Excuse my twopenneth as I am not a resident but a dog lover.

I am not sure if this thread is in relation to open areas or roadsides but the following info may help:

The Road Traffic Act 1998 - It is an offence to have a dog on a designated road without it being held on a lead.

Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 - It is a criminal offence (for the owner and/or the person in charge of the dog) to allow a dog to be ‘dangerously out of control’ in a public place, a place where it is not permitted to be, and some other areas. A ‘dangerously out of control’ dog can be defined as a dog that has injured someone or a dog that a person has grounds for reasonable apprehension that it may do so.

Something as simple as your dog chasing, barking at or jumping up at a person or child could lead to a complaint, so ensure that your dog is under control at all times.

Please note the Dangerous Dogs Act applies to ALL dogs and not just the four breeds/types mentioned.

And btw I love Rotties and Staffs in the right hands! I have no prejudice - I’m a dog trainer so see all breeds every week and there is good and bad everywhere. Part of my job is to educate and examine (for the KC) people in responsible dog ownership and I agree with the comments that well managed dogs are generally well mannered dogs.

Kind regards,

Claire

Animal Magic - Gloucester

I agree with MissF in that behaviour breeds behaviour. My sister has a pure breed Staffie and she is the loveliest dog ever (and believe me when I say I’m not a huge fan of dogs - no disrespect to dog lovers)! My sister cares for her dog extremely well and this shows in the way her dog is around others (human and canine).

As long as dogs have responsible owners I cannot see the issue; don’t be so quick to assume bad things are going to happen.

Thanks for the kind words (about the site).

I’m afraid that the title was the "red top journo" in me dying to get out
The "dangerous" wasn’t intended as a legal classification, it just reads better

As it’s been here for some time, and is relevant (if not taken literally) I’m inclined to leave it… Wordpress, the internet and many other aspects of the site make changing an established thread title a pain in the @&& But I have added quotes around the "Dangerous Dogs", I hope that will help a little!

Thanks for that. One little question as you seem to be the moderator, is there any way that the title of the thread could be modified? Currently it reads dangerous dogs unleashed, now I agree that this is the level of journo’ that we could expect from a red top, but as I can see from browsing the site, this is a constructive site with levelled balance of views. As somebody stated earlier, neither do these dogs fall into the Government category of dangerous dogs, and there hasn’t been any incidents of dangerous behaviour, could I ask that you modify the title to ‘Dogs unleashed on Kingway’ or something of that ilk.

Thanks MissF

Re:

For starters this thread is posted in Crime and ASB, for this I’m sure that there has to be a crime or something anti social. If you are saying that walking a dog without a lead is anti-social, then, mention every single dog that you have seen as anti-social without a lead or what I suspect is that you have an inground prejudice against the afore-mentioned dogs and that due to your opinion you believe that walking these dogs without a lead is anti-social!

I choose the categories to list posts in! I believe this was originally submitted to "News" but I moved it here

I don’t have any kind of prejudices regarding dog breeds or anything else (except I hate spiders - lol). As I said before (in the other discussion on this subject), I don’t really have much of an axe to grind because I don’t have a dog, but I have seen a few dogs (including a Staff’) wandering around without either a lead or an owner in site!
That worries me (as would any breed of dog left unattended in the vicinity), and I must say I do get nervous when dogs approach my (4 year old) daughter and the accompanying owner makes no move to restrain them! It could very well be that the dog is a big softy but I don’t like to take any sort of chance where she’s concerned.

Hello MissF,

Thanks for joining us and joining in

I suppose - as you say - the obvious issue with Rottweillers is their size and general appearance (they look scary - lol) but I guess that - just like people - the breed is not as important as the personality or character, which is - as you say - strongly influenced by the owner.