Dog attack, Headlines on the news.

[Selkie]

I would have thought English Shorthair Pointer, or Bull Arab with very high proportion of pointer.  The English pointers can look a little more like the Bull Arabs:

 

 

[coneye]

Nice looking dogs ar.nt they ,, anyone own one ,whats there temprement usually like ,,, i have a freind owns a  german  wired haired pointer think it is , nice dog but very  boisterous ,  only time i ever come close to an english pointer was whan i was about 8  my neighbor had one , i used to knock on there door ask if i could take it for a walk ,,   they would say sure put it on the lleash and off i would go  remember i would be forever out with that dog  ,  was upset when they moved ,, Lot of years ago though when kids were save to play out in the street and could take there pet dog with them .. the good old days

[Princess Fru Fru]

On 11/11/2022 at 11:26 AM, coneye said:

Curious , whats multiculturism  got to do with it , 

 

Multiculturalism can actually play a major part in scenarios such as this.  There are many countries in the world where dog/pet ownership is extremely uncommon and oftentimes encounters occur predominantly with wild/feral dogs.

 

Under the Companion Animals Act, this is technically classified as a dog attack under Section 16:

 

16   Offences where dog attacks person or animal

         (1)   If a dog rushes at, attacks, bites, harasses or chases any person or animal (other than vermin), whether or not any injury is caused to the person or animal—

                      (a)  the owner of the dog, or

                      (b)  if the owner is not present at the time of the offence and another person who is of or above the age of 16 years is in charge of the dog at that time—that other person, is guilty of an offence.

 

It's also very easy to say the child shouldn't be squealing and carrying on like an absolute pork-chop too, however, if neither the mother nor child have ever interacted with dogs before, one's natural instinct is to run and scream -- especially children.  It simply isn't fair to expect that everyone knows how to interact with dogs, which is why we, as dog owners, need to be d*mn sure we are caring for our pets better.

Edited November 15, 2022 by Princess Fru Fru

[sandgrubber]

On 11/11/2022 at 1:26 PM, coneye said:

Curious , whats multiculturism  got to do with it ,   ,  I can see what parenting would have to do with it , example , i can remember   my sister was scared of dogs ,, she would hine behind my mam like that child did when big dogs came near her ,,, but i can assure you  if she carried on after at home  i'm scared  i can't sleep type thing ,,, MY mother would never ever of put up with it ,,   she would of been told in no uncertain terms ,  to pack it in , theres no dog in there stop attention seeking ,,  , would'nt suprise me if  the owner is  next going to get a letter of a lawyer  , supplied by legal aid of course , asking for damages

Some cultures regard dogs as something other than "man's best friend".  If you were raised to regard dogs as unclean beasts,  an energetically playful dog could be frightful.

[coneye]

Well i hope nothing happens to the dog , it was young and playful , BUT  should'nt of been out ,    Its a big dog , and you can see how it would scare a child not used to dogs ... Unfortunatly though the days of  keep ya dog in mate , get it under control are gone and going ,,, now your more likely to get a letter seeking damages , or council wanting to put the dog down . Still i would'nt want to go back to the days of when i was a kid ,,  you had to pick what streets you could walk down or ride your bike , because  brain damage the  sheepdog lived in that one and would go you .

 

LOL There was an actualy dog called that at the end of our street , It was  a border collie ,  paddocks eveywhere .  us kids  nicknamed it brain damage the owner thought it was funny so re named him to that ,, but us kids were all wary , go walking past and it would come running out   to attack you , or so we thought ,, has we got older we relized it was not attacking us , just trying to round the kids up ... The owner even still remember his name  , used to come home from work and find sheep or cows in the yard that brain damage had rounded up and brought home ,, certainly different days then

[asal]

12 hours ago, coneye said:

Well i hope nothing happens to the dog , it was young and playful , BUT  should'nt of been out ,    Its a big dog , and you can see how it would scare a child not used to dogs ... Unfortunatly though the days of  keep ya dog in mate , get it under control are gone and going ,,, now your more likely to get a letter seeking damages , or council wanting to put the dog down . Still i would'nt want to go back to the days of when i was a kid ,,  you had to pick what streets you could walk down or ride your bike , because  brain damage the  sheepdog lived in that one and would go you .

 

LOL There was an actualy dog called that at the end of our street , It was  a border collie ,  paddocks eveywhere .  us kids  nicknamed it brain damage the owner thought it was funny so re named him to that ,, but us kids were all wary , go walking past and it would come running out   to attack you , or so we thought ,, has we got older we relized it was not attacking us , just trying to round the kids up ... The owner even still remember his name  , used to come home from work and find sheep or cows in the yard that brain damage had rounded up and brought home ,, certainly different days then

 

 

yes some border collies are nortorious for it. Our dog neiger held the record for keeping 15 kids from boarding the bus. the driver had to get off and escort to kids to the bus.

he knew where he lived and knocked on the door and asked mum to lock him inside the house, he just kept jumping the fence otherwise and it was over 6 foot high

terribly embarrassing.   

[coneye]

I know when i was a kid , seemed to be border collies everywhere  , and just usually hanging around on the front ,, mind yoy  i still live in the same area , and it was different then , it was right on the outskirts of Adelaide and a country area then , Just new small estates going up  there was still a lot of  farms and winerys around and every kid seemed to have a dog .