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Baby killed in bed by a dog called 'killer'.

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I have a dog mate.... And kids.

Do you have a 'beware of the kids' sign clearly displayed to warn people when they enter the home? Little buggers are always climbing on you, shoving food in your face in an attempt to share their gooey mush!! Pulling your ears, stealing your phone to play some random game you didn't even know existed, and all sorts! I always keep a good eye out these days for those signs, irresponsible if you don't have one :)
 
He's neve caused you a problem yet you have to put in the safeguards.... Not knocking you mate but honestly.... The risk of getting it wrong just once is enough of a deterrent for me... You're making allowances.

Get what you're saying but we follow similar rules for the Jack Russell like I said above.

He was originally allowed in the living room when family come round but he didn't take to my nephew and gets quite aggressive towards him so he's caused more problems there than our American Bulldog.

They're boss boss dogs though and I wouldn't swap them for anything.
 
For you it's hassle, but for a dog lover it's just common sense. I'm sure you have many dangerous items in your house hold that you wouldn't get rid of, and would take precautions over and not see it as a major inconvenience. Iron, Bleach, detergents, plug sockets, pots on the stove etc etc.

*Tongue in cheek* You could argue that you wouldn't want more than one child in case the other child got jealous, and it was too much of a major inconvenience to parent properly :)

True, but I wouldnt buy a brand of iron that was more likely to lose it with me and rip my head off, when their are other irons like likely to do so, no matter how hard I thought that iron would make me look on the way to the boozer
 

Do you have a 'beware of the kids' sign clearly displayed to warn people when they enter the home? Little buggers are always climbing on you, shoving food in your face in an attempt to share their gooey mush!! Pulling your ears, stealing your phone to play some random game you didn't even know existed, and all sorts! I always keep a good eye out these days for those signs, irresponsible if you don't have one :)
Kids are older now.... Youngest is 15...... Angrier than ever with a very short temper but not been known to attack yet !!
 
True, but I wouldnt buy a brand of iron that was more likely to lose it with me and rip my head off, when their are other irons like likely to do so, no matter how hard I thought that iron would make me look on the way to the boozer

A dog being more likely to rip your head off is mainly down to the breeding and owner. The size of the dog, or whether it was a dog fighting breed in the past, is immaterial. The whole media thing is about as accurate as other stereotypes we see in the media, it's all sensationalism.

Having a dog that is more likely to bite a stranger is a different matter, guarding breeds always require caution around people they are unfamiliar with. Having said that my bitch Akita would let you waltz into the house and rob us blind, and probably roll over for a belly rub as you were making your way out.

The jack russel I grew up with would have had your leg within a few seconds.
 

Its similar to the gun thing in America. Neither dogs or guns kill people (rappers do) but the people in charge of them do is the argument. So if its established that we can't trust people then there needs to be restrictions on instruments of damage like this.

I'm not even sure I believe that, I just typed and those words came out.
 
Its similar to the gun thing in America. Neither dogs or guns kill people (rappers do) but the people in charge of them do is the argument. So if its established that we can't trust people then there needs to be restrictions on instruments of damage like this.

I'm not even sure I believe that, I just typed and those words came out.
To be honest I've never seen some patriotic yank enter a school with a sawn off chihuahua and take on the populace
 
A dog being more likely to rip your head off is mainly down to the breeding and owner. The size of the dog, or whether it was a dog fighting breed in the past, is immaterial. The whole media thing is about as accurate as other stereotypes we see in the media, it's all sensationalism.

Having a dog that is more likely to bite a stranger is a different matter, guarding breeds always require caution around people they are unfamiliar with. Having said that my bitch Akita would let you waltz into the house and rob us blind, and probably roll over for a belly rub as you were making your way out.

The jack russel I grew up with would have had your leg within a few seconds.

But the capability is there, a jack russell kicks off and he's getting volleyed right into the neighbours conservatory, an akita kicks off and you are literally in a fight for your life. I agree that there is some sensationalism to it, and the statical evidence is warped against certain breeds by the sort of people likely to own such breeds with responsibilty. But certain aspects have been breed into their DNA, their outcome is never soley nature or nuture, its always somewhere in between on that spectrum, though I do agree that responsible ownership is the key factor
 

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