Clodagh
Well-Known Member
I can’t see an alternative, but it would be better if the police could actually hit a barn door.
Another fatal dog attack
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Errin Paddywack
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Looks as though they managed to hit a few car doors.
misst
Well-Known Member
Tasers are not especially effective on these dogs - there have been a few cases where they just rage on. I'm glad the poor thing cannot attack anyone else. I'm glad it is not cooped up in kennels waiting for a "decision" on it's future. I'm glad it's stupid owner cannot apply to the courts to get their dog back and waste public money on a pointless court case.
Shooting in the street is obviously not ideal and I get that maybe they were a bit cavalier in their running and shooting but these dogs kill people and I suspect with a raging XLB running about most people went indoors!
Cinnamontoast
Fais pas chier!
Tasers, as you know, have 2 prongs. You need to be close enough and you need to deploy the taser so the 2 prongs are in a certain area and a certain distance apart to be effective. Please tell me how this works when they don't get to practice on dogs so you have no idea where to shoot? If you don't land the prongs in the correct area on a human, it won't be effective. It hasn't dropped people my OH has tasered on more than one occasion and his last one is being used as an expert video for training.
Lethal force was advocated and used effectively. There would have been other officers hopefully blocking the street but I don't see an alternative. Unpleasant for the dog and the witnesses, owner was an idiot. Had it been my husband, I'd be delighted he had a gun.
bonny
Well-Known Member
I don’t imagine they practice shooting live dogs either so I don’t really get your point ?
I think we should wait a few days now and see what if anything the police say about what happened especially as there is a lot of guessing going on.
Cinnamontoast
Fais pas chier!
Which is exactly what I said.
gunnergundog
Well-Known Member
XL Bully attack leaves man fighting for life with 'chunks of flesh' ripped out
Resham Singh, 69, was mauled by an XL Bully in Gravesend, Kent, earlier this week - he was left fighting for his life after the ferocious attack and might need reconstructive surgery
www.mirror.co.uk
Birker2020
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XL Bully attack leaves woman with 'life-changing' facial injuries
The dog, which was a family pet, has been put to sleep
Another XL bully attack, leaves woman with life changing injuries.
I am incredibly sceptical that people still feel there is an element of safety with these dogs, its evident to me that these attacks are much more than due to 'bad owners'. There's soomething in their make up, their breeding, and their genetics. They are ticking time bombs. I am always incredulous when someone says they are good dogs, or they are having bad press, the evidence points to the opposite and the numbers speak for themselves.
Birker2020
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Cruel owner tried to castrate XL Bully himself in panic over breed ban
The previous Conservative government introduced strict new laws around XL Bully ownership in a bid to bring down the number of dog-bite victims across the country
www.mirror.co.uk
This idiot tried to castrate his dog himself with an elastic band.
splashgirl45
Lurcher lover
Once again the dog was a family pet, at least it was put down straight away . When will people realise that these dogs are dangerous and it doesn’t seem to matter what sort of a home they have, so many of them have turned into dangerous dogs … would be interesting to know that statistics like gender, age, if owned from puppy, length of time owned etc
wills_91
Well-Known Member
Every so often I dip into this thread and wish I hadn't.
So annoyed that Scotland did not bring this law in line with the rest of the UK.
I know of 3 in our town brought up here from England "rescued" by exactly the type of person who shouldn't have a goldfish let alone a dog. Terrify me.
So annoyed that Scotland did not bring this law in line with the rest of the UK.
I know of 3 in our town brought up here from England "rescued" by exactly the type of person who shouldn't have a goldfish let alone a dog. Terrify me.
ycbm
Einstein would be proud of my Insanity...
Cruel owner tried to castrate XL Bully himself in panic over breed ban
The previous Conservative government introduced strict new laws around XL Bully ownership in a bid to bring down the number of dog-bite victims across the country
This idiot tried to castrate his dog himself with an elastic band.
To be fair to him, it's how we castrate lambs and remove sarcoids from horses. I can see why he could have thought it would be OK.
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Clodagh
Well-Known Member
Lambs must be shortly after birth. Days I think. Doing it to a mature animal would be unspeakable.
MurphysMinder
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Kennels local to me which take strays from several councils have applied for pp for a new kennel
block to house seized xl bullies .
block to house seized xl bullies .
skinnydipper
Well-Known Member
Kennels local to me which take strays from several councils have applied for pp for a new kennel
block to house seized xl bullies .
Why aren't they pts?
Cortez
Tough but Fair
I had a mule who was castrated with a lamb ring as a foal - it was the primary reason I got him, I wasn’t going to leave the poor thing with his ignorant owner - and it didn’t work either, he was a rig, and a pretty pissed off animal for his whole life.
MurphysMinder
Well-Known Member
Exactly ! Presumably they have to be held for court cases or something stupid like that.
Birker2020
Well-Known Member
There are hundreds of dogs up and down the country being held pending the outcome of court cases at huge cost to the taxpayer.
Some of these dogs live in a cage for years and are never walked for fear of being attacked.
Stella the dog locked up by Devon police for two years without exercise
Caged dog Stella refused exercise for two years on the orders of Devon and Cornwall Police, a whistleblower tells the BBC.
www.bbc.co.uk
Gloi
Too little time, too much to read.
That's just cruel. They need to be PTS or the owners charged the full price of keeping them kennelled.There are hundreds of dogs up and down the country being held pending the outcome of court cases at huge cost to the taxpayer.
Some of these dogs live in a cage for years and are never walked for fear of being attacked.
Stella the dog locked up by Devon police for two years without exercise
Caged dog Stella refused exercise for two years on the orders of Devon and Cornwall Police, a whistleblower tells the BBC.www.bbc.co.uk
I'm Dun
Well-Known Member
If it ever happened to mine I would immediately ask they were PTS rather than put them through the hell of never leaving a kennel. It is incredibly selfish to leave your dog there in the hope you might get it back one day. The dog you get back won't be the one that went in anyway 
blackcob
🖖
I don’t think I recall seeing the news at the time but if anyone saw the pictures yesterday of Steve Darling’s guide dog Jennie in the House of Commons, she survived an XL bully attack last year.
Birker2020
Well-Known Member
Yes, I agree. Don't think owners have a say at that point though. Think there's one dog that's been kenelked without a walk for seven years. Disgusting.If it ever happened to mine I would immediately ask they were PTS rather than put them through the hell of never leaving a kennel. It is incredibly selfish to leave your dog there in the hope you might get it back one day. The dog you get back won't be the one that went in anyway
cauda equina
Well-Known Member
You wonder, to what end?
What is it being kept for?
What is it being kept for?
CanteringCarrot
Well-Known Member
What is the point? It's inhumane and goes against any sort of animal welfare guidelines, IMO. Just PTS, there's no reason for the dogs to suffer, especially for YEARS.
It's the year 2024 and humans are still absolute barbaric imbeciles.
It's the year 2024 and humans are still absolute barbaric imbeciles.
Katieg123
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XL bullies: Republic of Ireland to restrict ownership of dog breed
Similar bans on XL bullies are already in place in Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK.
www.bbc.com
Birker2020
Well-Known Member
Some interesting reading
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk
www.mirror.co.uk
Freedom of Informationn Act
Liverpool dangerous dogs cost £63,000 to kennel in a five month period
KEEPING dangerous dogs on death row has cost Liverpool taxpayers more than £63,000 in five months.
Dangerous dogs which attack humans costing taxpayers millions each year in kennel fees
The bill for keeping five dogs that mauled a gran to death in south London in October last year has already reached nearly £15,000
www.mirror.co.uk
Freedom of Informationn Act
Mrs. Jingle
Well-Known Member
Snap, but mine is a donkey. Also the only reason I bought him I just felt so sorry for the terrified little mite. Only half a job done but he does not show any riggish behaviour at all thank goodness. It has taken us nearly 15 years to totally rehabilitate and reassure him though.
gunnergundog
Well-Known Member
Man, 83, forced to carry dead dog home after it was mauled by XL Bully in Charlton
An elderly man had to carry his dead dog’s body back home after an “XL Bully dog” mauled his beloved Jack Russell to death during a walk in…
If only it had been muzzled.....
I'm Dun
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Man, 83, forced to carry dead dog home after it was mauled by XL Bully in Charlton
An elderly man had to carry his dead dog’s body back home after an “XL Bully dog” mauled his beloved Jack Russell to death during a walk in…www.newsshopper.co.uk
If only it had been muzzled.....
Oh god, that made me sob. I hope whoever owns those dogs went away and had them PTS. I doubt it though
Having seen my lovely older whippet mauled by a lab, I cant imagine what seeing a smaller dog attacked by XL bullies is like.
TheOldTrout
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That poor little dog, and poor family. It's hard enough when you lose a dog to old age and illness, never mind after an attack like that.Man, 83, forced to carry dead dog home after it was mauled by XL Bully in Charlton
An elderly man had to carry his dead dog’s body back home after an “XL Bully dog” mauled his beloved Jack Russell to death during a walk in…
If only it had been muzzled.....