they feel are a threat as they don't know them and they are on or near what the dog classes as their "family's" property and therefore they see it as their place to protect their "family". As Zephyr mentioned in her comments above she would have been horrified had Becky been PTS as she was not a savage dog, just a protector. I think there is a fine line between a really out and out aggressive dog and one that is just protecting it's family and what it sees as their property. Just MY opinion mind. :thumbsup:
 
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My in laws have had 2 dogs that have bitten people. The first one was a cocker that hated kids, so he had to be muzzled and out of the way of all kids. The other is a cairn that has bitten my father in law.

Like the vet told her, small dog can give you a worse bit then a longer dog. she said its because they keep going thats what they for bread for.

But i can also see in this a mountain out of a mole hill. like you said 05 whippet.

It would be good to see the whole story from both side. This could of been the straw that broke the camels back. :- "
 
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