Comments on: Police: ‘We Don’t Need New Dangerous Dogs Laws’ http://www.dogmagazine.net/archives/347/police-we-dont-need-new-dangerous-dogs-laws/ the lifestyle magazine for dog lovers Sat, 11 Jun 2011 15:23:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: kay parker http://www.dogmagazine.net/archives/347/police-we-dont-need-new-dangerous-dogs-laws/#comment-51954 kay parker Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:17:54 +0000 http://www.dogmagazine.net/archives/347/police-we-dont-need-new-dangerous-dogs-laws/#comment-51954 Instead of focusing on breeds of dogs would it not be better to concentrate on owner responsibility as it makes more sense to educate the owners than lock up the dogs who only act as the owners allow them to? bring back dog licences but to be earned by attending courses such as KC 'canine good citizen award' classes to obtain the licence , then the police run a check on a microchip at random the same as they do for driving licences, to ensure the owner has completed the course. I own 3 dogs at the moment and attend such a course regularly with each of them, it not only helps me to train my dogs but also makes me aware of the relevant laws ,and makes me aware of the signs i should look for to spot any problems i may have with their behaviour and help me deal with it. I think if this happened it would lessen the problems for owners and police, Yorkie or pitbull- dogs only learn from the time & effort we are prepared to put in! Instead of focusing on breeds of dogs would it not be better to concentrate on owner responsibility as it makes more sense to educate the owners than lock up the dogs who only act as the owners allow them to? bring back dog licences but to be earned by attending courses such as KC ‘canine good citizen award’ classes to obtain the licence , then the police run a check on a microchip at random the same as they do for driving licences, to ensure the owner has completed the course. I own 3 dogs at the moment and attend such a course regularly with each of them, it not only helps me to train my dogs but also makes me aware of the relevant laws ,and makes me aware of the signs i should look for to spot any problems i may have with their behaviour and help me deal with it. I think if this happened it would lessen the problems for owners and police, Yorkie or pitbull- dogs only learn from the time & effort we are prepared to put in!

]]> By: CrazyCanine http://www.dogmagazine.net/archives/347/police-we-dont-need-new-dangerous-dogs-laws/#comment-4203 CrazyCanine Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:56:42 +0000 http://www.dogmagazine.net/archives/347/police-we-dont-need-new-dangerous-dogs-laws/#comment-4203 A DEFRA rep is quoted: “We feel the laws are adequate to cover a dog if it commits an atrocity in the public or private domain. The 'atrocity' is the Dangerous Dogs Act itself and other breed specific legislation! Joined up policing or what if the results are anything to go by! What they fail to mention is partnership working with local councils, some forces have a good relationship with their local councils and vice versa, others (both police and council) spend most of their time passing complaints backwards and forwards to each other due to having no clear procedure in place. Yet another opportunity to change legislation and enforcement for the benefit of dogs and their owners wasted! A DEFRA rep is quoted: “We feel the laws are adequate to cover a dog if it commits an atrocity in the public or private domain.

The ‘atrocity’ is the Dangerous Dogs Act itself and other breed specific legislation! Joined up policing or what if the results are anything to go by! What they fail to mention is partnership working with local councils, some forces have a good relationship with their local councils and vice versa, others (both police and council) spend most of their time passing complaints backwards and forwards to each other due to having no clear procedure in place. Yet another opportunity to change legislation and enforcement for the benefit of dogs and their owners wasted!

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