Besides that,licensing and education doesn’t seem to be working with cars. People still drive drunk, still drive high, still drive while they’re so tired that they literally can’t stay awake. People without licenses still get away with it. Tickets, fines, and even jail time doesn’t seem to be slowing them down. All of that in a vehicle that costs well over several thousand dollars. If people can’t care about a car, why would they think twice about the cost or paper work of a dog?

Besides all of that, animal control has enough problems trying to enforce laws we already have. How in the world will they keep up with new laws.

I say we just need to focus on enforcing laws we already have. Bite rates would seriously plummet if repeat bite offenders did not get the chance to repeat, or dogs who constantly run at large were caught.

If we were to add new laws, I’d say laws that give animal control the right to take a dog if it is severely malnourished and the owner can not show proof that s/he took the dog to the vet that gives good reason why the dog is like it is. Or that the dog can’t be chained outside for more than a certain amount of time each day.

I’m against BSL and any law that makes it harder to own one breed over another. Criminals will only want the breed that is harder to get more, and the responcible people will want nothing to do with it. Even if you make it impossible for them to get ‘pit-bulls’ and rots, they’ll move onto another breed. They’ve done it many times before, and they’ll do it again.

With all the problems associated with dogs being kept in our communities, we now need to thoroughly re-examine the issues of human behavior and the keeping of ALL pets to get a true understanding of what is going on in our communities in regards to human – pet interaction. There clearly are some abuses in many directions not being addressed by laws or law enforcement agencies. IT is now clear, after many decades or centuries of fatal dog attacks and animal cruelties that a new perspective on pets and and human behavior is adopted.

A totally unbiased view would highlight these issues. Humans may develop personality disorders when they enter the realm of pet ownership. The "rights" of their pet may be conflicting with the rights of others to live in peace and comfort in their own homes. The levels of tolerance expected by pet owners is extremely high and far from practical. The care and training of pets is far from encouraged. Animals are always defended by animal rights groups to the detriment of the health and safety of our communities. Human rights are ignored and those fighting for their human rights to be preserved are labelled as animal haters or anti-social.

The fact is, both animal and human rights need to be preserved, and licensing and laws for pets need to be introduced to address these concerns. We must consider the health and safety of both people and animals to be truly able to create laws that are logical and workable.

Licensing will educate ALL pet owners, be it dog, cat, gold fish or turtle, about the care, feeding, breeding and laws concerning their pet of choice. Courses of education for licensing will also help in aiding potential pet owners in making their decision to buy a pet, the type and breed of pet, and consider the home they may need to house such pets. More importantly, a test could be a screen that exposes those that may be unsuited to pet ownership. Overall, people must be responsible with pets, and one must seriously consider their own suitability to own pets. A course may be the way for these people to recognize their suitability to pet ownership, where their own failings will be exposed to themselves. A decision for another type of pet may follow though.

Now, in regard to attacks, especially the most vulnerable, children to nine years of age and the elderly and frail. Dogs do like to fit in in our communities. They do see certain types of people as easy targets to assert their position in our community. As such, dogs can and may attack an innocent person. Even if the person is tormenting a dog, the dog must be restrained to prevent an attack. Yes, people will be cruel to animals, but as a species, we make laws to protect our own as a priority. The best thing for any dog owner to do is two things. Training and physical restraint. It is unfortunate, but to prevent any animal that may attack from doing so in the long run can only protect this animal. Laws must be introduced to enable all pets to be restrained to the point they can not attack. Proper animal enclosures are an absolutely needed requirement. These enclosures MUST HAVE CHILD PROOF LOCKING DEVICES! A dog compound and kennel must prevent children from entering at all times. During meal times for the family, the dog must be put away. During bed time, the dog must be put away. You can enjoy the company of your pets while you are supervising the interaction of your pet and other people, but in times where you can not be 100% on your guard, you MUST put your dog away. In transport and whilst walking your dog also, one must do all one can to prevent your dog from attacking another person or pet. Muzzles and leads are essential to protect your pet from being accused of biting or attacking. You protect your dog by guarding it from its own impulses to attack. This may be very rare for some dogs, and may never ever happen, but a good insurance policy for you and your dog is to guard against dog attacks or bites through proper restraints. Having said this, the restraints must also be humane and comfortable for your pet. One other consideration for pet owners, put your pet away when workers or visitors come calling. Some guests will be familiar with your pet and in those circumstances, you may not need to put it away, but tradesmen and other professional visitors should have their health and safety aspects of their work respected, and the dog be put away until the visit is over.

If these kinds of considerations were had in law creation, then I am sure the issues of dog attacks would be minimized. Issues of animal noise need to be addressed also. The issue is not how much noise is allowable, but how responsive to the noise is the animal owner. How quickly does an animal owner respond to quiet their pet. If an animal is noisy for more than ten minutes, there is an issue of animal neglect. It may be an issue of training or confinement, or even animal injury. But a noisy animal is a sign of something being wrong, and it will have a negative effect on the community. How long does it take you to respond to your pets noise?

I am pro any breed, it is not the dog or the breed that is at fault, it is the owner who is responsible for bringing up a dog correctly to ensure they don’t have a problem dog. The problem only exists because people do not have the knowledge and understanding of The Dog and it’s needs.

Also these incidents involving babies being killed by dogs happened because the dogs are trained as guard dogs in irresponsible domestic homes by irresponsible owners.

My concern is that the government will take the easy option of banning certain breeds of dogs!

Jamie Armstrong

BY THE WAY WE DO NOT OWN ANOTHER LIFE! IN THIS LIFE OR ANY OTHER LIFE, (Dog or otherwise)! We are priveledged to have as friends, we call these… pets!

2 must notify local authorities as to how many rotties they have for breeding purposes, and sex of same

3 all breeding dogs/bitches must be micro-chipped.

4 breeder responsible for micro-chipping of litters as soon as humanely possible after birth and before selling.

5 breeder responsible for notification to local authority of,

A number in litter.

B sexes in litter.

C sire/dam of litter.

D corresponding micro-chipnumber for the above.

6 must have SPECIFIC license to breed rottweillers

7 issue certificate of ownership to purchaser, with copy to the local authority containing full details of dog/bitch and micro-chip numbers as well as new owners details

8 follow up to make sure that spaying neutering has been carried out as soon as it is humanely possible to do so

LOCAL AUTHORITY.

1 issue license for breeding of rottweillers

2 issue micro chips to breeders.

3 issue license to to prspective owners after background check as to suitability of ownership

4 maintain database of owners and micro chip number of dog/bitch owned.

5 carry out check to ensure that purchaased animal is spayed/neutered as soon as humanely possible

6 impound any rottweiler found with anyone without license and certificate of ownership

7 impound any rottweiler found with unmatched license/permit and micro-chip number

8 impound any unneutered/spayed rottweiler not registered with the local authority for breeding purposes

9 AND THIS IS IMPORTANT use any existing laws,bye-laws or amendements of the same toenforce the full extent of the law.

OWNERS.

1 gain permit of ownership from local authority

2 verify on purchase that certificate of ownership and micro-chip numbers match.

3 register owners details and micro- chip number of rottweiler owned with local authority.

4 spay/neuter animal as soon as humanely possible, proof of same to be lodged with breeder and local authority.

5 notify local authority of any change of ownership, to include full details of new owner

6 pass micro-chip certificate to new owner

7 under no circumstances sell or otherwise dispose of a rottweile to anyone who can not produce a license/permit as to suitability of ownership.

if this system was to be adopted it would result in the stopping of indiscriminate breeding, would furnish every rottweiler with a known record from the cradle to the grave would provide a database of ever breeder and number of dogs bred and would hopefully prevent rottweilers falling into the wrong hands ANY COMMENTS ON ANY OR ALL OF THE ABOVE WOULD BE MOST WELCOME

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