A kind of twitter really from a guy who lost count of the number of bans which govern our daily lives decades ago.

What do you all think of our paranoia about Dangerous Dogs ?

The UK Government in it`s superior wisdom in all things important brought in a new law in 1991 called "The Dangerous Dogs Act". Hounds of the Baskervilles being out and Lassie plus all dogs on Blue Peter being in.

They were going to classify all dogs bigger than a Chihuahua as a threat to our entire population, but compromised for fear that a civil war may break out and settled for the following ;-

Section 1 of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 prohibits four types of dog:
* the Pit Bull Terrier
* the Japanese tosa
* the Dogo Argentino
* the Fila Brasileiro

I do not know the last 3 breeds, but I do know the Pit Bull - a lovely dog, but not to the stalwarts in charge of our health and welfare.

You really would not want to meet one of these

The Pit Bull was considered by the UK Government as a bigger threat to our nation than that made by Adolf Hitler in 1940, when he intended to challenge the might of the Royal Navy by invading our Great Island in an armada of wooden paddle boats from occupied Holland

Was that in the SUN (or should I said the Beano) utter rubbish

So, here in this proud nation, the epitome of world leadership and all things good, the lovely Pit Bull is now banned. Recruitment for the Postal Service went up by 50% in 1992.

[COLOR="Red"]I'm glad they are.[/COLOR]


In the USA, Pit Bulls are as common as mongrels. Cesar Millan - The Dog Whisperer loves them, his favourite side kick Daddy is soon to retire from active service on the film set due to old age.

I think the man is a fool and one day one of his own dogs will bit him and it will serve him right


Not going to break any records with this one, but have any of you got a comment to make on the subject and especially Pit Bull`s ?
John Bull

The Dogo Argentino was created by two brothers, one a professor of genetics, the other a lawyer. The former, Dr. Antonio Nores Martínez, blended a number of breeds in the pursuit of a hunting mastiff used on formidable quarry such as wild boar, jaguar and puma. He created a hunting breed; he was not seeking, nor was he breeding, fighting dogs. He was a highly re-spected, law-abiding academic, and his breed is now the national breed of Argentina.

Similarly, the Fila Brasileiro was bred to hunt jaguar and round up recalcitrant bulls for ranchers, not for fighting. The breed was known in some parts of Brazil as onceiro or jaguar hunter. It was never intended to be a fighting dog, was never bred to be one and I can find no record of the breed’s use in such a way. Its temperament is prized as a breed feature; this breed has probably undergone more temperament tests than any other as a direct result. It is the national dog breed of Brazil.

I'm glad they are

Do you feel safer?

A kind of twitter really from a guy who lost count of the number of bans which govern our daily lives decades ago.

What do you all think of our paranoia about Dangerous Dogs ?

A dangerous dog is a dangerous dog, so I dont get the paranoia you are talking about


The UK Government in it`s superior wisdom in all things important brought in a new law in 1991 called "The Dangerous Dogs Act". Hounds of the Baskervilles being out and Lassie plus all dogs on Blue Peter being in.

They were going to classify all dogs bigger than a Chihuahua as a threat to our entire population, but compromised for fear that a civil war may break out and settled for the following ;-

Section 1 of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 prohibits four types of dog:
* the Pit Bull Terrier
* the Japanese tosa
* the Dogo Argentino
* the Fila Brasileiro

And you have met, and can vouch for all these breeds can you.

I do not know the last 3 breeds, but I do know the Pit Bull - a lovely dog, but not to the stalwarts in charge of our health and welfare.

They may be where they are legally bred, but here in the UK we dont have that privileged of breeding for their lovely temperaments..

The Pit and type that are bred here are bred for one reason only, and they are not to for the family pet market

The Pit Bull was considered by the UK Government as a bigger threat to our nation than that made by Adolf Hitler in 1940, when he intended to challenge the might of the Royal Navy by invading our Great Island in an armada of wooden paddle boats from occupied Holland.


What absolute rot if you are going to be controversial, at least use something that is not so laughable

So, here in this proud nation, the epitome of world leadership and all things good, the lovely Pit Bull is now banned. Recruitment for the Postal Service went up by 50% in 1992.

In the USA, Pit Bulls are as common as mongrels. Cesar Millan - The Dog Whisperer loves them, his favourite side kick Daddy is soon to retire from active service on the film set due to old age.

But we are not in the USA are we, and are living in a country where they are banned!!

Regardless of what CM thinks of them.

Not going to break any records with this one, but have any of you got a comment to make on the subject and especially Pit Bull`s ?
John Bull

Well at least I don't have to worry about walking into one when I'm out or with my dog in the park.

But then there is still enough bull breeds about at are still a bit of a problem.

Well at least I don't have to worry about walking into one when I'm out or with my dog in the park.

But then there is still enough bull breeds about at are still a bit of a problem.