Whilst there is a fair bit of hurried and poorly thought-through legislation, I guess the Dangerous Dogs Act is the poster-boy as most bad law doesn't threaten to confiscate and kill the much-lo… (View Post)

Small dogs - the Jack Russell types - are a mischief in my experience. People fail to train them adequately because, if they do bite you, it's painful but not life threatening. Whereas Rottweile… (View Post)

Rottweilers aren't covered and indeed that's part of the point - a Rottweiler has an extremely strong jaw and can snap your arm like a twig, but temperamentally they are very good natured d… (View Post)

I think that one of the key criticisms of the Dangerous Dogs Act is that the concept of banning a fighting breed is difficult in terms of definition, and isn't terribly helpful as it leads to un… (View Post)

Although note the date of the Dangerous Dogs Act - it was 1991, not 1996! The Dangerous Dogs Act is often cited as a classic case of an awful, rushed bit of legislation. Maybe it was. But perhaps wor… (View Post)