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Yeah, I was only thinking for curiosity reasons, rather than "oh no, my lovely little puppy is part hyena, how will I sleep at night!"
Was talking about this with MrsDeth and are both in agreement that the DDA is basically bullshit.
"any" dog can be dangerous, and labelling a breed or breed "type" dangerous is ridiculous
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Was talking about this with MrsDeth and are both in agreement that the DDA is basically bullshit.
"any" dog can be dangerous, and labelling a breed or breed "type" dangerous is ridiculous
As you say, its more an issue of responsible ownership. Some breeds require very experienced and devoted owners to train them. Its more about people getting a breed they can't handle, than the problem being with the breed itself.
The thing is, is there a better alternative to the DDA to reduce the number of people getting dogs of breeds they can't handle?
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Was talking about this with MrsDeth and are both in agreement that the DDA is basically bullshit.
"any" dog can be dangerous, and labelling a breed or breed "type" dangerous is ridiculoushard disagree. No one argues against collies likeing to herd or labs to retreive things, it's no different when it's a breed that was created for attacking other animals or for guarding livestock. Denying it is putting your dog and other people/animals at risk.
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Was talking about this with MrsDeth and are both in agreement that the DDA is basically bullshit. "any" dog can be dangerous, and labelling a breed or breed "type" dangerous is ridiculous
It's surely based on the balance of probabilities though.
Any dog can be dangerous
There are no breeds (DDA included) where a dog is guaranteed to be dangerous simply because of being that breedTo claim otherwise is obviously ridiculous
Given what certain breeds have historically been bred for, there is a greater chance that any given dog in that subset of breeds (caveat, breeds aren't clear-cut) may tend be dangerous. That chance will be reduced with an experienced owner.
But DDA is an arbitrary line based on a balance of probabilities. It can only ever be that, and it'll be unfair to some dogs and to some owners. But I don't think that means that the notion of a line is wrong, and I'm not sure what a reasonable and pragmatic alternative is.
I definitely don't know enough about the stats behind how the line is drawn, but I'm pretty comfortable with the idea of the line needing to be drawn somewhere (and accepting that it'll not be fair to some)
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I have, I’m curious but not particularly bothered as it wouldn’t change anything for me.
DNA tests make no difference to how the DDA is applied due the insertion of the word “type” in the legislation. The verdict and decision to destroy a dog comes down in the end to a tape measure and perception.