[Sender]

Well. First guns, then knives, now dogs are to be handed in. I wonder what will be next?

[muleskinner]

Britain outlawed the White Terrier in the mid 1800's and issued a decree for the extinction of those dogs. They were exceptionally aggressive, considered a common nuisance and carried rabies.

Their genes are now incorporated into the pit bull breed.

Britain is enforcing laws their "Dogs of Peace" laws they've had on the books since the 1800's.

[School of Rational Thought]

"Well. First guns, then knives, now dogs are to be handed in. I wonder what will be next?"

I thinking they have a pt bull shoot but they don't have guns either.

[PLMerite]

"Well. First guns, then knives, now dogs are to be handed in. I wonder what will be next?"


Wait until they figure out that most rapes are comitted with penises...

[Kokojmudd]

Well. First guns, then knives, now dogs are to be handed in. I wonder what will be next?



I think they will be coming after this next.

[kanawa]

I wonder what will be next?

Cheese?

One of the first acts of a newly elected liberal government in my area
was an attempt to ban fresh sushi.
They wanted all sushi to be pre-frozen before being served.
They were mocked into backing down.

They were more successful in banning dogs.
Inspite of spending lots of bucks on public hearings, it was all for show.
The AG had no intention of listening to the expert testimony
that spoke against breed specific legislation
and pleaded for a comprehensive approach to the problem of dog bites/attacks.
I wonder how he sleeps at night,
this week a tot just shy of 3 years old was attacked by a pair on non-banned dogs,
suffering severe injuries to his face and other parts of his body.
The AG's law/approach did nothing to prevent this attack.
Sadly this was not the first attack reported by these two dogs, a male and a female.
Were they spayed/neutered?
Look at these stats...

a survey of the sex of the dogs involved in the last 6 years (Jan. 2000 thru Dec. 2005) reveal that overwhelmingly the dogs involved in fatal attacks are males. In the fatal attacks during this six year period, over 91% of these cases a male dog was involved, (i.e. either a single male dog or a male dog accompanied by other males and/or female dogs).

an examination of the dogs involved in fatal attacks from Jan. 2000 thru Dec. 2005, reveal that the overwhelming majority of dogs involved were unaltered.Of the fatalities during this 6 year period, 92% of the dogs involved were unaltered (not spayed or neutered).
link

How many dog owners are aware of this?
I wasn't aware of the magnitude of that factor until I came across the stat while researching.
Where is the equivalent of MADD or the government firearm safety course
that would bring these facts to the attention of owners?

[oldenuff2no]

Comparing Pit Bulls to an inanimate object isn't accurate or intelligent. No gun or knife has the ability to move by itself or initiate an attack by itself. Pitt bulls have been bred for the last few hundred years to "bite and fight." It is an instinct that no amount of petting or family loving can take out of them. Stock dogs are bred to work, bird dogs and hounds are bred to hunt, pitts are bred to bite and fight. I've been training dogs for over 4 decades. I can't make a hound different by "Thinking or feeling." You can't take the instincts out of a fighting dog by "Thinking they should be different" either. I've trained about every big dog breed there is. When I have a pitt on the end of a leash I know it every time another big dog goes by.
The statistics on dog attacks say it all. The #1 dog for attacking people are Pitt Bulls. The #1 dogs for killing children are Pitt Bulls. I've heard all the excuses but none of them will take the fight and bite out of a Pitt Bull.

[Sensei Ern]

Well. First guns, then knives, now dogs are to be handed in. I wonder what will be next?

I think it will be....THE COMFY CHAIR!