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A stressful 24 hours. The background - I got Luna from a guy whose bitch had a litter of 14 puppies. He adopted her at 3 and she is a mix of staffy and indeterminate other breed - possibly American Bully, possibly (and I think more likely) lab, possibly ridgeback - basically a breed that brings a red/liver nose and is bigger than a staff. He also owns the dad, who is full staffy.
He was selling the pups at a price that pretty much covered the cost of vaccinations and vet fees - a few hundred quid. One of the last homes one of the pups went to (at 5 months) came back to him and said she had bitten the new owner and he wanted to return her and wanted double his money back, or he was going to the police. He provided no evidence of anything other than being nipped by an excitable puppy - and who wants double their money back in such a situation other than a total fucking chancer. Anyway, the guy I got Luna from took the pup back immediately, but only gave the bloke back the money he'd paid. More than reasonable.
Yesterday, the police arrived at his house with a warrant to enter and search the property, under the Dangerous Dogs Act, and seized the bitch as a suspected banned breed (pitbull). The warrant also gave them the authority to seize electronic devices with a view to tracking any pups from the bitch that had been sold. So I didn't sleep at all last night, with the very real possibility that Luna could be seized and, ultimately, destroyed.
This afternoon, after the bitch had had multipe measurements taken and undergone a temperament test, she was thankfully returned to her owner and determined not to be a banned breed/type. She is no longer at risk and nor is Luna or the other pups. Kudos to the police for processing it so quickly (it can take months sometimes) and not putting her under more stress other than being dragged away with a grasper.
But what an absolute cunt move and what a fucking waste of everyone's time. BSL is beyond a joke and the DDA is universally recognised as being utterly flawed and not fit for purpose. I'm now on the sofa, though, with my two and thanking my lucky stars.