Comments on: Guilty of Animal Abuse But No Ban For Couple Who “Need a Guard Dog” http://www.dogmagazine.net/archives/498/guilty-of-animal-abuse-but-no-ban-for-couple-who-need-a-guard-dog/ by K9 Magazine, the lifestyle magazine for dog lovers Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:20:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Protection Dog Handler http://www.dogmagazine.net/archives/498/guilty-of-animal-abuse-but-no-ban-for-couple-who-need-a-guard-dog/#comment-6838 Protection Dog Handler Wed, 23 Apr 2008 06:57:54 +0000 http://www.dogmagazine.net/archives/498/guilty-of-animal-abuse-but-no-ban-for-couple-who-need-a-guard-dog/#comment-6838 Surely part of the Guard Dogs Act 1975 has still not been enacted even now after all these years? Why do people say they are using a 'guard dog' when they in fact just have a dog wandering around their yards, which as Dave the Dog writes is illegal if there is no dog handler on site with it? The magistrates should have considered what happens when there are no people there, if the dog wanders around on its own then they are commmiting an offence, if the dog is put in a pen when there is nobody present, it is not on guard, so not having a guard dog would hardly damage his business! I bet however that the dog is left to wander around in the yard when there is nobody on site, reasons that the Guard Dog Act 1975 was introduced to prevent. Sounds like the old, leave a dog to wander around and live in a yard. Really this couple are just animal abusers who drive lorries, if they do not maintain their animals, what must their lorries be like! Surely part of the Guard Dogs Act 1975 has still not been enacted even now after all these years?

Why do people say they are using a ‘guard dog’ when they in fact just have a dog wandering around their yards, which as Dave the Dog writes is illegal if there is no dog handler on site with it?

The magistrates should have considered what happens when there are no people there, if the dog wanders around on its own then they are commmiting an offence, if the dog is put in a pen when there is nobody present, it is not on guard, so not having a guard dog would hardly damage his business! I bet however that the dog is left to wander around in the yard when there is nobody on site, reasons that the Guard Dog Act 1975 was introduced to prevent.

Sounds like the old, leave a dog to wander around and live in a yard.

Really this couple are just animal abusers who drive lorries, if they do not maintain their animals, what must their lorries be like!

]]> By: Gunner http://www.dogmagazine.net/archives/498/guilty-of-animal-abuse-but-no-ban-for-couple-who-need-a-guard-dog/#comment-6819 Gunner Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:09:55 +0000 http://www.dogmagazine.net/archives/498/guilty-of-animal-abuse-but-no-ban-for-couple-who-need-a-guard-dog/#comment-6819 Get an alarm system you nasty people, it's a reasonable cost of doing business in this day and age. Get an alarm system you nasty people, it’s a reasonable cost of doing business in this day and age.

]]> By: Dave the Dog http://www.dogmagazine.net/archives/498/guilty-of-animal-abuse-but-no-ban-for-couple-who-need-a-guard-dog/#comment-6808 Dave the Dog Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:25:48 +0000 http://www.dogmagazine.net/archives/498/guilty-of-animal-abuse-but-no-ban-for-couple-who-need-a-guard-dog/#comment-6808 Okay, too late now for the cruelty penalties. But, he's now openly admitted to having the dog as a 'guard dog' and the magistrates agreed to not ban him for the reason that he needs another dog that same purpose. Let us hope now, that the local authority, police and any other involved person upon seeing the replacement dog without a handler in attendance at all times, reports the matter and he is swiftly brought before the courts again for offences under the Guard Dogs Act. There's often use for the 'Ways and Means Act. Okay, too late now for the cruelty penalties. But, he’s now openly admitted to having the dog as a ‘guard dog’ and the magistrates agreed to not ban him for the reason that he needs another dog that same purpose. Let us hope now, that the local authority, police and any other involved person upon seeing the replacement dog without a handler in attendance at all times, reports the matter and he is swiftly brought before the courts again for offences under the Guard Dogs Act. There’s often use for the ‘Ways and Means Act.

]]> By: Alison Green http://www.dogmagazine.net/archives/498/guilty-of-animal-abuse-but-no-ban-for-couple-who-need-a-guard-dog/#comment-6807 Alison Green Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:40:21 +0000 http://www.dogmagazine.net/archives/498/guilty-of-animal-abuse-but-no-ban-for-couple-who-need-a-guard-dog/#comment-6807 Man allows an animal to suffer yet judge doesnt let owners business suffer in return. We need new laws. Man allows an animal to suffer yet judge doesnt let owners business suffer in return. We need new laws.

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