This is awful!

[vinjashira]

Yes, go ahead and ban the dog breed nicknamed "Nanny dog" That'll really do some good. I'm torn between desperatley wanting to see the UK and the land my relatives came from and wanting to steer clear of anywhere that bans breeds.

Dublin is not in the UK

[Canis-Lupess]

No, Southern Ireland is not part of the UK. They have their own government and rules. Only Northern Ireland is part of the UK.

It's still too close to home though.

[Muddy4paws]

This really upsets me, It so silly, I can tell you honestly I've been bitten by a staff once and a close call with a rottie, This was due to nerves in both dogs so I dont blame them one bit.

The dogs listed about are some of the dopiest friendly dogs. I get more bites from westies and yorkies etc more than the "agressive" breeds. ( I work with dogs ) I think staffs one of the nicest dogs you can get the temperment is lovely. As for bull terriers being nasty dogs, I grew up with one and I used to be able to sit on his back and have him ride me around like a cowgirl He was such a loving loyal dog and he never had an agressive bone in his body.

There needs to be a law that makes people take a lesson in dog care before they can get a dog. People need to wise up, Its just the same as kids, they learn from the adults. Does this mean asbo teens can be put to sleep?

[Miss Z]

This really upsets me, It so silly, I can tell you honestly I've been bitten by a staff once and a close call with a rottie, This was due to nerves in both dogs so I dont blame them one bit.

The dogs listed about are some of the dopiest friendly dogs. I get more bites from westies and yorkies etc more than the "agressive" breeds. ( I work with dogs ) I think staffs one of the nicest dogs you can get the temperment is lovely. As for bull terriers being nasty dogs, I grew up with one and I used to be able to sit on his back and have him ride me around like a cowgirl He was such a loving loyal dog and he never had an agressive bone in his body.

There needs to be a law that makes people take a lesson in dog care before they can get a dog. People need to wise up, Its just the same as kids, they learn from the adults. Does this mean asbo teens can be put to sleep?

I agree 100%.

At the shelter I volunteer at, we've had all of those breeds save for pitties (as they're already banned ), tosas and bandogs. I can say with hand on heart that these dogs, who really have an excuse to be aggressive due to their turbulent pasts, were some of the sweetest dogs I've ever met. I can only recall 3 agressive dogs from those breeds (who could be worked with and learn to trust people again with the right person) out of a good 50ish, maybe more, that we've had since I began, in January.

We had a rottie in once who was the biggest baby you could imgine, but it took a long time to rehome him, as people just took one look at him and thought 'child-killer'. My favourite dog of all time that we had was a staffie, he had big puppy eyes and would walk up to the kennel bars for nose rubs when I went to see him. I hope he's now in a forever loving home. Ridgeback puppies are probably the most disciplined and least rough pups I have ever come across, and as for GSDs, well we've had so many of those in and only 1 I recall was aggressive (and that was only part GSD), and one of my best friends owns one too, and he is a lovely boy.

At the moment, we have a patterdale terrier who's more likely to attack you than our English mastiff.

But hey, you know if they put down 'asbo teenagers', there'll be idiots who go overboard and say, "All teenagers are aggressive and heartless beings! We must ban them all right away!"

[Canis-Lupess]

You are still more likely to be attacked and killed by another human than you are any of these breeds of dogs...even the ones already banned if they weren't.

Pity they don't address the aggressive humans very well. Too scared of infringing their human rights.