the owners of so called "dangerous dogs" should pay, not the dogs.owners are responible for behaviour?

Answer 1

What type of dog are you referring to "dangerous"? I had a chunk of foot taken out by a Pomeranian, took 7 months to heal - Any type of dog can become violent - All owners are responsible for their dogs, financially as well as physically. Most people carry insurance on their homeowners insurance to help cover medical expenses. If you have a dog that attacks, without provocation, the dog should be destroyed.

Answer 2

If a dog is proven to be dangerous it needs to be put down, very little can be done about it once it as become a danger. The owners need to be punished. If the stakes are high maybe peole will srat taking care of dogs the way they should be. Banning a breed due to the way some owners train or not train thier dogs cost a great deal of money and dose very little good. Why? The bad owners just move on to another breed to ruin.

Answer 3

I own two Staffordshire Bull Terriers, one of these so called dangerous dogs. What a pile of crap, my dogs are loving great family dogs to my two children. Bad owners are the problem with dogs not the breed. I have known Golden Retreivers the lovely Andrex dogs to have torn the face of a child, but no bad press there. Most dog incidents probably involve Spaniels, Terriers and Labradors than Rotties, Dobermans and Bull Terriers. Jail the owners

Answer 4

All dog owners should be made to take out insurance regardless of breed, All dogs regardless of size and breed can and will attack under the right circumstances, its in their natures. rottweilers, spaniels and Alsatians attack more people than the dogs on the dangerous dogs list and they will never be banned.

Can you imagine trying to get a bull mastiff under control weighing around 100lb's compared to bull terrier at 30lb's, you would have no chance, it's all about the way they are trained by the owners rather than what type of breed they are.

More education about owning dogs and stricter control on who breeds and owns dogs would make more of a difference.

Answer 5

they both should pay really .cause wheather everyone knows it or not all of us who own a home pay for this with higher insurance rates on homes .medical care and so forth.I think that dangerous dogs should be neutered or spayed and let the breed die out . Okay yes many other dogs bite but the difference is that I would rather deal with a bite on my ankle than an arm torn off my body . Everytime you pay your homeowners taxes you are paying for the cost of somebody's dangerous dog getting loose and attacking someone . Think about that.

Answer 6

KATE, by your theory we should also let burglars, bad doctors, and bad drivers "die out" That's a great idea and would certainly lower insurance costs. Problem is even if we didn't have these so called and I don't agree with the term "dangerous dogs" we still can't rid the world of stupid people. Placing the focus on the dog and not an irresponsible owner does a great disservice to all responsible dog owners and furthers ignorant stereotypes.
All kinds of things contribute to insurance premiums and cross subsidization is just a fact of life. If you don't like it you should self-insure and stop complaining.

Answer 7

that is so true, i cant talk from ecxperience as i have not yet got a dog, but i'm sure a dogs behaviour is a reflection of how you treat the dog. the behaviour of a dog is mainly encouraged by an owner, so yeah, the owners should pay!

Answer 8

I understand what you are saying.
However, I do believe that the owner should be sent to prison.
I do again think the dog should be put down if it has proven aggression.
I don't think the breed should be all killed though.
I do think though that every owner who has a dog that could be used to guard should have it on a lead regardless of were they are.

Answer 9

They both should pay! Throw the owner in jail for a year and euthanize the dog. Dangeroius Pits and rotts do NOT belong in our society.
Bad people will just keep buying these dangerous breeds as long as they are available.

Answer 10

i think that it irresponsible to say that, because of the breed of dog, then people should not be allowed to own them. any dog can be dangerous it it is not raised correctly. for example my neighbour have a great dane/boxer cross dog and a staffy and they are both the most well behaved dogs i know, they are so affectionate, and if you are going to say that all "dangerous" dogs are to be banned then you might aswell say that "some humans kill each other so lets ban all of them aswell"