In your country, what kind of dog laws are there? If dogs are man's best friend, as the saying goes, is banning dogs a friendly act?

Over the past few years there have been discussions about about tightening up dog laws after large breeds have killed children, but it's all ready hard enough for the police to enforce the existing laws...

Hmmm how about this, if you want a dog and have children that you are worried about why dont you get a small dog? Or if it wasnt your dog that killed your child how about avoiding big dogs? Makes sense to me lol.

And i never heard any talk about outright banning dogs, or even just certain dog breeds, then again i dont watch the news much xD. I say we shouldnt though, its stupid. These killings just sound like freak acidents to me, and acidents are acidents, that is you can only prevent them, banning dogs is just going too far....

What about banning irresponsible owners from having dogs, like people who encourage their dogs to be aggresive?

Well, in America, dog laws are state by state...

In the state of Virginia, if a dog attacks a person, the dog is put to sleep and the owner is fined and/or put in jail for up to 5 years depending on the injury of the victim(s).

Why do people have to resort to getting a small dog just to keep their children safe? Do you know that a small dog can do a bit of damage to a child as well? Maybe not as severe as a big dog would but damage nonetheless.

There's a dog I know that's a cockerspaniel (small dog) that has bitten the children of the household on several occasions because the children are ignorant and tease the dog all the time.

Some people already have their large dogs before they've even had their children. Should they toss old Louie the golden retriever aside and get a poodle after they've had a kid?

I recall my brother having a lovely pitbull and my sister had 2 children at the time. She was wonderful with them and would actually want to follow them around.

I think people should ban the abusers, not the breed.

All dogs are allowed but Pitbulls and Rotweilers are the dogs you have to take some actions on. Like a corf around their mouth or something. Because they're the 'dangerous' type of dogs. v_v

Haha that i can live with! :) They do already discourage dog owners like that from getting another dog by jail time, fines, ect. I dont think they "ban" them from getting another dog though like they would revoke your drivers licience if you break too many traffic laws, thats an awsome idea though!

And yes small dogs can still do damage but if you where a overly concerned parent would you rather have your childs arm severly damaged and almost amputated (SP?) or would you just want a small or couple of small bo bos for lack of a better word? lol

Iam just saying if your child gets hurt from a dog you bought dont come crying to some saying that your big dog that seemed agrasive when you bought it tore off your sons arm, use some common sense! Or on the flip said dont come crying to someone if you purposly walked by a dog you knew was agrasive and the same thing happened. You be suprised how many dumb people live in this world xD.

Also not all Pitbulls or Rotweilers are like that, they just get a bad reputation!

The only "law" we really have is that your dog is not allowed to crap in a childrens play park.

We do have animal abuse laws, laws against purposely training your dog to be aggressive, and I believe we also have leash laws in some states along with some laws I probably forgotten so all of them must help some :).

I think all types of dogs need to be banned everywhere. I hate dogs with a passion..I'm more of a cat person.

Why should all dogs be banned? Thats stupid,I grew up with a large dog and it ended up protecting me.I mean i ran upon a snake one day and that dog was trained to kill anything that could harmed me.If it wasent for my dog id be dead.

True story :D But the dog died from old age v_v

Believe me I have my reasons. All dogs are cruel punishers at one point in time.. thats what drove me to hate them and never appreciate them ever again. Lets just say I had a horrible experience with a dog in the past and because of which I have hated all dogs no matter what ever since. Hell, I even hate newborn puppies. Not all dogs are protectors as yours was Yegar, yet I cannot bring myself to believe that story because of what happened to me concerning a dog in my younger years. I never liked dogs anyways but because my dog did something to me that made me hate dogs even more. I cant remember everything, the details and s**t are a blur to me... but like I said..I have my reasons.

So, one dog bites you [or whatever] and they're obviously all the same?

LAME.

They want to ban pittbulls and rotties where I am. Although I think doing so would be utter bull. I have friends and family that have those breeds of dogs, and they are the sweetest dogs I have ever seen, as well as well behaved and trained.

If dogs are violent, bite, whatever, then my question is: What did its owner, or previous owners, do to make the dog that way?

Must I repeat myself? My other, more significant reasons, are of no concern to you, so why should you care?

Yeah, I know what you mean. A cat scratched me once, and it freakin' hurt. I've been lobbying ever since to have all cats put into sarin gas chambers. Too bad nobody else sees how evil cats are. I mean, I had a scab for two weeks, and a scar for over a month after that!

It is worth mentioning that in any reasonable debate, contentions that are not stated are considered to not exist. Therefore, unless you can actually share a reason with us, there is no reason for dogs to be banned for the purpose of this topic.

I agree. It is not necessarily the dog's fault, but the owner or situation the dog may be in.

It is as unfair to ban a dog as it is a human.

Because you want dogs banned, which is not the same as disliking dogs. I hate garlic-- I can literally puke from sniffing a raw garlic clove, but I'm definitely not going to advocate banning garlic.

Exactly mon. More people die from traffic accidents and lung cancer every year than, say, shark attacks or something. Yet people continue to drive and smoke, while legislators obsess over relatively minor bullshit like dog or monkey attacks.

Um, was the snake poisonous? You really don't know that.....

Bad dog owners = bad dogs.

My dog, who is a full breed Husky, would protect me with her life. The malamute we have in our family, a dog that is strong and big enough to knock me down, would protect me with her life.

Just because you had a bad experience because of one bad dog owner and his dog does not mean that every fucking dog in the world is a bad dog. I hate cats, but does that mean I want to see them all dead? No.


tl;dr: Your statement is stupid and you should feel stupid. Please go die in a fucking chemical fire.

You have to realise that that not everything is bad. One dog bit you, so what, doesn't mean that all dogs you come across are going to chew on your arse or completely maul you to death. When I was younger, I had a very bad experience with cats even, yet I got over the fact that not all cats are bad and have owned over 5 of them during my life time.

I even don't like dogs but I certainly don't want all dogs to be banned everywhere. I think you should be locked into a room with a nice tame doggy and confront your fears, then you will realise that not all dogs are as bad as you make them out to be.

ALRIGHT, THIS IS FOR THE PEOPLE WHO SEEM TO DOUBT THE LOYALTY OF DOGS.