You are being very naughty. What rights have you got to start spouting politics? And what education have you got? You are on very dangerous territory.

And for some (if we wanna talk politics) can remeber what it was like under the Tories. Closing down of good British Industries - Shipping, Car manufacturing, Mining, Steel etc etc. So may be the labour government are EU because that is where we need to be to trade our somewhat diminished manufacturing industry. Hence keeping people in jobs.

ARGHHHHHH dont make me start

If you want to do this, do it by PM, or i think the thread will be closed.

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You're right Janice, they wouldn't work & I have a feeling (I think I quoted it somewhere else or on here) with the latest spate of dog attacks I have a terrible feeling IF licences were re-introduced they would be breed specific, I really don't want things to come to that it would be a terrible shame if it did. People like myself would be penalised for owning what we do.

Why would they be breed specific? I can't see how that would give anyone, any benefit

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i think this maybe going off the track.leave the politics out.we all have our own thoughts on that.gosh i can remember when you would'nt tell nyone who you voted for...now i know why.

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Pets such as Bulldogs, Staffordshire Bull Terriers, Rotties & recently Akita's have been publised recently concerning dog attacks on children/people. Many people want to see 'rid' of these breeds or banned outright.

IF licenences WERE introduced I purely believe it would be because the Govornment were forced into it by people shouting too loudly, remember the DDA? A knee jerk reaction that was responsible for the outright banning of four breeds in the UK? How exactly did that come about? The Govornment, doing things in haste without thinking how they were going to enforce it, classic example of another one of their ideas that didn't work.

Pit Bulls are still owned in the UK and people STILL breed them for fighting, how are these people going to be effected by a licence ? Simple answer is they won't, they all work underground anyway!

So, for the reasons stated above I have a very bad feeling IF licences were introduced, they would be breed specific...

Be careful what you wish for...

But I don't think a universal license would be rushed. There is no reason to do it hastily. I understand what you're saying about the whole reputation thing.

Bulldogs, Staffordshire Bull Terriers, Rotties & recently Akita's are all dogs commonly purchased by people literally buying them for aesthetic reasons, not because they love the animal but because they love the fact that the dog gives them status (or at least they think it does). And they never get the dog trained and don't really know how to look after it>

which makes it more likely that the dog will attack someone. This will give the dog a bad reputation.

But don't you think the license might help to stamp out this kind of buying, therefore improving the reputation of the mentionedd dogs?

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I own Bull Breeds, I didn't buy them to make me feel good or for any kind of status, I brought them because I do love them, there are many people here that own the above breeds who love them immensely, people who are good ambassadors for their breeds.

The above breeds are usually purchased on a whim, by people who have little or no understanding of them, please don't make the mistake of tarring us all with the same brush I think you took my 'reputation' thing completely out of context.

Yes, I understand these breeds have a bad reputation but there are other ways of 'fixing' these problems without having to go down the licensing route. One of my dogs is a registered PAT dog, not a breed of dog that has a bad reputation as such, but one you really wouldn't expect to be a PAT dog a really GOOD way of showing your dogs in a positive light.

Maybe all dogs should be registered as PAT dogs? I understand cats can be too

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It probably would be effective it was actually inforced properly!

I by no means meant that ALL owners of these dogs are irresponsible, i thought i made that obvious

I just said most people that buy them are, which i think is a fair thing to say. Unfortunate as it is, i think it's true.

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