Another fatal dog attack

[splashgirl45]

Not just big dogs...

Swansea: Sausage dog eats woman's cheek in attack

Kelly Allen has been left with a facial scar after the small dog bit her at a friend's house.

www.bbc.co.uk

While I agree this is horrible , how did a dog of that size get to her face? The only dogs that ever get anywhere near my face are my own and that’s not often. no matter how cute a little dog looks everyone knows they can all bite.

 

[cauda equina]

Maybe drink was a factor?

She said the “very friendly” dog had suddenly changed its demeanour and latched on to her face while she had been enjoying a few drinks at her friend's house.

 

[cloverlea]

In Northumberland a nine year old child has life changing injuries from what is believed to be an Akita.

 

[skinnydipper]

While I agree this is horrible , how did a dog of that size get to her face?

She had had a few drinks and was sitting on the kitchen floor.

A dog rolling on its back isn't necessarily asking to be stroked, it can be an avoidance behaviour from a dog asking for space.

 

[asmp]

In the Daily Telegraph today

 

[Smitty]

Well, there's a surprise

 

[SilverLinings]

In the article in the Times yesterday about the number of XLBs (same figures as in the Telegraph report above posted by @asmp) a spokesman for the Association of Dogs and Cats Homes was saying how hard it is on them and how many of their centres are full because of abandoned XLBs. Registration was relatively cheap so I would suggest that at least some of those dogs were abandoned/surrendered because the owners were concerned they may be aggressive. Why aren't the rescues accepting the fact that at least some of the XLBs should be PTS? They are housing a large number of dogs that can never be rehomed when the space and money could be used to help dogs who could be rehomed and go on to live happy lives. And I'm not sure that 12yrs living in kennels is a good life for any dog.

 

[Smitty]

Banned dog mauled Uber Eats driver delivering McDonald's in savage attack

Gemma Louise Ward's Pit Bull Terrier mauled the man as he delivered a McDonald's order to her home

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

I am not sure the courts are helping here, nor that the dog should be left with its owner who did sod all to help.

 

[DabDab]

What kind of dog expert is concluding that a dog that pinned someone (who did nothing more than come to the front door) against a fence and bit their face is no threat.

 

[Smitty]

I wonder how old the dog is, must be more than 30 years, otherwise it wouldn't exist

It's owner wasn't aware they were a banned breed. Not sure what I find the most concerning, that, if true, which I doubt, or the court for going along with it. I thought ignorance was no defence ...

Anyway, her lawyers must be very good!

 

[Jenko109]

Absurd.

A banned breed, has form for attacking people AND is owned by an owner who is clearly as much of a liability as the dog and they still allow the dog to go back home!?

 

[ycbm]

What kind of dog expert is concluding that a dog that pinned someone (who did nothing more than come to the front door) against a fence and bit their face is no threat.

You have got children there so I'm sure you will be extra careful.

Good grief what idiots the bench were that day!
.

 

[splashgirl45]

That is so wrong, wonder how long it will be before one of her children gets attacked. Just seen a video on Facebook showing an XL bully walk, most of the people walking the dogs were women and some were interviewed and one had a six month old which was already quite big and she was saying how gentle it was, wait till it gets to maturity and let’s see if it’s still the same,

 

[skinnydipper]

XL Bully 'destroyed' after owner attacked and left with 'significant' injury

The dog was seized at the scene in Rawlins Street, Northwood

www.birminghammail.co.uk

 

[marmalade76]

In Northumberland a nine year old child has life changing injuries from what is believed to be an Akita.

Weren't Akitas also bred for fighting?

 

[AmyMay]

Weren't Akitas also bred for fighting?

Guarding and hunting.

 

[Cortez]

Weren't Akitas also bred for fighting?

They were originally used for hunting bears in Japan, that would be 100’s of years ago.

 

[skinnydipper]

Weren't Akitas also bred for fighting?

Quick search on Google:


Originally Japanese dogs were small to medium in size and no large breeds existed. Since 1603 in the Akita region, Akita Matagis (medium-sized bear-hunting dogs) were used as fighting dogs. From 1868 Akita Matagis were crossed with Tosas and Mastiffs. Consequently, the size of this breed increased but characteristics associated with Spitz type were lost. In 1908 dog fighting was prohibited, but this breed was nevertheless preserved and improved as a large Japanese breed.

History of the Akita | Minamoto No Yorimitsu

www.m-n-y-akitas.nl

Another function that the local dogs served was in dogfighting. For approximately 300 years, the Akita hunting dogs and the Akita fighting dogs co-existed with the fighting dogs being mixed with an assortment of western breeds for an even larger size during the Meiji era (1868-1912) and Taisho era (1912-1926).

History of the Akita Breed - The Akita Breed - Midwest Akita Rescue Society

Learn about the history of the Akita breed, including how Akitas were introduced to the U.S. and find out what role Helen Keller played in Akita history.

akitas.org

 

[Smitty]

Campaigners against government's XL bully dogs ban given green light to bring High Court challenge

Since February, it has been a criminal offence to own an XL bully dog in England and Wales without an exemption certificate - the law came into power after a string of attacks by the breed.

news.sky.com

Hopefully all that will happen is they waste a lot of money.

 

[skinnydipper]

Campaigners against government's XL bully dogs ban given green light to bring High Court challenge

Since February, it has been a criminal offence to own an XL bully dog in England and Wales without an exemption certificate - the law came into power after a string of attacks by the breed.

news.sky.com

Hopefully all that will happen is they waste a lot of money.

"Ms McGahey argued the government were wrong to assume the breed had the characteristics of a dog bred for fighting."

Are they stupid? What do they think is the core breed?

 

[sarah.oxford]

Saw a guy park on the double yellow lines outside the front of the vets this morning (car park is at the back), and get his unmuzzled XL bully out of the car. It dragged him into the road, causing a cyclist to swerve, before he reeled it in and headed into the vets.
I'm glad I wasn't sat in the waiting room with my dog when it arrived.
Some dog owners do not do themselves or the breed any favours whatsoever. I do hope the vets had a word about regulations and generally being in control.

 

[CanteringCarrot]

Saw an Akita Chow mix up for adoption. Def not something for me! Why would you cross those two breeds?!

 

[SilverLinings]

Sadly another serious attack by what is being described as a 'large bulldog-type'. There aren't many details (e.g. whether it happened in the owners home, whether it is an XLB), but fortunately the dog was PTS by the police.

Woman 'seriously injured' after dog attack in Kelloholm

The animal, described as a "large bulldog-type dog" was put down after the incident on Saturday.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[splashgirl45]

Wonder if it’s one from here that has been ‘rescued’

 

[Cortez]

Saw an Akita Chow mix up for adoption. Def not something for me! Why would you cross those two breeds?!

Why? I’ve no idea, but at least the two breeds are of the same basic type, unlike some of the idiotic crosses that people purposely make.

 

[CanteringCarrot]

Why? I’ve no idea, but at least the two breeds are of the same basic type, unlike some of the idiotic crosses that people purposely make.

I did think about that for a sec, but still.

 

[cauda equina]

22 XLBs seized, 6 pts due to poor health

Police in Sheffield seize 22 dogs from illegal XL Bully farm

Officers in Sheffield say six of the animals were so unwell they had to be put to sleep.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[ycbm]

The rest are illegal to rehome, what happens now?
.

 

[SilverLinings]

At least as the breed is 'banned' the police took it seriously as it sounds as though the conditions the dogs were being kept in (and breeding in) were appalling.

The article also says that South Yorkshire Police alone dealt with 14 cases of out-of-control dogs in just one weekend; a lot of people just don't seem to care what their dog does or what risk it poses to others

 

[skinnydipper]

XL Bully savaged horse in horror attack as young rider, 12, rushed to hospital

A CRAZED XL bully savaged a horse in a horror attack that left the schoolgirl rider seriously hurt and traumatised. Aaron Eggie’s dog Blue escaped and charged towards a group of three child riders.…

www.thescottishsun.co.uk