Violent dogs

Sigh.. I find this very sad. There is no point in arresting breeds of dog just because a few of them have been agressive. I truly believe that dogs are the most wonderful creatures on earth. Sure, there are aggresive and mean dogs, just as there are aggressive, cruel and mean humans. But not all dogs of any one breed are 'bad', no matter what reputation that breed might have. I don't think that we should go so far as to be putting humans in cages, but I do think that we should be re-thinking what we are doing as a society by stereotyping breeds of dogs in this way.

I've owned many dogs in my lifetime, three come to mind as being most relevant to this discussion. Fred, 50 pounds of doberman-pinscher known as one of the most vicious breeds before rotweiler came in vogue. Alpha a 3 month old white german shepherd, another large breed who could be mean but usually good natured until provoked. And Mollie 10 lb Pomeranian, a lap dog meant for petting and cuddling. Fred was the sweetest gentlest dog I ever owned. Mollie was a sweetheart, to me and the kids, but let a stranger or another dog come near and she was all teeth and viciousness, snapping and snarling. More than once I had to pry her teeth out of the pants legs of my daughters' boyfriends. Alpha was the playful pup whose bite to my hand required stitches to close. Was their behavior the result of breeding? I don't think so. Nor do I think it was the result of their treatment as much as it was their relationship with me. Fred had been abused as a pup; instead of fighting back, he cowered in fear. With gentleness and love I taught him to respond to me. Mollie was over protective of me and the children. And Alpha was just a puppy, we played tug of war with a rope. Unfortunately he lost his grip on the rope and I reached forward to give it back to him just as he leaped forward and snapped to grab it catching my hand instead. As you can see, dogs should no more be judged based on their breed than humans should be judged based on the color of their skin.

There is no such thing as a dangerous dog, just dangerous owners. Besides, "pit bull" isn't even a breed. Most of the breeds that are termed "pit bull" are not human agressive if they are bred properly. It's not right to restrict what dogs that people can own. They should, however, restrict what people can own dogs...especially strong dogs that can really hurt someone when they're in the wrong hands.

Anything can be voilent, even a rabbit however just because it has voilence in it doesn't mean it will be voilent. To ban dogs or to arrest them just because of their breed is wrong. Many dogs including Bull Mastiffs, bludd dogs adn others were bred to be faught, to fight bears, boars etc. However they are not being arrested. It is just a handful that have gotten bad names because of bad owners. Owners who treated them poorly, ones who raised them to be mean in order to make money, or ones who were abusive. Now I was attacked by a doberman as a child, am I scared of all of them? Yes I am however that doesn't mean I think they need to be destroyed. I have known good ones although I'm very leary around them due to the attack. The doberman that attacked me belonged to my neighbor and yes they reaised her mean. It was the owner's fault not the dog.

I from Indonesia, there was many dog sorts in my country, the funny dog and the hero of the obedient animal. I not all that agreed with your opinion

thank you! Finally someone feeling the way i feel....Pit Bulls and Rottweilers have a bad rep BECAUSE of their owners training them to be mean. Its not their fault they are good fighting dogs, and people use pit bulls to fight in a dog ring! its the owners that should be hauled away not the dogs. We are in control of the animals, we are the dominate ones! it is our fault they are the way they are!

I agree completely, you cannot condemn a whole breed just because a few of them are bad. I myself own a female American Straffordshire Terrier(pitbull) and she's the most loving and gentle dog, so gentle in fact she won't grab food offered to her by hand, she'll slowly gently painstakingly get an edge of what's offered making sure not to touch you skin. I'll offere her a piece of hamburger and she'll gently take it out of my hand and go eat it a foot or two away, it's so cute how careful she is to not bite the hand that feeds her lol

to me that is wrong, its not the dog fault, it the people who turn them to be mean. i know some dogs you really have to watch out but still it not thier fault, its the person who raised its at fault.

dogs are good creature,but the nature has been changed due to the attitude shown on them.they should be loved and given proper training so they can give u the best result.so thjink of it they can give u many things.

I agree with your thinks, here happen lot of time that a dog attack a person, but for me the fault is not of the dog. Here lot of persons buy a dog only for de pedigree or for the aggressive view, and make all in order rendering it aggressive! so for me the police have to arrest the owner, not the dog!!

i have three dogs at home. i have got no trouble with it. only thing is that you have to train it properly.

i think thats just plain dumb how can they condone doing that i mean granted certain breeds can be dangerous but to just go and "arrest" them all is just dumb i think they need to give people a chance to remove the dog from the area unless of course you mean they are banning them in the whole country?? and then in that case wow i dont know what to say to that. i know over here in certain areas certain larger breeds arent allowed but still they give you a chance to find somewhere else for the dog.

I'm in Canada. Several cities started years ago with the pitbull ban, and our city enacted ours 2 years ago. Before I continue, let me get this out of the way. I agree with the ban 100 per cent. You say that it's not the dog, it's the owner. In most cases, I would agree with you. Generally, you're right ... a dog mistreated will eventually turn to violence. However, you're either not taking into account, or ignoring the fact, that some dogs are instinctively bred to violence. Pitbulls, dobermans, rottweilers for example. There are certain breeds of dogs that, no matter how well treated, are instinctively violent because that's what their species was bred FOR. There are many, MANY cases of pitbulls that were not mistreated, that were raised properly by their owners, who turned to violence. And the common rebuttal is, by the violent dog advocates, that small dogs bite too. Yes they do. However they do not have the power in their jaws to rip a persons throat out. A pitbull does. I have children. One of my children was a victim of a doberman attack, and I was an onlooker of a doberman and pitbull attack when I was a child. I watched my friend walk past a house to have one of each of these dogs run out after her and chew her leg to pieces. You're trying to equate ridding soceity of dangerous breeds of dogs as racist, and using different races as examples. It's an illogical analogy and inaccurate. Races of humans are not instinctively violent. If they were, we'd be doing something it as well. If you're one of the ones who happens to like these dogs, you have my sympathies. But the simple fact is, when something is causing a serious danger to innocent bystanders, that factor has to be removed. I'm glad the UK is catching up.

those who own violent dogs,they need to be punished by law or should be imposed a heavy fine so that thet have a control over their dog

Thid time it was a pit-bull, in September a baby was killed by two rottweilers. Usual suspects I'm afraid. Whilst the vast majority of owners of these two breeds are probably responsible people, the fact is that both these dog types can become lethally dangerous without ANY provocation. I'd like to see these breeds phased out as pets and no new ones sold. I also insist that ANYONE who has ANY breed of dog that becomes unnecessarily dangerous due to owner neglect should go to prison. Then things might sink into their THICK heads. No disrespect is intended to responsible owners. So should we imprison? , and should we phase out dangerous breeds?

I believe in Miami pitbulls are illegal to own. Its because of a few things. First off, you can't say a pitbull is just as harmless as any other dog regardless of owners, they are killing machines. Even a nice pitbull is still very dangerous, and pitbulls are notoriously aggressive since they are breed that way. Secondly, pitbulls are very often used for fighting. In America pitbulls are definately the #1 fighting dog and that is a big problem in some areas.

The US city of Denver has a ban on pit bull dogs within city limits. While I agree that the right of a child to be safe in his community should supercede the right of a person to own a dangerous dog; it would make more sense to me to regulate the ownership of dangerous breeds, rather than to forbid it. A good dog trainer can tell whether an individual dog is likely to become violent; and if breeds known to be dangerous could be subject to special licensing and evaluation; and then only individuals with a potential for violence could be banned or otherwise sanctioned.

A week back Bangalore(India), a dog attacked a girl. It is believed that dog got voilent as they were regularly fed red meat all the time by the residents of the area, unfortunately, they no animal activist commented on it. If municipal corporation takes an action against it to avoid these situation, animal activist would be the first to come into lime light.

I agree with you that not all dangerous breeds should be banned. I think the ones that should though are the ones that have been mistreated, starved, abused, etc. Those are the ones that go around attacking and killing people or other animals. Also I would have to agree on the ban for rotweilers. Reason being that their brain never stops growing and they eventually go crazy attacking people and other animals. It's not their fault as their brain never stops growing and their skull can only take so much pressure. I was actually going to adopt one from the Humane Society here. My visit with her went so well, but I thought I would sleep on it. The next day the Humane Society Manager said that she had bitten someone after I had left so they had to put her down. In just a few minutes the dog had completely changed, it was so sad!

I believe that certain breeds of dogs should be put down altogether take for example the bitbull