1991 dangerous dog act pitbulls info please

This is something that has intrigued me for a while in a weird way........ when the act came into place, what exactly happened with the dogs. I have tried googling but I just keep getting the ACT facts that they are banned dog etc

Was it a gradual thing or what am just a little confused

Thanx

People who owned a 'banned' breed were given a certain amount of time to...

Report the dog to the authorities
Have a temperament test carried out on the dog
Have the dog microchipped, tattood & neutered
present proof of the above to the authorities whereupon they'd be listed on the 'exempt' register

They also had to have the dog muzzled & on a lead in all public places.

What Caryll said. My cousin's ex fiance had an exempt dog and had to do all of these things.

so how did the breed actually end up been non excistant in the UK?

Well, if all the dogs that were here were neutered, and there couldn't be any imports..............

Caryll wrote:Well, if all the dogs that were here were neutered, and there couldn't be any imports..............

haha really did not explain myself there, made myself self look a teeny but dumb! what i thought was after 1991 that any one in the possesion of a pitbull would have to be put down...

If they hadn't declared them to the authorities in the given time they would have been seized.

Yes, as long as you declared hour dog & did everything you had to do, you were allowed to keep your dog. So, really, it was natural wastage.

My auntie had one he was neutered chipped registered with the police etc ,he lived to a ripe old age .