DDA Pitbull type definition (scary!)

http://www.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-pets/pets/cruelty/documents/ddnotice.pdf

This scared the life outta me, it could describe anyone of our dogs!

ye i see were your cummin from but i think they should have a better knowledge of the breed by know that report was twenty years ago now
if it was to serious and kept to the letter there would be no staffs around today

bigwazza wrote:ye i see were your cummin from but i think they should have a better knowledge of the breed by know that report was twenty years ago now
if it was to serious and kept to the letter there would be no staffs around today

I should hope they do lol i fear maybe on some occations though it may be a case of clip board with all the right ticks on and bye bye doggy

It's a fact that any of our dogs (mine included) could be deemed pit bull type. That's why, if you have a registered dog you must always keep the registration papers handy. If you are still in contact with the breeder (or rescue organisation) then they could help to identify your dog's prentage. If you have a cross breed or an unregistered dog, you've got to hope that it looks like a good stafford, otherwise..................

couldnt of put it better myself Im not so worried about Ty as i think anyway, he looks pretty staffy like but kaos isnt a very good example at all and he worries me 2 death!

I have papers for Dempsey, plus many, many photos from when he was a pup till now, plus the breeders would stand up for me & several other breeders I've got to know over the last couple of years. But I've still been stopped by the police several times & asked if he's a pit bull! And he doesn't even look like one!

Yea thats mad, dempsey is very obviously a ebt. Its never bothered me about not having papered dogs but its when u read the goverments definition of pitbull type i wish i had as its one of the only things that could save them!

ive never onced been stopped by the police or anyone else and asked if my two are pits , tbh i dont know anyone up here who has , ive never even seen a pit in scotland although im aware aberdeen has a rep as a place you can find pits , i think its more an english thing .

tbh if you dont want the agro , get a registered dog its that simple

the police dont have the money or time to enforce a dog ban

well i actually no personally of a staffy cross mastiff that was seized under the "pit type" but to be fair it was a very under socialised dog with lots of different aggresion issues but the point being it was 100% not a pitbull i knew the dog since a pup and the owners!

people who dont have registered dogs could also have there dogs DNA test done , i remember a few people on the old forum having it done , and a few surprises to boot i remember one persons (?? staffy) having italian grey hound in it

niff wrote:people who dont have registered dogs could also have there dogs DNA test done , i remember a few people on the old forum having it done , and a few surprises to boot i remember one persons (?? staffy) having italian grey hound in it :-$

i think the dog DNA test was a money scum

blaze666 wrote:well i actually no personally of a staffy cross mastiff that was seized under the "pit type" but to be fair it was a very under socialised dog with lots of different aggresion issues but the point being it was 100% not a pitbull i knew the dog since a pup and the owners!

some people will be unlucky but very few it's impossible to enforce any type of ban, not just dogs knifes, guns or anything else, i think if you get your dog seized someone reported you to the police.

blaze666 wrote:well i actually no personally of a staffy cross mastiff that was seized under the "pit type" but to be fair it was a very under socialised dog with lots of different aggresion issues but the point being it was 100% not a pitbull i knew the dog since a pup and the owners!

the point being any staffy cross can be classed as a pit dont help as pit bull is not a breed but as steve says the police do not have the money to enforce a ban and if they did use precious money on it there would be an outcry as it would turn into a farce

It still amazes me that this law exists in this way. How can our government think it's acceptable to judge whether something is guilty or not based on appearance.

I could be savaged by a poodle but not licked to death by a dog that may resemble a "pitbull" type.

niff wrote:people who dont have registered dogs could also have there dogs DNA test done , i remember a few people on the old forum having it done , and a few surprises to boot i remember one persons (?? staffy) having italian grey hound in it :-$

An Italian grey hound on it ha ha nearly P***ed my pants

Steveb wrote:It still amazes me that this law exists in this way. How can our government think it's acceptable to judge whether something is guilty or not based on appearance.

I could be savaged by a poodle but not licked to death by a dog that may resemble a "pitbull" type.

its deff the case you got more chance of a staffy drowning you than savaging you lol

definately - they should come with a health warning and a cloth lol

I have always been scared of this. Today, a Welsh Terrier owner asked me if Buster was an American Pitbull, 5 minutes later an old man waited for me to pass him and asked me what breed he is as he had never seen a dog like him before.

The biggest problem is that people can make trouble for you if they are scumbags, and report your dog out of pure nastiness. Then you can end up with a problem if the police who come to see your dog are not dog-wise.

get some pics up so we can see buster and why you gettin greif

ok, I'll do that when I come back from hol

going on hol for 2 weeks on Friday, busy organising things at work for my absence and packing for hol (and still unpacking boxes from the house move ) until then.

caribian ant it

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