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Absolutely, but its hardly a regular occurrence is it?
Fatalities are thankfully rare, but still happen when there are plenty of lessons that could have been learned. It doesn't stop at fatalities though, in 2024 there were 32,568 incidents of "out-of-control dogs causing injury" recorded by police.
You don't have to look far to see owners who clearly haven't any idea how to train their dog(s) and are incapable of physically restraining them if the need arises. It's not fair on the dog and it's not fair in the attack victim.
Too many owners can't control their dog on a lesser scale.
Mine is nervous, so I walk him on a lead. If we see something and he starts acting nervous, I do heel work with him and keep focussed on me and the job in hand to get him past whatever it is that's spooked him.
Some people let their dogs off the lead and let them come into our personal space because "ho ho ho, he's just being friendly" or they just yell their dogs name over and over and their dog just ignores them as their recall isn't strong enough. It boils my piss when mine freaks out simply because other people cannot control their dogs.
Similar with my last dog, she really didn't want to mix as she got older and I kept her on the lead. Some people just couldn't understand and kept approaching us saying their dog was friendly so it was okay
So what do you suggest? I dont think its fair to say Britain is to dog friendly.
I think people should demonstrate a basic level of competence in dog ownership before being allowed to have one.
It would be impossible to achieve 100% compliance but it would screen out a lot of the idiots who are obviously unfit for dog ownership.
I agree, but I think the country has more issues atm.
Dogs are allowed everywhere these days. I see them walking around shopping centres, supermarkets, cafes etc. I'm sure the dog would prefer a walk in an open space than plodding round the shops.
Ideally, it's the breeders who should monitor the owners they sell dogs to. Unfortunately there are probably (obviously) some indiscriminate breeders who just breed to make money (called puppy farms). There also some people who want a dog (or dogs) for the wrong reason. In general though, I think most people have a dog for companionship; and what lovely companions they are, as well as being therapeutic
There are always multiple challenges, doesn't mean you have to ignore a harmful problem in society though.
A large part of the problem. Some owners ignore the needs of the dog to suit themselves. Little wonder the dog becomes agitated and bad tempered.
Like I say there's far more harmful things to society then this very small problem. Imo ofcourse
I'll be honest, I'm struggling to understand why you're being so defensive about this. Never mind, sometimes we just have to agree to disagree. Enjoy your evening.
They let people everywhere too. Far more dangerous imo
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Articles like this that piss me off mate.
Because its an agenda.
That's a completely different issue to the point I was making though. I just think that if you do have a dog you should be a competent owner. I wouldn't have thought that would be controversial.