Bad dog owners register

[Guest Anonymous]

6 people are treated for dog bites each day in hopitals within the state I live in .40% are children,half of them are under five.


These findings have prompted a register for bad owners and compulsary dog-training classes,Great idea! :D

"We punish the dog and the owner just goes and gets another one"Injury Surveillance Unit senior data analyst Richard Hockey says . "There should be a bad owner register.

Mr Hockey said the research showed American Pitt Bull Terriers were no more lickely to attack or cause injury then anyother dog of similar size.

They also found that banning certain breeds was unlikely to to reduce the number of attacks.

A ban in the UK failed to cut the number of bite victims.

Mr Hockey said a common theme in the cases was that the owner had not tacken adequate steps to prevent the dog from becomind a problem.

What do you think about the bad dog owner registry?I think its a great idea :D

[courtnek]

YES!!!! YES!!! it's what I've been saying all along!!

THE OWNERS ARE RESPONSIBLE!!@!!!!!@@@

Make THEM pay the penalty, NOT THE DOG!!!!!

[abker17]

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHOO-HOO!!!!!!!!!!!! PARTY TIME, PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY RELISING THAT B.S.L. SOLVES NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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[Guest Anonymous]

I think this is a great idea, as long as it isnt a blanket-no-extenuating-circumstances-allowed type thing. I whole-heartedly agree that the majority of dog bite cases are caused by negligent owners, but there are also the circumstances in which the bite is completely unforeseen. But, for the most part, this idea is awesome.

[Aroura]

FINALLY SOMEONE IS USING THEIR BRAIN!!!!
I've been saying this sort of thing for a long time, but most authoritys think its just easier to blame the breed - I hope the rest of the world picks up on this great idea!

[behle]

Make the owners responsible.........a fine idea whose time is long overdue! :D It is a good thing! :thumbs:

[Rowie-the-Pooh]

YES!!! YES!!!! YES!!!! THANKGOD!!! They've finally realized banning the breed is no use!! :D I am so happy! I hope the rest of the world follows their example! Way to go AUSTRALIA!

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[mouseatthebusstop]

Good idea, but parents should also be responisble. A dog lelt to baby sit and Being teased by children. Parents should teach their chilren to respect dogs

[courtnek]

I think this is a great idea, as long as it isnt a blanket-no-extenuating-circumstances-allowed type thing.

I agree with this as well. There are some cases of a dog biting even though the owners have taken good care of it and trained it, and kept it
under good control. The only fear I have here is that good dog owners, who possibly have a dog with a neurological or brain disfunction, or whose dog was being teased and mistreated by the neighborhood children, (I see that here a lot, I go after those kids like hell on wheels....)will be blamed as being bad dog owners. I think the registry is long overdue, but there needs to be extenuating circumstances as well.

My Tibetan Mastiff snarled at my sisters son while she was staying with me.
This kid is a real pain - uncontrolled, undisciplined, and while I didnt see it, I would bet from experience he was teasing the dog. It was winter, and about 12 degress outside, and she put the dog out!! I had no yard, so Luigi
was left outside just wandering around the neighborhood. One of the neighbors called animal control, and I was ticketed with animal abuse (because of how cold it was outside). By the time the court date came up, my sister had packed up and gone back home to Colorado, leaving me with the mess of explaining what had happened to the court. I got some of my neighbors to come in as character witnesses on how I treated my dogs, and the case was dropped, but I can easily see that sort of thing happening to others. There does need to be a little flexibility with this law, but on the whole, I am all for it.

[Aroura]

That sucks big time Courtneck.
Thats one thing that REALLY pisses me off, when people come to YOUR HOUSE and expect you to put your dog out for them. Where do they think they get off? No offence to your sister but that kind of stuff really gets to me.

[courtnek]

no offense taken - my sister seems to think that the world should revolve around her - and that her kids can do no wrong...even though this one has been arrested a number of times for various different things..

I was VERY UPSET at being considered a "bad dog owner"....

Even my mom. who doesnt like animals. said "YOU would never hurt an animal, for any reason!!! I WILL come to court for you if necessary...."


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[Aroura]

Ahh, you just can't win with some people huh? I remember when I was a kid, all those mothers who thought their kids couldn't do anything wrong always had the biggest brats who got into more trouble than the rest of us put together!!!!
I'm just glad it all worked out fine in the end, you of all people deserve to keep your reputation as a "good dog mum". I hate it when other people land you in trouble and then aren't even there when the shit hits the fan!