hi im back for a week for mums hospital appointment , was just surfing net and found this,

http://www.insidehousing.co.uk/ForumThread.aspx?threadcode=372

not sure if you all seen it already and iv just glanced over it myself would like to know what you all think :~),

Also hope you are all well and enjoying the Holidays xx

I've just had a look and I'm not sure what I think, some bits seem good (the removal of breed specific legislation) but others seem a bit worrying (a bite on private property would be considered a criminal offense- would this include the dog biting a burglar?)

Sadly it is already law that if a dog bites a burgular etc that the owner of said dog can be sued!  This totally disgusts me, the dog is doing what it was bred for protecting it's propery but someone can come into your house, wreck you lives and your dog is supposed to just sit there and watch.

Sadly it is already law that if a dog bites a burgular etc that the owner of said dog can be sued!

If a burglar broke in and threatened my dogs then I would bite the burglar, how would that go down with the law?

Not sure about the law but you´d probably end up with AIDS or something.

I thought as long as you had a warning sign say the dog will bite, the dog is protected.

Dogs want to naturally protect. (well most anyway, All mine would lick them to death.  i only ever heard my Goldie growl once, when one of the nasty neighbours came to the door, Strange).

> I thought as long as you had a warning sign say the dog will bite, the dog is protected.

Quite the opposite, if you promote that and know your dog may bite and someone breaks in then you could be liable for any injuries etc..

The best thing if you are going to say that you have dogs is, "DOG ROAMING FREE". Or "PLEASE CLOSE THE GATE, DOGS LOOSE"..

Had a couple of Community officers visiting some weeks ago, after an incident the previous night. Got on to the subject of dogs and one said he was attempting to get one put down after it had bitten a visitor to someones house! Didn't prolong the conversation, just wanted him out.

Surely no judge in their right mind would uphold a claim whereby a burglar was suing because they suffered a dog bite whilst trespassing!! How could it be proven that the dog was not acting in self defence?

That's my major fear about being burgled - they harmed any of my pets.

> That's my major fear about being burgled - they harmed any of my pets.

Me also.  I often think I would put them above all else.  I think i would have the burglar never mind the dogs lol.

it amazes me how we are not allowed to protect our own properties over here without facing dire consiquences or have our animals use their natural instinct to protect.  The idiot would not have got bitten/defended against if they hadn't been a scumbag in the first place breaking in.  It makes my blood boil.

We might as well leave our doors open and say do what you want.

I suppose on the other side of the coin, it would stop people doing harm to others and saying they were tresspassing.  But surely if they were known to the person that could be evident very early on.  At times the UK law sucks uless you are a criminal then it appears to protect you.

Someone after my own heart!

If anyone hurt any of the dogs that live with me I don't think I'd be responsible for my actions!  If a burglar was the culprit he would end up a very out -of -action burglar for a very long time.

Mmmm Lacy, Community support officers dont have the power to have animals destroyed. What is likely is that the police control room have sent them to a neighbour dispute. The PCSO`s have got above themselves and given themselves imaginery powers. Dogs often fall within neighbour disputes. The control rooms know this and send police officers to real crime and send PCSO `s to the rest of the crap including neighbour disputes. It often goes nowhere unless a true offence has been comitted in which case they would not send a PCSO. So if you speak to them again tell them they are full of shit. They dont have the power to do anything anyway lol x