Spot on ash.
Half these comments show just how naive some folk really are.

 

My IQ says otherwise, but hey... you're the expert

 

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Yeah, soem comments have made me chuckle...

 

Matt

I'm curious. Is that because of how you see your Lab's temprament? Or is it because she posesses only "hamster like" strength?

 

Sounds like it's happened again, in Wales this time.

 

Cor, some of you are so nasty

Surprised nobody has had the audacity to say it's no real loss as the wanna be gangsta staff/pit bull type owner is only breeding filth anyway, so it's like natures way of keeping their numbers down.

 

Can't trust them Malamutes......

 

This is only a few miles from me, very sad..

 

Aother one, in Lincoln this time. Woman left with life changing injuries after attack by a dog!

Time to get rid of these killing machines I think!

 

They said that the dog in question was found in a quarry this morning and is now in kennels.

I would have thought that they should have just shot the dog, and left it in the quarry.

 

What sort of dog was it?

 

They are saying American pitbull

 

You sure that spoon is big enough?

 

Reporting that the attack was so vicious the woman's skull is exposed
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...shire-26514677

Pretty sure this was a Jack Russell....

 

Now the BBC is reporting that another woman has been attacked by a dog, at the same house were the owner of the original dog was arrested.....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...shire-26519332

 

Unfortunate, but that's life, I suspect hundreds if not thousands were injured in car crashes today! Get over it.

 

The true figure is in fact just dozens, but however many it was, you can bet that all but a tiny proportion of those people were only traveling in a car in the first place because they had an actual need to go somewhere and do something. By contrast, outside of the few hundred farmers that are still scraping a living together on this island (), and blind people (), there are very few people here who need to own a dog of any sort at all, let alone a muscle-bound variety that was originally bred specifically for its aptitude to fight much larger animals.

 

Nice attitude.
"Sod it! People die in car crashes every day, let's just allow people to be killed by vicious animals. And while we are at it, who needs ambulances! People die every day!"

 

Another pit bull type dog too.

 

From the same article you linked:

"Staffordshire Bull Terriers are friendly, enthusiastic and usually extremely affectionate[19] towards humans. They express their affection through jumping up, nuzzling, licking[20] and pawing, and even when trained can still be 'fussy' with owners and others. Staffordshires are perhaps not suitable pets for those who prefer more reserved dogs. Staffordshires are notably adaptable in terms of changing home or even owners, and unfortunately this can make them easy prey for http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dognapping.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staffordshire_Bull_Terrier#cite_note-21RSPCA chief vet Mark Evans said: "Staffies have had a terrible press, but this is not of their own making - in fact they're wonderful dogs. If people think that Staffies have problems, they're looking at the wrong end of the dog lead! When well cared for and properly trained they can make brilliant companions. Our experience suggests that problems occur when bad owners exploit the Staffie's desire to please by training them to show aggression."[22]

Nothing like picking out irrelevant bits in support of an argument, eh?

 

It's irrelevant to the fact that the injuries inflicted by these animals when they turn nasty are very often fatal or life-threatening, that they were originally bred for their strength and aggressiveness? I hardly think so.

But hey, if you want to use yours to baby-sit your 18 month-old kid, be my guest. I'm sure its character is utterly beyond reproach.

 

Hard to believe that the people concerned were so stupid as not to ensure the safety of the little child.

Les