What Can A Dog Warden Do About A Dog Attack?

[anthro-nerd]

My dog was attacked by a staffie, the police aren't interested as I didn't get bit. It was completely unprovoked, my dogs were on the other side of the street, both on lead, not barking, literally sniffing a bush. His dog had no lead or collar and was on the opposite side of the street. It bee-lined towards us and attacked.

The police warden is investigating today... but what power do they actually have?

[dannyk13]

Spathi, //The reason for this is in their genetics because most staffs were used (originally) in dog fighting.// Not true, they were bred for bull fighting.
http://thestaffordshirebullterrier.co.uk/history

[Baldric]

If you were wrong, you don't have a point!


(Going out now with Dogs)

[dannyk13]

Spathi, they are not genetically aggressive.

[Jahulaye]

Do we have weak bulls here? I’ve seen some American rodeo bulls and I know a few staffs couldn’t take them down.

You’d probably need about 50 staffs or some big cats to take down these monsters

[dannyk13]

FAO Spathi
http://www.petwave.com/Dogs/Breeds/Staffordshire-Bull-Terrier/Personality.aspx

[Jahulaye]

“Going out now with Dogs“

Are they muzzled and on leashes every time you take them out?

[Gherkins]

"Early Bull and Terriers were not bred for the handsome visual specimen of today, rather they were bred for the characteristic known as gameness. The pitting of dogs against bear or bull tested the gameness, strength and skill of the dog. These early “proto-staffords” provided the ancestral foundation stock for the Staffordshire Bull Terrier, the Bull Terrier, the American Pit Bull Terrier and American Staffordshire Terrier."

'ancestral foundation stock'

[Jahulaye]

“Early Bull and Terriers were not bred for the handsome visual specimen of today, rather they were bred for the characteristic known as gameness.”

So they were a lot more ugly, bigger and much more dangerous then the more aggressively trained enraged and steroid filled fighting dogs of today?

[dannyk13]

Because some of the other breeds are still bred for fighting eg. The Pit Bull.

[anthro-nerd]

hereIam
I'm thinking of starting a petition about dog on dog attacks. Dogs don't ''just' attack other dogs. Dangerous dogs do.

[Jahulaye]

“Dogs don't ''just' attack other dogs. Dangerous dogs do.”

All dogs are potentially dangerous, even tiny handbag dogs depending on the size of their victims ie. baby. But it’s how the dog is trained or not trained,teased, starved, abused and enraged which is a great recipe for a not do great dangerous dog.

[anthro-nerd]

Jahulaye
The owner makes the dog dangerous, I agree. But a dangerous dog still needs to be dealt with. It's unfair as it isnt the dogs fault per se, but its still dangerous as a result of its unbringing.

[anthro-nerd]

Maybe dog training needs to be compulsory, and after that you get a dog licence to own a dog. Either way, something is amiss here.

[ladybirder]

Baldric does not need lessons from anyone on here on how to treat dogs. He is a very responsible owner and dog rescuer and I wish there were more like him.