What is so unbelievably tragic is any dog would be unpredictable in that situation, rehomed, a house full of strangers… it’s a complete set up to fail scenario, as so many of these attacks are. I feel so sorry for the dogs, it’s not their fault they’ve been bred and repeatedly failed.
It's an interesting point that an alarmingly large number of XLB owners appear to be people without enough knowledge (about dogs) or experience to own any type of dog, let alone a powerful breed that apparently shows aggression with little warning. Although as a lot of the owners appear to be so inexperienced are the dogs actually exhibiting the same warning signals as most other breeds but the owners just don't understand what they are seeing?
Very much a case of "Where it ain't, you can't find it. "You know we were wondering how stupid some of these dog owners are? Well our question is answered in another article on one of the pages pointed to above. If you have your dog on a lead it is, perhaps, not the greatest idea to throw a stick for it .... into a river.
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Watch the moment woman is dragged into river while playing with her excited dog
Watch as a friend laughs and screams, “No!, as Steph is dragged into the water by Winne.www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk
Yup there's one near here too, madness
Dog group to hold XL Bully walk to fight 'discriminative' laws
A Dorset dog group has said it will hold an XL Bully dog meet-up to fight 'discriminative' laws against the breed.www.bournemouthecho.co.uk
A group of delusional people in Dorset on 1st June, so you may wish to avoid the area.
Let’s get a bunch of xls together and see what happens!Dog group to hold XL Bully walk to fight 'discriminative' laws
A Dorset dog group has said it will hold an XL Bully dog meet-up to fight 'discriminative' laws against the breed.
A group of delusional people in Dorset on 1st June, so you may wish to avoid the area.
Quite mad. Have they missed the recent attacks?! I’ve had to seriously pull back from a relatively new friend who repeatedly advocates for brachycephalic dogs and xls. I just can’t comprehend why.
Would it be mean to imagine some sort of mass extinction/mutual assured destruction type scenario?Let’s get a bunch of xls together and see what happens!
For people advocating the dogs or the dogs themselves?!
Both would be good.
Why do the dogs have to be kept in police kennels for a year. They should have been put down on the day.Mother got drunk and let XL Bullies maul dog walkers and their pets
Amanda Wilkie, 44, who had been looking after the hounds for her ex, sparked terror when she let them off their leashes at Willow Park in Newton-Le-Willows, Merseyside.www.dailymail.co.uk
My Oh says his force pays for this, rather than the owner. They’re so stretched, it’s crazy.
the dogs
I've just had a quick Google and I can't see anything more concrete other than that it is an offence. I have found information on possible penalties for the owner, but not what happens to the dog other than that 'it could be seized and put down'. I would presume that if it is permanently seized from the owner then it would have to be PTS as it is not legal to transfer ownership. It looks like at the moment the owners are more likely to be warned (if the dog has been exempted and it's *just* a case of being without a muzzle/lead).
There are not enough police to do that, they’d be doing nothing but round here! Also, imagine arguing with the owner who tells you it’s not of type-no experts in the force as of yet (ever). And how can they check chips?
Unfortunately, I think that’s true
It would be great if the police could follow up on all the reports, but I understand why they don't have the capacity. Ideally following up on reports and spot-checking XLBs would reduce or prevent attacks on animals and humans, but the majority of the dogs won't kill someone, but the police have to follow up on a stabbing or child abuse incident etc where a crime is known to have already been committed.Unfortunately, I think that’s true
www.mirror.co.uk
I am starting to wonder whether a large number of the XLB owners are so irresponsible (and cruel) that they no longer bother to walk their dogs regularly now that they need to go to the huge effort of attaching a lead and muzzle, so the dogs are becoming stressed and wound up and either turning on people in the house, or on strangers on the rare occasions they escape the confines of said house'XL Bully' dog attack mauling leaves man in hospital with serious injuries
A man was attacked and suffered what police described as 'potentially life-changing injuries' in a garden of a home in Knowle, Bristol
This is getting beyond a joke. The legislation was introduced and yet the deaths/injuries to both man and beast continue. I would hate it if I owned one, but is it time for a compulsory cull? Health and Safety seems to be OTT in so many walks of life, but not in this one.
per our local news that one was a mali.St Austell woman in 90s attacked by dog, say police
Police said the dog was not a banned breed and the woman remained in hospital.www.bbc.co.uk
It's interesting that in the article the police appear to be saying they don't think it is an XLB, but it doesn't sound like they have been directly involved/spoken to the owner/seen the dog. It looks a lot like an XLB from the (fairly poor resolution) photos.Moment crazed dog sinks its teeth into pug and refuses to let go
Horrifying footage of the attack in Leith, Edinburgh, yesterday captured the moment the helpless pug wails in agony as it is mauled by a dog more than double its size.
I think this may be another, dog attacking pug. Why on earth wasn't an unmuzzled dog seized.
Ireland is talking about banning them now after that girl was killed on her birthday and group is making a decision by the end of the yearShock and tributes as young woman killed in dog attack on her birthday is named
Nicole Morey (23) was attacked and killed by a dog- understood to be the restricted and controversial XL Bully breed - at the front of a house in Ballyneety, Co Limerick last nightwww.irishmirror.ie
. Such a needless death.