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| Lucifer38 |
on Sun 8 Feb 09, 6:15 PM to Lucifer38's blog.
This is my once a quarter rant regarding the above Topic so it seems. You wont find anymore because they lay in the depths of off-topic.
I kind of apologise to all, even friends who have a certain breed of Dog but again, clearly the Dangerous Dog Act isnt anywhere near as efficient as it should be.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7877427.stm
When are we ever going to learn?
and why do people still leave children alone with them?
But more importantly, what makes people have a "certain" breed when they have small children?
| 8 Feb 09, 6:20 PM spirifer UK, 6 yrs |
I've known people who have Staffies and Jack Russells and children and have never had a problem. I think the key is the "never leave young children alone with dogs". *Any* dog can be unpredictable with a young child. Poor little soul. The state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation - Pierre Trudeau | |
| 8 Feb 09, 6:24 PM Jezzebelle UK, 10 yrs |
Staffies are usually more likely to protect children than attack them in my experience. I've never had a problem with Jack Russells but know people who have. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jezzebelle/ | |
| 8 Feb 09, 6:25 PM goodghirl UK, 8 yrs |
it is difficult isn't it as an out and out doggy person, I recent seen some about 30 people recommending *that breed* as the best breed to have around children. I dispair I really do I think the laws need to be tighter not just for that breed but for all dogs. I would never leave a child under 5 with a dog because no matter how much of a pet they are animals and could turn at anytime no matter how soft. I regularly get people bringing they're young kids up to my dog when were out hes a golden lab and people think he's the andrex puppy. I ask them to wait and make him sit and be calm and they can get arsey about it. He's 2 so still a bit of a pup and opened mouthed when excited. You would think people would be greatful but no they think it's a childs right to pull his tail prob his eyes or rub they're face in his. a dog they have only set eyes on, so I dread to think how lax they are with dogs they know.
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| 8 Feb 09, 6:39 PM goodghirl UK, 8 yrs |
I hear this a lot if the dog is lucky it will be torn out of its home and spend months in kennels waiting for a new home.
If unlucky it will go to a pound and be put to sleep I'd bite someone who hit me with a stick!!! so really you can't blame the dog. I hope the kids ok and the mother is a bit wiser
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| 8 Feb 09, 6:41 PM naughty_chicken 4 yrs |
Kids get bitten by spaniels more often than staffs but when a staffordshire bites with its powerful jaw the victim doesnt have a chance. The staffordshire is well known to be a child friendly pet so this is a shocking incident. edited to add; also "But more importantly, what makes people have a "certain" breed when they have small children?" If an intruder broke into a house and you had young children, the assailant would have to be fearless or mental to try and get past a staffordshire. Edited 8 Feb 09, 6:45 PM by naughty_chicken | |
| 8 Feb 09, 6:42 PM Sweetiejar UK(S), 11 yrs |
Its rarely the dog thats at fault. Put the owners to sleep. Sweetiejar | |
| 8 Feb 09, 6:43 PM DaddysTouch UK(RG), 3 yrs |
The 'dangerous dogs' act is a joke. Any dog of any breed can be dangerous, and any dog of any breed can be a docile little plaything. My flatmate has a bull terrier that's the gentlest thing you ever laid eyes on. Conversely, I know a fully grown man who was badly mauled by a small lapdog. Adults have been killed by house cats (they can cut the femoral artery). The fact is dogs have teeth and muscles and essentially unpredictable brains. Young children just don't mix with them. I've got no problem with people owning any breed of dog they like, but for god's sake don't let them near kids. Love, love is a verb | |
| 8 Feb 09, 6:44 PM Sandie_X UK, 6 yrs |
I have a Jack Russel. She is submissive as fuck. She is a baby kins !! lol x (see my pics) Sandie X "Come and suck on mummy's cock" | |
| 8 Feb 09, 6:50 PM Iona_O UK, 5 yrs |
Staffies are the most affectionate breed I know. Every time I say hallo to one in the street it greets me like a long lost friend even if I've never met that particular dog before. The "certain breed" is NOT Staffordshire Bull Terriers but Pit Bull Terriers which are bred and trained to fight - poor things. I don't know what happened in the case that was cited but I do know that children - particularly babies - shouldn't be left alone whether they're with pets or not. An unattended baby could choke for example. Proud owner of Miss_Simone_I | |
| 8 Feb 09, 6:52 PM slaveinchains UK(LL), 3 yrs |
i totally agree, just before christmas i had to get my two yr old lurcher re-homed. Lurchers are renound for being lazy dogs unless they are trained to hunt rabbits, we had ours since he was 9 weeks old and he grew up with children in the house, when he bit my daughter to the extent that she needed stiches i had no choice but to re- home him....worst thing was that it was my daughters fault not his, although he was way above his post by reacting. Like you say, bottom line.... never leave a dog alone with a child no matter how much you trust them, kids are as unpredictable as dogs and the only way a dog can defend themselves is with teeth!!!!! |
