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If you have been reading the news over the last couple of days, you can't have escaped the two stories about young children bitten by Rottweilers. In the most recent case the two-year-old boy suffered serious injuries, although he is expected to make a good recovery. The five-month-old girl who was mauled to death by two Rottweiler dogs at the weekend clearly wasn't so lucky.
I'm sure if you read up on this breed of dog they come out smelling of roses e.g. Temperament: Good natured, not nervous, aggressive or vicious; courageous, biddable, with natural guarding instincts source: The Kennel Club. Well tell that to the children that have been bitten by these dogs, or better still try and explain this to the parents.
Perhaps this description is suitable when the dog has been properly trained cared for correctly, but obviously there are exceptions and with that the possibility that someone may be injured. This to me is completely unacceptable and in any case, I can't actually imagine why anyone would choose a Rottweiler as a pet to begin with.
I also understand that some people keep them to guard property against would be intruders. Apparently they did at The Rocket pub where the five-month-old girl was bitten and later died.
This is exactly the same as keeping a loaded gun at home to shoot burglars in my opinion and I think most ordinary people are sensible enough not to do that! Instead we install an appropriate security system so that we can be safe in the knowledge that our property will be protected without risk of injury to others.
I personally think that the dangerous dogs act doesn't go far enough to protect the public and at the very least some kind of licensing system should be enforced. Perhaps potential owners of Rottweilers should have to take a compulsory training course before being allowed to keep the animal.
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A boy has died after being bitten by a dog in Essex, police have said. It happened at a property in Parker Way, Halstead, at 17:40 BST on Thursday. An air ambulance was called to the scene and the boy was airlifted to Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-37129134
I didn't mention staffs. And replacing the conversation with birds does quite work somehow.
Boblet, why waste a perfectly good hole... feel free to jump in ;)
To illustrate this point, I will draw an analogy with the bird world. Take the owl - many years of evolution has given us a creature that is wise, nocturnal and hunts small mammals to survive. It does this because it is an owl, and that is what owls do. Now using the arguments of the pro-staffie brigade, one could take a Robin or a blue-tit, and with some human intervention in the form of ill-treatment, one might expect these innocuous creatures to leave their cosy nests, in the middle of the night, and terrorise the mouse community. It is an interesting thought.
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boblet - 17-Mar-13 19:51 By the way all dogs are troubled by hot weather. All you owners of certain breeds understand you are treading on eggs in a heatwave.
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boblet - 18-Jul-13 20:49
I will never agree with somebody that has no knowledge of a breed/any breed of dog. His comparison with firearms and bombs is all wrong. ( I read some of his earlier posts that had nothing to do with dogs. And he contradicts his self)
Every breed of dog has been bred for a use, and it's normally for something it is already good at, or at it's ease of being able to learn new.
I own two Rotti's, and I wouldn't trust them with anyone. My dogs don't torment anyone and lie about it, and my dogs don't forget. The press does people wrong. A dog cant sue the press in return. The dog doesn't even get a trial.
I truely sympathise with the victims and families of victims of dog attacks.
But it is not fair to condemn breed-any breeds- for what a few dogs have done because any dog can turn from tiny chihuahuas to great danes. obviously the bigger the dog the more significant the level of distruction. But ive come across more nasty horrible small breeds than i have big ones!
and would you keep a chihuahua in a house with kids if it was nasty cos i certainly would not choose how small it was. Yes i am a rotty owner (rotty cross actually) but if you met him you woild see that he is very loving loyal animal and he loves everyone. A dog who is suspicious ans protective are dogs to be wary of-he is neither. with any animal you reap what you sow. Treat it well and it will be faithful and loyal, beat it everyday and it will eventually snap. i know i would. a human can walk away from situations like that and ask for help, a dog who is chained up 24/7 cannit escape and cannot talk thus cannot ask for help. Train a guard dog incorrectly and you have a time bomb on your hands. so again you reap what you sow. dont want abad dog? Then dont be an irresponsible owner.
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