Comments on: The Dangerous Dogs Act: It’s Time For Breed Specific Legislation To Go & Go Now

By: Felicity

Felicity — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 02:42:47 +0000

i support bsl- Ban Stupid Legislators that is!

as for breeds leave them alone.

T banning pits hasn’t stop the bad owners. they are doing the same thing they did with pits with other breeds like the staffie and rottie. thousands of responsible owner just like you have lost their dogs as a result of this act. i wonder of you hadn’t been as luck and your dog was put down, and please bear in mind it is entirely up to the personal opinion of the judge, wether you’d say the same thing!

bans don’t stop bad owners. wether its a pit, rottie, staffie or even a lab a bad owner will create a problem dog.

i support dog owner suitability testing for this reason.

By: Leigh

Leigh — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 23:50:34 +0000

REPEAL REPEAL REPEAL

Follow Holland and get ride of BSL.

I personally would like to see sections1 repealed and the new law written by canine experts (such as Ryan O’Meara as the articles he’s written on this site about BLS & so called dangerous dogs have made so much sense) and lawyes (to make sure it’s worded so that it cannot be twisted by other lawyers once in place). It needs to protect both the public and dog owners of all breeds.

It can’t really be that hard to actually put into place? If money’s the issue then once the BSL is gone you can use the millions of pounds that are being used to prosecute Pitbulls….money problem solved. It shouldn’t have to take years to change, all the while more loving dogs are being killed. It needs to change know!!

By: Amy

Amy — Sun, 10 May 2009 13:51:48 +0000

I think everything to do with BSL and the DDA is pathetic. I dont understand how anyone can blame an entire breed of dog for something a small percentage of dogs have done.

I own a Rottweiler, Doberman and Chihuahua and the amount of people who call micky my chihuahua cute while he’s barking at them then take one look at my other dogs playing with their toys and move as far away as possible is stupid.

I’m doing a project for college entitled ” does the media influence the publics perception of so called’dangerous dogs’?” If anyone could take a couple of minutes to fill it out it would be greatly appreciated here’s the link

Click Here to take survey

Thank You

Amy x

By: Jess

Jess — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 19:08:41 +0000

I read in the most recent 'Dogs Today' magazine that the RSPCA and the Kennel Club have publicly decided they are against this part of the DDA and support it being repealed… I really hope to see the dogs back, but I also hope that some other law can be put in place to protect the dogs from being owned by people who will not 'train' them properly (also thinking of the pack leader concept here). I can't begin to imagine how bad it would be if the were let back and then dog/'dangerous' breed attacks were on the increase leading to another ban (even though we'd all know it was the owners fault, not the dogs)
Overall though I feel this piece of legislation won't last, I don't know anybody in my daily life who supports it (and if they were for it, it was easy for me to explain the facts and flaws and it's generally easy to make them see the issues)
At the end of the day, it is discrimination to such a high degree. This needs to end…

By: anon

anon — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:05:15 +0000

No dog should be taken because of the way it looks. Repeal BSL now.

By: xxx

xxx — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 23:54:51 +0000

this is a load of vrap it is not the rotties fault it is the owners
rotties shouold not be banned the owner should be banned from having dogs
rotties are not dangerous it is how they are raised we use them in the police force they are loyal and i know
a mate tht has f rotties tht are so well trained and love people aswell as other dogs
so it needs to be decided tht rotties should not be put on the dangerous dogs act

By: New 2 Blog

New 2 Blog — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 09:20:26 +0000

The DDA is a shameful law that kills dogs. Must be repealed.

By: Alison Green

Alison Green — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:41:51 +0000

Pure staffordshire bull terriers have been deemed type. You are wrong T. I dealt with a case of a kc regged SBT earlier in the year and the dog is now a registered “pit bull type” .
I have seen others be held and in the past they have been destroyed.

The law is regardless of parentage. It is very simple in that respect.

By: Ryan O'Meara

Ryan O'Meara — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 07:29:05 +0000

Sorry ‘T’ but you’re wrong. You can’t understand the Dangerous Dogs Act properly to write what you have. KC papers on a ‘purebred’ Staffy prove NOTHING. If the dog fits type, it can be seized and destroyed – simple as that. Your entire logic is completely flawed.

By: T

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 02:49:24 +0000

NO PURE BRED STAFFY WITH PAPERWORK TO PROVE IT, Unless classified as a Dangerous dog to people, or unless it has scars from illigal dog fighting would be taken… they cannot simply kill a dog if it does not fit any of these profiles.. and if they do then if you can prove the reason they did so was wrong they are most probably liable and if u can prove it then they would not have been able to put it down in the firstplace…. i have had dogs taken and put onto the exempted list and perfect advice to a pitbull owner is to keep a low profile with your pitbull if you do not want to have it taken away from you for a very long time and nutured. as its not a nice experience!

And alo.. yes get a staffy or a similar breed because there is a less chance for it to be classified as a pitbull therefore causing unnessacey problems and havoc for the owner. fact of the matter is that there is a 99% chance the DDA will never get lifted…not with stupid people letting their pitbulls attack babies like the recent case in south london. I have pitbulls and i would certainly not like to have ny of my childeren on the recieving end of an out of controll irresponsibly kept dog like a pit bull!

SO get a similar breed like a Staff or an english bull terrier E.G: a Blue staff wich cannot be classified as a pitbull as pitbulls do not exist in this colour and the dogs claimed to be blue pitbulls are results from mix breeding.

English bull terriers Dogue De bordeaux’s staffs mastiffs of all kinds and mixes of them have all been taken yes.. its simply down to irrisponsibility like my dogs wich were taken irresponsibility on my own part. if i did not let my kids take my dog out with their freinds my dog would not have got taken away.

its a simple fact people will have to learn to live with that pitbulls dogo argentinios fila brasileros and tosas are not going to become legal..

and even if they were to reconcider the law there would have to be a gap of like 10 years of no dog bites or dog fighting in the country wich is very unlikely to happen as there are cases every month!