Allen Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Now you mention it, I don't there's a staffy in my village. It's mostly Labradors, huskys, or border collies, with the occasional "fluffy ball" with elderly owners unable to exercise larger dogs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
always Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Now you mention it, I don't there's a staffy in my village. It's mostly Labradors, huskys, or border collies, with the occasional "fluffy ball" with elderly owners unable to exercise larger dogs. What's wrong with owning a staffy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 What's wrong with owning a staffy? I never said there was I simply said I haven't seen any in my village. Maybe it's a "city living" thing...which kind of supports the op's opinion of the macho image some try to portray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Plain Talker Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 What's wrong with owning a staffy? Quite. Staffies are fantastic dogs. An incredibly brave and loyal breed. Wonderful qualities, which, sadly, makes them ideal candidates to be exploited by the vile inadequate toe rags who use them as 'willy extensions'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carosio Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Quite. Staffies are fantastic dogs. An incredibly brave and loyal breed. Wonderful qualities, which, sadly, makes them ideal candidates to be exploited by the vile inadequate toe rags who use them as 'willy extensions'. I'm not too sure whether this description is fitting for the girlfiends/wives/ partners of the said toe-rags who, I've noticed, also parade these dogs around! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Talker Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 I've only been bitten twice by dogs (I'm really shy now) both times by German Shepherds. Horrible things. Really low slung and unattractive dogs. I think the Nazis used them a lot! I have been bitten by dogs, twice in my fifty years. Once, aged about 6, by a Labrador retriever, and then aged 10, by a jack Russell cross corgi that lived down my street. The jrx was notorious as a dog which was out of control, and vicious. The owners were feckless and would turf the dog out to wander the area. The dog went to attack my collie puppy, as I was walking her. I tried to get my pup away from him, but got bitten, on my face, in the process, necessitating a hospital trip. I still have the scar on my face, 40 years on. I've only encountered one dog in all my life that could be called 'bad'. He was a German shepherd a friend owned, and, if I'm honest, I don't know that he was really 'Bad', it seemed he may have had a brain tumour,or a form of doggy mental illness. My friend managed his 'episodes' of acting a bit snappy by giving him a tranquilliser and persuading him to lie down for a couple if hours till it passed. Sadly, one day, he had an episode where my friend didn't manage to avert it in time, and her teenage stepdaughter got. in the way, and was badly bitten. The dog had to be PTS. (The only option open to the family, really) ---------- Post added 04-06-2014 at 11:47 ---------- I'm not too sure whether this description is fitting for the girlfiends/wives/ partners of the said toe-rags who, I've noticed, also parade these dogs around! It does seem to be the blokes who tend to need to use the dogs as 'extensions'. It's sad because the dogs /the breed get the bad name, and suffer because of the stupid actions of these people, when my experience of bull-breeds has been positive, having owned a couple of staffs and a couple of English Bull Terriers over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fridayfeelin Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 I am sure the dogs wish they didn't belong to scruffy chavs!...... I am all for a dog licence. No licence-no dog. Most scroates wouldn't/couldn't pay for one so they wouldn't be allowed a dog. Therefore the millions of dogs being breed would not be as many and not as many dogs in the pound. Th gov could Make a mint from dog licences and help eradicate problems with dogs but ok they aren't not interested. I have a bull breed and how anyone (some Do say what they think also!) could think they are all dangerous is beyond me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Talker Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 I am sure the dogs wish they didn't belong to scruffy chavs!...... I am all for a dog licence. No licence-no dog. Most scroates wouldn't/couldn't pay for one so they wouldn't be allowed a dog. Therefore the millions of dogs being breed would not be as many and not as many dogs in the pound. Th gov could Make a mint from dog licences and help eradicate problems with dogs but ok they aren't not interested. I have a bull breed and how anyone (some Do say what they think also!) could think they are all dangerous is beyond me. Fridayfeelin, it's true that the responsible owners will ensure that their dogs are neutered and chipped etc, , but even when the license fee was only 37 1/2 p, the irresponsible would still refuse to pay it, and didn't neuter their pets. The license itself would not prevent them from acquiring a dog, and I don't believe that it would encourage the feckless to become any more responsible. I think there would simply be a 2-tier ownership, the legitimate, and the illicit, just like we have today in dog fighting circles, an underground cabal of non-legal ownership. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Cid Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 I think there would simply be a 2-tier ownership, the legitimate, and the illicit, just like we have today in dog fighting circles, an underground cabal of non-legal ownership. Any problems and non-chipped dogs would be off the street. They should rate the dogs the same as they do for car ownership and VED. So a large dog, or one with a powerfull bite would cost more. They could do it the same as car insurance, and problem free year in the first year and they get a no-bite 20% discount bonus. Mandatory dog insurance ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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