Hundreds of London schoolchildren are being given lessons on how to control dogs as the number of offences involving dangerous breeds surges to record levels.
Experts from Blue Cross animal charity have been called in to more than 300 schools, pupil referral units and youth offending teams in the capital and the South-East to stop teenagers using dogs as weapons.Liverpool:
Merseyside Police launched their dog bite awareness campaign today with the help of a robotic dog at Four Oaks Primary School in Anfield.
The reception children were taught how to behave around dogs in preparation for the summer holidays, when police reports of dog bites usually see an increase.
Police used a robotic dog called Fred to demonstrate how to behave around the animals to ensure children are not bitten.So police failure to rid the streets of dangerous animals leaves school to find some spare time in their hectoring nanny-state schedule to cover the issue. Marvellous!
And note the different approach too – London insisting the dog owner bears the responsibility, Liverpool (realising the futility of expecting this from its population) teaching potential victims how to alleviate the risk.
Please read the comment at the end of the London link, whilst idiots like this can spout such total nonsense you have a real problem, and the Blue Cross should know better than to promote breeds that if they revert to the role they were originally bred for you have a potential killer on your hands, no amount of training will change that.
ReplyDeleteWhy would anyone want one of these breeds other than for bragging rites or to match their tatoo.
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ReplyDeleteLiverpool has a good reputation when it comes to prevention, the Fire Brigade introduced a scheme based on the prevention of fire, fitting smoke alarms etc. This was a success and it seems they are now putting this into the dangerous dogs issue. I also note that the term Liverpool and good reputation is a bit of an oxymoron.
I'm kinda on the side of education on this one.
ReplyDeleteMy dog is well controlled, well socialised and has never caused a problem to anyone. She's leashed and on a gentle leader when being walked, and only allowed off-leash on dog friendly beaches when no non-dog users are present.
But I'm still wary when walking her where I live. Many children in the city, and a surprising number of adults have no idea how to behave around dogs. Kids will run up to to a dog and trying to grab its snout and put their faces up against the dog. Or they'll run up behind, grab the dog and yell and scream. Sure, they're having a good time, but dogs don't respond well to surprises.
I've always managed to stop anything going wrong, but one day, I'm going to get between a kid and my dog and have to put hands on the child to stop them getting hurt, and that's going to be assault.
That's all well and good but who is going to take the friendly pooches aside and teach them how to avoid contact with the feral scum who take great delight in using them as bait to train and amuse their four legged kiddy maulers?
ReplyDelete"...the Blue Cross should know better than to promote breeds that if they revert to the role they were originally bred for you have a potential killer on your hands,"
ReplyDeleteAs one six year old girl found out yesterday... :/
"I also note that the term Liverpool and good reputation is a bit of an oxymoron."
Heh!
"I'm kinda on the side of education on this one."
Going hand in hand with a crackdown on these beasts, yes. But as a substitute? No!
"...who is going to take the friendly pooches aside and teach them how to avoid contact with the feral scum who take great delight in using them as bait to train and amuse their four legged kiddy maulers?"
Good point. If the police didn't shrug off dog-on-dog attacks, it'd be a start.