New dog asbo in Scotland

About flippin time!!!!!!!!!! At last our breed will be rated on behaviour along with every other breed instead of the stereotypical "Bull Terrier"

Rant over xx

http://news.stv.tv/scotland/231244-dog-asbos-law-comes-into-force/

Its certainly a start x

That is a big improvement on the latest legislation but trust them to wait till there are massive cuts to services and councils

Nice one

i'll be astounded if it makes any diff other than perhaps an influx of reports of unruley dogs ,,,, i mean people still cross the road to avoid my two , imagine if my dogs barked at them , would i get an asbo because of a complete over reaction .

in no way is this rule going to protect joe public from dangerous dogs .
stiffer penaltys for the owners doesnt stop little jane from having her face ripped off by the pet akita

i think anyone owning any breed of dog should have to have trained it and passed a test then be givin a liscense ,, if you cant produce it on request you lose the dog .

all comes back to money though , it would take the police to enforce it and thats never going to happen .

niff wrote:
i think anyone owning any breed of dog should have to have trained it and passed a test then be givin a liscense ,, if you cant produce it on request you lose the dog .

all comes back to money though , it would take the police to enforce it and thats never going to happen .

I agree in principal, but in practice I don't think it will work. If people flout the law now, they'll carry on doing it. It would be very difficult to root out everyone who doesn't have a 'trained dog' licence. Also, what about people who can't afford the training & the licence? Perfectly responsible people who crave a dog's company such as the elderly or disabled? Would they be given the lessons & licence free? I doubt it.

oh well, i thought it was a slight glimmer of hope anyway

sooz225 wrote:oh well, i thought it was a slight glimmer of hope anyway

I agree and as I said its certainly a start