Can I ask why you dont like PE?

It does look like he is about to hit the dog. but he obv didnt because i am damn sure they'd be photo evidence.

lol ..................to be honest Chis are all mouth. Sometimes there is a load of noise, snarling, snapping and all sorts (usually over something like a piece of toast ). It only takes a loudish "OI" from me and they are all licking and kissing each other, as if to say "It's okay Mum, we love each other really!"

Was just thinking though, sometimes mine will get "spooked" - I think it's because we live next to a field and they probably hear animals etc, so they keep growling, yapping, won't settle, etc. and if they won't listen to "enough" from me then I'll raise a newspaper at them making as much rustling noise as I can. They usually then run for cover and know I've had enough of it. If a photographer caught me doing that, I'd probably be slammed as "Chihuahua beater attacks her pets with newspaper!"

I think it's important not to judge on one picture, unless that picture shows actual contact, so that no dispute can be made.

to be honest, I see far worse treatment of dogs every day when on the lead, people yanking the neck of there dogs, some dogs have such a damaged neck they cough and splutter, but people just walk on by, never thinking the treatment is anything other than normal.

Of course you can.

I think that there are a number of "hangers on" attached to the Royal family who take a sizeable chunk each year from the public purse and there are a few who work hard and earn their keep.

In my mind, he is a prize example of the former.

Of course, this does not make him cruel to dogs. It is simply my personal opinion of him.

Oh so this is why the thread about splitting up fighting dogs!

As has been said, that's what it looks like to me, a 'scare off' swing - "YOU DARE". As has been said if there were a contact shot to be had it would have been had.

JMO but they wouldn't make very good gundogs if they were frightful and nervous dogs.

And depending on the severity of the fight, he'd be well within his boundaries to use the stick as lets face it, a whack on the **** compared to the severity of a bad fight?

I've seen that too and it's usually kids or small women trying to control larger dogs who are pulling them!

The worst thing for me is the extendable leads. I had one LARGE dog pulling it's tiny lady owner, who was screaming down the road as she was being dragged along, as the dog was intent on getting to mine! Needless to say, I legged it

Another, a Jack Russell was snapping and snarling on an extendable as I walked by with my little ones. I thought, thank goodness it's on a lead. A minute or so later I heard the owner screaming, looked round and saw her standing there with the extendable lead handle in her hand, with string hanging down and, you guessed it, no dog on the end. It had snapped off! One very nasty JRT was running towards us, snapping and snarling. Thankfully, I only had two of the Chis with me, so was able to pick them up and hold them up high, so the JRT couldn't reach them, but he did try and managed to snap at my Tiani's leg (boy can those doggies jump). No damage done though and the JRT owner was in more of a state than me

I am not lecturing you.. just wondered why you had such a negative opinion on him.. to accuse him of being

Not liking him or feeling he is a lesser royal, does not mean he is a sick twisted git....

And from the article and photo , there is no evidence of him being any of the above.

Whilst I agree that there is no contact shot and nothing can be proven... I have to say:

Having viewed the photograph carefully he is braced forwards, leaning towards the dog and lowered, and the position of his arm suggests it is being lowered as does the blur on the end of the stick near his hand.
He is not upright and strong as you would expect him to be when trying to take over a situation, he is reaching towards the dog in front of him.

I would say from the photo (and this is with an open mind because I haven't the foggiest who this guy is!!) his intent is to strike the dog but whether he did or not is not clear.

Whilst I have an open mind because I don't know Prince Edward, anything about him or even who he is (I know, its terrible, my mother can't believe how little I know about the royal family) or anything about his dogs - it could be influenced by what I've seen of other people (ie. that I've seen people who are still happy to hit dogs after a fight has stopped).

Hi lottie,

Photos can be so hard to read, but given what you have said, the exact opposite could be said of this photo, his body is compleatly the opposite and he is close enough to strike, but looks like he is more trying to chase the dogs off..

I had to have a good laugh at the article along with it, they seem far more intrested in Prince williams beard

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...uelty-row.html