Dog insurance

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by Shellywoozle

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

We have laws against causing explosions in public places but that didn't stop them bringing in the new anti terror laws.

Originally Posted by Wideboy

your dog need its, he's nuts!!

What can I say - he don't like any weirdos coming to the house. He is very protective towards his pack leader!!!!

[Wideboy]

think about it, the people that have fighting dogs tend to be breaking a fair few laws, god forbid they probably drive without a license let alone insurance..... this is all just another way to have insurance tax coming in..... money money money

Originally Posted by Amanda

What can I say - he don't like any weirdos coming to the house. He is very protective towards his pack leader!!!!

dam!! he's trained against internet weirdo's......... hmm

My dog is known to charge people though!

lol - literally charge of the light brigade

[timwilky]

Two years ago my daughter and I were walking my bro in laws dogs in the local park. He had died 2 days earlier and left us with the problem of an enormous bad tempered and big angry German Shepard's. They were wonderful dogs. Very loyal and trained to guard his garage. They had known me from pup so I had never had a problem with them or vice versa.

Well this day, as we walked though the park, 4 Salford idiots age about 20 walking towards the daughter dogs and 1 kicked a football at Rex who was safely on a lead held close to me and then one of them swung a stick about 6 inch from his face.

I felt my arm being ripped from the shoulder and a scream of its bitten me. I turned round to see him still walking away without a leg on his jeans.

I informed them that if he had bitten it would be his leg in Rex's mouth not the pants leg. However, I was in fear they would follow us back to get an address in order to make a complaint.

It was not the dogs fault. He had reacted to his training of what to do if threatened. Steve the brother in law had always said Rex could not be trusted with people and I had not believed him as he was always so friendly with me. Steve would take the dogs out at 4am to ensure no contact with people.

So thankfully I was able to rehome Rex with somebody who wanted a dog with his temperament. And he is happy guarding a new garage. However part of this stupid proposed law is about a dog out of control on private property. does this now mean a guard dog cannot do its job?

[dizzyblonde]

They should have a law against chavvy A*holes breeding dogs mainly Staffs, Akitas, Pitbulls etc to top up their benefits on the side, who have no idea what they are doing apart from getting their two 'vicious' dogs to mate. When I say vicious its the owners that make them that way, not by the choice of the dog.

Both of my dogs are micro chipped and insured. Chavvy a*hole breeders in my post do not do this.....maybe if they were made to pay for the privilege of owning a dog, or indeed have to hold a license like in the old days, we wouldn't have so many unruly dogs on our street.

Sorry, I have very strong views to pet ownership. Owners should be responsible for their pets at all times, its just a shame the laws that be, have only just cottoned onto the idea.

Originally Posted by timwilky

Two years ago my daughter and I were walking my bro in laws dogs in the local park. He had died 2 days earlier and left us with the problem of an enormous bad tempered and big angry German Shepard's. They were wonderful dogs. Very loyal and trained to guard his garage. They had known me from pup so I had never had a problem with them or vice versa.

Well this day, as we walked though the park, 4 Salford idiots age about 20 walking towards the daughter dogs and I kicked a football at Rex who was safely on a lead held close to me and then one of them swung a stick about 6 inch from his face.

I felt my arm being ripped from the shoulder and a scream of its bitten me. I turned round to see him still walking away without a leg on his jeans.

I informed them that if he had bitten it would be his leg in Rex's mouth not the pants leg. However, I was in fear they would follow us back to get an address in order to make a complaint.

It was not the dogs fault. He had reacted to his training of what to do if threatened. Steve the brother in law had always said Rex could not be trusted with people and I had not believed him as he was always so friendly with me. Steve would take the dogs out at 4am to ensure no contact with people.

So thankfully I was able to rehome Rex with somebody who wanted a dog with his temperament. And he is happy guarding a new garage. However part of this stupid proposed law is about a dog out of control on private property. does this now mean a guard dog cannot do its job?

Sounds more like the dog was protecting you and youre daughter as well as itself. This is my point tho, people could start this kind of thing just to get money out of insurance companies

don't know how to quote multiple replys from this thread, but here is my input..


Around 25 years ago i went to the post office with a parcel on my mums behalf.

Walking down a particlar road i saw two large german shephards teathered to thier owners front gate, i decided to pass on the oppisite side.

The further i got the more the dogs barked and pulled on the ropes holding them.When nearly drawing level the rope holding the dogs gave way, the two dogs came across the raod and i froze still, my ring was the only thing i couldn't control.

Thankfully the dogs were only intersted in the parcel i was holding, which i quickly gave up.

After a very short time an old lady of about 60 years of age came out of a nearby house and shooed the dogs off of the parcel.



Another time i went to pickup a friend, she had to take the family pitbull dog for a walk before she could come out to play.

I waited at the large security door at the bottom of the block to greet her, upon hearing her behind the door and seeing it start to open i decided to help and took hold of the top of the door and helped it on it's way.

Apparently the dog took this as a threat and decided to nip me on my calf.

More recently our family cat "mus short for mustafa" was sat on the outside wall watching the world pass when an irresponsible dog owner passed without his dog on a lead.

The dog got hold of the cat and the result was the cat had to be put to sleep. Very upsetting..


One comment i would like to highlight is the one regarding dogs on private property. please view the following link.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cambridgeshire/7797370.stm

I agree that dog insurance isn't the answer but it may help to bring the irresponsible owners to account and provide adequate compensation to the victims.

[timwilky]

dog on private property. By all means come up my drive, knock on my door or put mail in the mailbox secured to the wall.

Try to prise open the silicon sealed letterbox (idiot window licking freeby paper delivery fool) or go through the gate at the side of my house, expect to be bitten.