Suella Braverman pushes for ban of 'lethal danger' XL Bully dogs
uk.yahoo.com
The home secretary is seeking "urgent advice" about banning American XL Bully dogs as footage shows one of the animals attacking an 11-year-old girl and a man in Birmingham. Suella Braverman has said the animals are a "clear and lethal" danger after the video of the attack in Bordesley Green emerged on the social media platform TikTok. West Midlands Police are investigating after two men, who were bitten and left with injuries to their shoulders and arms, were taken to hospital to be treated for their injuries after the incident on Saturday.

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  • PetDinosaurs@lemmy.world
    1710·
    10 months ago

    Yet.

    She has not bitten anyone yet. She might never. Or she might suddenly lose it and kill a child. That's not something that ever happens in breeds like labs.

    She's sweet to you because people who breed and train dogs to kill for entertainment have no trouble killing any dog that pisses them off.

    • stringere@lemmy.world
      8·
      10 months ago

      I think you should follow that last sentence with a description of why that matters. I know by inference, but some may miss your point that by "killing any dog that pisses them off" they were selectively breeding for obedience to the alpha to the exclusion of all else. And then maybe extrapolate on how that trait translates into fierce loyalt to one individual which makes everything else a potential target for attack.

    • frickineh@lemmy.world
      94·
      10 months ago

      Uh that absolutely does happen with labs. It can happen with any breed. I've volunteered in rescue for years, and when I was working at a shelter, I interacted with hundreds of dogs, and the only time I was ever truly scared was with one particular lab. I don't hold it against the breed as a whole, because it was his issue, but people need to be aware that any dog can bite and take proper precautions.

        • frickineh@lemmy.world
          2·
          10 months ago

          I think he may have been - he didn't bite me, but when multiple volunteers refused to take him out because his body language read imminent attack, they pulled him for further behavioral evaluation. I don't know what happened, but he wasn't cleared in the time I was there. I'm not even sure why he was on the adoption floor to start with.

        • frickineh@lemmy.world
          2·
          10 months ago

          That's a dangerous way to think. There was a story about a golden retriever killing a baby in its carrier a few years back. The family said the dog had always been sweet and friendly, and the infant was too small to have done something like pull a tail or poke an eye.

          I love dogs, I can't imagine living without at least one and working with others, but way too many people assume that having a "safe" breed means nothing will happen. The vast majority of the time, everything is ok, but every now and then, a friendly dog bites someone in the face.