Dog insurance

Sone of you may have seen on the news that dog owners may end up having to pay third party insurance 'just incase' your dog bites someone.

Dogs do not attack unless provoked whatever dog it is. Whos to say that this proposal comes in and people start provoking dogs to attack just to make a claim and get money out of it. How are they going to get every dog owner in the country to pay up? All dogs should be chipped is one thing i agree with, that way any dog can be traced back to the owner.

Its not the dog, its the owner. Training a dog is all well and good but the owner bears responsibility too. The owner has to have a basic knowledge of whatever dog they choose to have and if they cant prove that they can control there dog properly then the dog is taken away from them and goes to someone who knows what they are doing.

This probably doesnt make sense to some of you but this has peed me off. To think that some gormless government minister has sat on his fat overpaid @rse and come up with this ****.

Well i for one will not be paying insurance on my dog if this proposal comes through. Whats next? Insurance on cats incase they scram someone?

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by maff

people start provoking dogs to attack just to make a claim and get money out of it.

If someone tried that crap with mine, the dog would be the least of their worries.

Well, both of my dogs have this type of insurance included with their normal health/vet insurance, so no difference to me.

Yeah this made me think today too. Will they have insurance "groups" for dogs. Different dogs pose different risks so how are they going to evaluate the risks. It's all just another way of getting money out of people in this "blame culture" society.

[DarrenSV650S]

Even if it does happen, I can't see how they could enforce it effectively.

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

If someone tried that crap with mine, the dog would be the least of their worries.

Exactly. If you provoke my dog and it attacks, ill just point and laugh

Time to resurrect this picture again ...................... When little dogs go bad!!!

If it did go through they'd probably strike up some sort of deal with insurance companies and end up lining their own pockets, thieving scum bags.

I don't reckon it will happen, but it's another good example of making a law to stop a tiny minority, that ends up negatively impacting the majority of people.

[Shellywoozle]

I already have dog insurance ... but I can see the prices jumping up as the companies catch on not good for responsible dog owners.

The law already has a dangerous dogs act ... this should be utilised to the best instead of going down this route.

I shall awaiting my premium to jump up

[Wideboy]

Originally Posted by Amanda

Time to resurrect this picture again ...................... When little dogs go bad!!!

your dog need its, he's nuts!!