This worries me
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Precisely. Now, I for one want a burglar to discover my dogs' teeth. And I also want to be able to have my dogs running free in my own garden, after all, I spent a lot of money buying a reasonable sized garden for them to be able to run around in.
REALLY need to challenge this.
And read it carefully - the OWNER will not be penalised BUT that doesn't mean the dog wouldn't be PTS for biting someone who broke into your house/garden!!
REALLY need to challenge this.
And read it carefully - the OWNER will not be penalised BUT that doesn't mean the dog wouldn't be PTS for biting someone who broke into your house/garden!!
article said:
Today we are announcing a comprehensive package of measures that tackle the problem head on, which will better protect legitimate visitors to private property and will enable the police to take action before someone is hurt or killed.”
It does say legitimate visitors, so any burglar can still have his arse torn out of his trousers. 
few years ago , my mate at the time had a GS. Person was fleeing police and went down side of house. GS tried to attack ,but failed. Owner was worried. Official police response was that dog was on guard, and intruder had no right to intrude, so if dog got person fleeing police, dog would have been seen as doing it's job.
Jasandjules said:
So tell me exactly how it will enable police to take action before someone is hurt?
I can't tell you that, all I see when I read that article is if my dog bites an intruder on my property that's sort of okay.If my dog bites the friendly postman then that's my fault and the dog could be destroyed.
I may be wrong because i'm not exactly sure how the law stands at the moment.
I see nothing wrong with having a snarling guard dog provided it is accompanied with an 'enter at own risk' sign, and provision made for postmen to leave letters, or callers to ring a bell, at the gate without entering the dog's domain.
That said, I'd still have geese - every bit as good as a guard dog, but not covered by the DDA
That said, I'd still have geese - every bit as good as a guard dog, but not covered by the DDA
therealpigdog said:
That said, I'd still have geese - every bit as good as a guard dog, but not covered by the DDA
I will second that! my Aunt used to have 4 geese, evil b
ds. They would nip at your shins and chase your about the place then when you got bred they would go and pull the side repeaters off the car. [quote=Who me ?]few years ago , my mate at the time had a GS. Person was fleeing police and went down side of house. GS tried to attack ,but failed. Owner was worried. Official police response was that dog was on guard, and intruder had no right to intrude, so if dog got person fleeing police, dog would have been seen as doing it's job.
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Yes that would have been a time when it was sensible, this law will change all that. In effect practically a burglars charter.
I hope every dog owner in the UK writes to their MP about this.
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Yes that would have been a time when it was sensible, this law will change all that. In effect practically a burglars charter.
I hope every dog owner in the UK writes to their MP about this.
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