Let's have a Dog Cull.....

rjh299

F*** your political leaflets! My gate is bolted locked, postbox is outside the gate, if you weren't invited you aren't welcome. As for a dog cull, you could say the same about your bloody kids. This country, infact the world is overpopulated with people, so everybody suggesting a dog cull please feel free to gas youirselves.

rick_chasey

rjh299 wrote:

F*** your political leaflets! My gate is bolted locked, postbox is outside the gate, if you weren't invited you aren't welcome. As for a dog cull, you could say the same about your bloody kids. This country, infact the world is overpopulated with people, so everybody suggesting a dog cull please feel free to gas youirselves.

*shrugs*

I was unemployed so figured I'd help out my local party during the election.

I was quite happy putting post in postboxes outside the gate. It was my job (for no money I might add ) to make sure everyone got one.

After all, you need all the information from all of the candidates to make an informed decision, right?

verylonglegs

Rick Chasey wrote:

After all, you need all the information from all of the candidates to make an informed decision, right?

That's a good point but it only holds weight if you operate on the assumption that what is printed on the leaflet is actually true. Passed experience has taught me this is not necessarily the case...

rick_chasey

verylonglegs wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

After all, you need all the information from all of the candidates to make an informed decision, right?

That's a good point but it only holds weight if you operate on the assumption that what is printed on the leaflet is actually true. Passed experience has taught me this is not necessarily the case...

Then base it on which leaflet is most truthful.

Either way, you don't know till you get it, right?

rjh299

Think the point being, how do you which is most truthful until after the election when the leaflets are now even more useless.

White Line

MattC59 wrote:

It's not the dogs, in fact Staffies can be fantastic pets. It's the owners who should be culled !!!

This!

Although, once a dog has been with one of these types it too has to be put down.

MaxwellBygraves

The phrase 'people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones' springs to mind...

Tom Butcher

johnfinch wrote:

millymoose wrote:

Staafies are no more dangerous than an Andrex puppy

Not when they've been brought up by an idiot, which is the problem. A very, very high number of bull terriers' owners are cretins who just want a dog which makes them look hard.

You see them around here, practically dragging their dead-eyed pr1ck of an owner along, the owner having virtually no control. There are a lot of narrow footpaths where I live, and it's not particularly pleasant to have one snarling at you in that situation.

Although I suppose that makes me a DM type. :roll: :roll:

If you think you regularly meet staffies snarling at you then you obviously have no idea what a staffy looks like because I'll guarantee they are one of the least likely breeds to do that.

People like you have to have some outlet for your ill informed prejudice though I suppose - dogs just happen to be a socially acceptable target.

Tom Butcher

mudcow007 wrote:

i love dogs i really do, we have had countless over the years i know its 95% of blame on the owners but i still think there is still a few bad breeds of dogs around

it could be just due to bad reporting by the papers etc but when was the last time you heard of a cocker spaniel attacking a child?

a border collie savaging a postman?

im sure it must have happened at some point but i think a way higher percentage of dog attacks are by "status dogs" (staffs and mastiffs etc)

Excellent examples to illustrate how the people completely ignorant of the issues still feel qualified to offer strong opinions as neither could be more wrong.

If you knew anything about dogs you'd have heard of "rage syndrome" and know cockers are pretty much the most affected breed of dog. So yes I have heard of quite a few cockers turning on children. My missus worked as a postie for some time and collies along with jack russells and one or two other breeds were among the worst.

As for staffies being status dogs - they top out at about 40lbs - if you wanted a dog for status you'd get something big that might actually have the ability and inclination to defend you - a staffy typically doesn't really have either.

Scrumple

chav owners, as pointed out

you can't blame the dogs...

missing the logic and the point....

Cull the underclass

finchy

Tom Butcher wrote:

johnfinch wrote:

millymoose wrote:

Staafies are no more dangerous than an Andrex puppy

Not when they've been brought up by an idiot, which is the problem. A very, very high number of bull terriers' owners are cretins who just want a dog which makes them look hard.

You see them around here, practically dragging their dead-eyed pr1ck of an owner along, the owner having virtually no control. There are a lot of narrow footpaths where I live, and it's not particularly pleasant to have one snarling at you in that situation.

Although I suppose that makes me a DM type. :roll: :roll:

If you think you regularly meet staffies snarling at you then you obviously have no idea what a staffy looks like because I'll guarantee they are one of the least likely breeds to do that.

People like you have to have some outlet for your ill informed prejudice though I suppose - dogs just happen to be a socially acceptable target.

That's why I said "bull terrier", and did not specify "Staffordshire bull terrier" - because people round this way get cross breeds of Staffordshires and other types of bull terriers to get around the law on dangerous dogs.

But still, I guess that's just my ill-informed prejudice.

Tom Butcher

The vast majority of assorted bull terrier dogs are staffies - there aren't that many pitbulls or pitbull staffy crosses around and even then they don't tend to be the kind of dog which snarls at strangers so the point stands.

STEFANOS4784

Human cull anyone?

I'm sick of paying 25% of my wages to pay for a bunch of lazy w@nkers to get b0lloxed on white lightening when i'm struggling to replace my rear mech and wheels on my bike :x

Slack

It's a shame that many dog owners come from the wrong gene pool. When someone gets a dog, it is their responsibility to ensure that dog is trained to be the best it can be!!!

I usually spot dog haters a mile away when I'm out walking - they look really tense and vacant. Must be because they are scared.

At least dog shite is picked up by alot of owners, unlike cats which shite all over their neighbours garden - sly and devious creatures!

finchy

Tom Butcher wrote:

The vast majority of assorted bull terrier dogs are staffies - there aren't that many pitbulls or pitbull staffy crosses around and even then they don't tend to be the kind of dog which snarls at strangers so the point stands.

OK, thanks for telling me what's happening in my own neighbourhood. I must be imagining things then.

dilemna

guinea wrote:

pauldavid wrote:

As a religious fundamentalist labrador owner I resemble that remark.

I've only met the combination once.

Last year a dog tried to eat the picnic I was carrying through the New Forest. It jumped up at me and covered me in mud. I was becoming quite agressive and my wife was getting worried.

It wouldn't stop following and barking at us. Diety knows why. Eventually I feigned a kick at it, to try to scare it off.

You should have heard the owner! I was going to hell, I was the devil, how could I sleep etc... I looked at the owner straight in the face and said if the dog touched me again I was going to remove my cheese knife from my picnic and 'defend myself'.

The owner ran towards the dog, tackled it, put it on a leash and ran away swearing at me.

PS, there wasn't a cheese knife in the picnic. Just a couple of pork pies and an apple.

A classic story of feckwit dogs and their ignorant selfish owners.

"Fido won't hurt you!" as it is attempting to chew your ankle or arm.

"I bet you say that you say that to all his victims. If he won't hurt me then I won't have to hurt him and sue you."

Homer J

I hate 'em. Everytime I went to "borrow" my mates ferrari these two big dogs used to chase me

estampida

Bring back dog licence, if the scally's had to pay for their animal from the giro they would get rid of it and buy more stella

wanting a terrier (fighting types), burberry cap, and a rangers tattoo on the chest (next to your heart) should be all markers to ban them from dog ownership

1 day i will see 1 of these guys in leith not picking up their dog s h 1 t, and I will rub their nose in it !!

and then chastise them with a rolled up newspaper

dog cull is in effect & remember dogs need to be on leish in a public place, if not crash into them and report it to the police, give em hell

snailracer

mudcow007

Tom Butcher wrote:

If you knew anything about dogs

i do know that my nan was bitten by a staff, it jumped onto her arm an locked, my dad had to hit the poor thing (the dog) over the head with a spade to release it, my nan had owned the dog for about years at the time.

surely if springer's are such a vicious dog why arn't scally wags walking the street with them, oh right that's because most of them already have staff's

my brother has a staff, which is the most docile thing in the world but i still wouldn't trust it

like i said in my earlier posts i think its like a 90 - 10 split between bad owners and dogs

why were staff originally bred? Was it something to do with attacking bulls?

rick_chasey

Why the focus on one type of dog?

I've had problems will all sorts.

bearfraser

Mass contraception for the lot of them.!!!!!!!!!!!!

greasedscotsman

Rick Chasey wrote:

Why the focus on one type of dog?

I've had problems will all sorts.

Maybe it's you that's the problem?

:shock:

Tom Butcher

mudcow007 wrote:

Tom Butcher wrote:

If you knew anything about dogs

i do know that my nan was bitten by a staff, it jumped onto her arm an locked, my dad had to hit the poor thing (the dog) over the head with a spade to release it, my nan had owned the dog for about years at the time.

surely if springer's are such a vicious dog why arn't scally wags walking the street with them, oh right that's because most of them already have staff's

my brother has a staff, which is the most docile thing in the world but i still wouldn't trust it

like i said in my earlier posts i think its like a 90 - 10 split between bad owners and dogs

why were staff originally bred? Was it something to do with attacking bulls?

Maybe the reason they have staffies is because they don't trust cocker spaniels ?

Yes staffs are popular amongst some younger people of what might have been called working class at one time but that doesn't mean they have them because they think they make them look hard - maybe they just realise what good pets they can be whereas others can't see past what they read in the tabloids.

For the tiny minority who do get a staff because they think they are "hard" then they are making a huge mistake - they make terrible defence dogs as they typically have very little instinct to protect their pack or territory - this is why you'll never see them used as guard dogs - they are more likely to welcome a burgular than chase them off - exceptions will exist but that's typical.

I do accept staffies have a tendency to be dog aggressive - like a lot of terriers - it comes from their original background and probably not helped by them being popular with inexperienced dog owners who lack the experience to socialise and train them properly.

rick_chasey

greasedscotsman wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

Why the focus on one type of dog?

I've had problems will all sorts.

Maybe it's you that's the problem?

:shock:

It's hardly man bites dog.

I don't like dogs - I get scared, they bite me. Once had a tiny little one so burried in my foot I had to kick him off with my other foot, only to be bollocked by it owner.

I was playing 5 aside football and it ran on and went for me...

mats

I feckin hate border collies devious, sneaky,unpredictable, sleekit sh*te machines. not because one has ever bitten me but every time you ride by one they try and round you up.

bompington

mats wrote:

I feckin hate border collies devious, sneaky,unpredictable, sleekit sh*te machines. not because one has ever bitten me but every time you ride by one they try and round you up.

So these unpredictable beasts do the same thing every time?

snailracer

Rick Chasey wrote:

...
I was playing 5 aside football and it ran on and went for me...

Did you get a red card as well, for retaliation?

greasedscotsman

Rick Chasey wrote:

I don't like dogs - I get scared, they bite me.

You don't go round dressed like this?

rick_chasey

greasedscotsman wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

I don't like dogs - I get scared, they bite me.

You don't go round dressed like this?

Ha. No, normally just my best elephant impression. 8)