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Dog attacks "skyrocketing", now "an unrecognised public health crisis"

I think I’m missing something here. What is ‘skyrocketing’, which dog is attacking it, and what causes him to see it as an unrecognised public health crisis?
 
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Marchbanks said:
I think I’m missing something here. What is ‘skyrocketing’, which dog is attacking it, and what causes him to see it as an unrecognised public health crisis?
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You, sir, are not missing a thing!

And since we are discussing dogs and rockets, I think it’s appropriate to post a pic of Laika, the first living thing from Earth to go into outer space.

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As a big social media kind of guy, I strongly encourage everyone here to laika my post.
 
wacko said:
That may be normal with cats but not ok for dogs. Dogs need to know their owner is the pack leader or there will be all sorts of problems. And dogs need to be socialised with other dogs from a young age: imagine how humans would act if kept in solitary confinement until adult...
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This is the crux of the matter.

In the vast majority of incidents I've had with dogs/owners, the owner has shouted at me and made no attempt to discipline their dog. They are clearly oblivious to the message this sends to their dog.
Sadly, I suspect many of these people treat their children the same way.
 
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I've noticed a lot of recent cases are American Bulldogs or the "XL" variety whatever they are, I wonder how frequently the list of banned breeds is updated...
 
Darren L said:
Surely it's the dog owners the issue is with rather than the dogs themselves?
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An explosion of puppy buying during lock down. In urban areas the pavements can barely take the loading of dog turds, they are absolutely everywhere. One of our neighbours has taken in a large untrained dog and it has waged war on neighbouring dogs with barking at dawn and just now at 23:00. She tried to persuade it to come in from the garden earlier by taking its collar and it let her know in no uncertain terms it wasn’t ready to come in yet so she tried giving it a massage to persuade it, ie rewarding it for its dominance. She’s number three in the pecking order behind it and her own dog. It looks like a matter of time before it bites her.
 
dweezil said:
No different to a pack of wolves when you get that many together; i've seen the start of pack behaviour in just two dogs at times.
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Pack behaviour does not start, it is an instinct present all the time, you have to be leader of the pack, saying that, five xl bulldogs should not have been together, just too much power to control.
 
With the odd exception most of the more potentially dangerous dogs are owned by entirely the wrong sort of people - usually men who either want them for protection, or to make them seem tough in public.
Not many good, responsible, dog owners would want to take a chance on a pitbull or American bulldog, because no matter how much of an animal lover you are there's always a risk sharing your house with an animal that could kill or seriously injure you if it happens to have a bad day.
 
Aside from the obvious tragedy in all these events, another thing that saddens me is that Staffies get tarred with the same brush. Pretty much without exception, every Staffie I've met has been a happy, friendly bundle of fun, but speaking to their owners, a lot are reluctant to let them off-lead in public parks because of the reaction of parents or sometimes, other dog owners.
 
Back in 88 i recall living next door to 3 dangerous rottweilers that made front page news as owner refused to out them down after they attacked people . Nothing changed much really
 
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