Hmmm. A little bit of lateral thinking - why not proscribe the type of knuckledragger who feels the need to own such a beast and usually contributes nothing to society, then with a selective breeding/culling programme we could remove them from the gene pool in only a couple of generations?
I would not dispute the fact that Collie dogs probably do bite more people, there are a lot more of them in the world and by design they have been breed to nip at the heels of livestock- so a running child or pushbike is an attractive item to chase without proper training- Luckily though it is rare to get a Collie dog that will hang on to a person and ragging them until they stop moving. These XL bullies are by design built to hold on to another animal until it can be dispatched- just look at some of the pig hunting videos and the catch dogs they use. Lots of these dogs in the U.K. being kept in flats are just a time bomb waiting to explode.
Yeah I agree as I said it's a bit of an unfair comparison given the volume of those compared the XL bully. But there are also plenty of the xl bully that have never bitten anyone yet lumped in by breed association
I’m sure it was a lab that was responsible for the attack in the US that led to the first face transplant.
Trouble is, there is no off switch on these breeds, once the red mist comes in they take some handling- I have had some experience in seizing pit bull types over the years- the power is frightening and they can take some subduing on the end of a pole when they are coming straight at you.
Some of these Labs now have jaws like Rottweilers so not surprising.
It possibly was, but I would argue with labradors being the most popular dog breed and the relatively uncommon occurrence of attacks by them speaks volumes to the temperament of the breed.
As a general rule - I try to never have a dog that I could not overpower myself - I think that’s a good rule of thumb for people to go by….
I’m sure there was more to it and what you say makes sense. It was France as well I just checked.
Yeah it would be better than a licewould be required should someone want to keep it
I had an incident years ago- pit bull type in a house - one adult male out of his head on drugs collapsed on a bed upstairs- adult female in same situation on sofa in living room- 3 year old girl running around a housing estate naked - pit bull type guarding the house, and attacking public as they passed the house - it was my job to catch the dog. As I was not backing down to the dog it did move back until we got into the kitchen area- dog had nowhere to go from there so had to fight, luckily the dog jumped straight into the grasper pole I had- dog hit me so hard they we took the kitchen door off it’s hinges , had to choke the dog down a bit till it calmed down- not easy with a little kid throwing toys at you as you are taking her dog- ( the dog was just doing what he thought was right - protecting his pack the best he could) unfortunately unsuitable owners were the failure of the dog.
No, you’ll never run out of aggressive dogs because you can select and breed for aggression with any breed or line.
Very true, this terrier I used to have was a complete fruit loop with small animal- it’s brother drowned in a stone drain as refused to let go a a fox in a rain storm.
Any dog over the 30Kg will put you on your back in short order once it sets its mind to do it.
