tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457786458429416955.post6098816804234062699..comments2024-03-13T20:32:49.708+00:00Comments on coldwetnose: Post-show bluesBeverley Cuddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544804932989118884noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457786458429416955.post-18025176200221649852012-01-26T00:16:07.998+00:002012-01-26T00:16:07.998+00:00Huge respect to the police officers involved. Wha...Huge respect to the police officers involved. What a difficult and horrible job. Having just watched the prog. I still have to process my feelings on the owners involved, but its clear that more education - and restriction on owning dogs - is required. It felt like the dogs were often just the scapegoat in a catalogue of societal disasters culminating in dysfunctional families surviving inadequately rather than living.Blackshuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16781602085173681423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457786458429416955.post-22092401258724500412012-01-25T17:12:03.760+00:002012-01-25T17:12:03.760+00:00I thought the program did show how ridiculous the ...I thought the program did show how ridiculous the law was, the police certainly thought the law wasn't correct.. although they didn't show a whole lot of their opinion.<br /><br />I felt so sorry for Tyson, who was such a lovely dog, and his only crime was being "square" on the measurement scale and having an owner that kept him in squalor & who had already been banned from owning dogs for life after previous dog mistreatment. How can anyone live in a house with two day old dog poo on the floor?!!<br /><br />The current dog law doesn't work, clearly the people on this film proved this, they didn't know how to look after themselves let alone a dog.<br /><br />They should bring back licensing which you are only issued with once your home and family have been vetted, initial vet visits undertaken for jabs etc and a good citizenship/puppy training course passed. <br /><br />The license wouldn't even need to have a cost involved, if you were only issued it once the above steps had been undertaken, and all licensed dogs should have to have a collar with licence number attached by law and be microchipped. That way responsible dog owners that would automatically go through all these steps aren't penalised. <br /><br />It wouldn't put an end to people being bitten, but neither does the current legistaltion. Making it harder for low life scum and clueless people to own dogs has to go some way to improving things though. In the long run it hopefully would lead to a better quality of life for dogs and may even help reduce the amount of illegal puppy farms.<br /><br />Of course it would also cost money to implement so unlikely to be enforced, and of course these types of people always find a way to beat the system. <br /><br />I felt so sorry for the dog that was kept in filth in a shed in the garden, and had never even been walked, the poor dog is probably going to be put to sleep after knowing no quality of life and no love. No wonder she was trying to escape the garden.<br /><br />Also the dogs in the dangerous dogs kennels, that were so afraid, how poorly they must have bene treated by humans to leave them so fearful. Dogs love us unconditionally, it breaks my heart to see them treated so terribly and then be labelled "dangerous" because the tape measure says so :(Kirstinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06921096724589171840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457786458429416955.post-36017626772294751972012-01-25T13:53:49.646+00:002012-01-25T13:53:49.646+00:00normal rubbish representaion of dogs that we have ...normal rubbish representaion of dogs that we have come to expect on the BBC, its about time there was someone in that organisation who actually knows something about dogs and who the best people/organisations are to talk about them in balanced fair and sensible manner, just hope they dont use that production company again as they messed the subject up big time!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457786458429416955.post-44456080009615176102012-01-25T11:33:56.130+00:002012-01-25T11:33:56.130+00:00But as Designer dogs are now prized above well bre...But as Designer dogs are now prized above well bred/considered ones with pedigrees and breeders who know the temprements of thier dogs for generations (ofetn 30, 40 or 50 yeears worth) can society now blame others who look to breed these dogs for status/fighting/protection and defend the hybred vigour of such crosses?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457786458429416955.post-28136157361555526222012-01-25T11:06:51.953+00:002012-01-25T11:06:51.953+00:00I also found this programme disappointing. The mes...I also found this programme disappointing. The message that the law on dangerous dogs doesnt work and urgently needs replacing, was somewhat lost in emotive stuff about the awful conditions in which some of these dogs (and owners) were living, the criminal activities of some of the owners, and the dogs who were not obviously aggressive being put down because of their appearance rather than their behaviour. The programme didnt offer any proposals about HOW the law should be changed, or any clues to whether some breeds of dogs are inherently more likely to be dangerously aggressive or how far their behaviour is caused by their owners and circumstances. I would have liked to see some reputable specialists in dog behaviour giving their views on breeding and genetics v socialisation and environment in producing aggressiondalriachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17352130095580694794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457786458429416955.post-90407295749471291052012-01-25T09:37:53.278+00:002012-01-25T09:37:53.278+00:00Well said, Beverley.
I can only hope that if noth...Well said, Beverley. <br />I can only hope that if nothing else the programme does add weight to the argument that the DDA / BSL doesn't work and needs replacing with emphasis on the owners - of all breeds. But I was certainly left with a feeling of hopelessness and the thought that society is in such a bad state how can we ever hope to turn round the welfare issues facing dogs in the UK? I guess this morning we have to pick ourselves up, dust ourselves down and keep trying to make small steps forward,one at a time. <br />Thanks for all you are doing.Elaine Pritchardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14080539206900278289noreply@blogger.com